[Mikey_1962]

Hmmmmmmmm interesting.

[jmstein7]

Kerry Caught BUMP!

[Tennessean4Bush]

Where is the [Vanity] nomenclature in the thread title that is warranted for unsourced threads?

[nuconvert]

How exactly did he "suppress(ing) evidence of live prisoners of war"?

[kcvl]

bttt

[SueAngel]

ping

[Getsmart64]

Book marking

[kabar]

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0408/schanberg.php

[Just mythoughts]

"Developing..."





I sure hope so, JFKerry has never bragged about this "normalization" scam.

[Dasaji]

Didn't we cover this already about 6 months ago on FR? My search skills are pretty awful, but when JK was taking the primaries, I remember a thread or two about this.

[Tacis]

I'm sorry, we are going to have to surpress this story! The left wing media and the people the inform are only interested in scandal stories about Halliburton. Remember ABC's memo on compensating to ensure both parties got the coverage Rather dictates.

Neither Kerry nor his henchscum has been asked or bothered to answer any questions like this; why should they start now. This is the kind of story that if McAuliffe says anything, it will be to brag that he was right about last minute efforts by the Republican to sink Kerry, that this was a perfect example of that desperation and, therefore, didn't deserve a response. The old timey, non-cable media will all nod and move on.

[tillacum]

This has been "news" for years and nothing has happened. He was reelected after this incident, so why is it now being brought up again. This has NO legs and nothing will happen AGAIN. Just as his meeting with the VC in 1971 2 times with a 3rd in the offing, and NOTHING was done then.

He and mccain spit on the families of MIAs and POWs then and they probably will do it again, if these hearings are reopened, which they won't.

[OXENinFLA]

I've heard of this before.........just not details..

[Michael.SF.]

Probable DNC responses:

This is old news that was covered over a decade ago.

This is a typical Bush stunt which smacks of a desperate candidate

This is a complete falsehood and typical of a President who lies to the American people.

Even if true, it is not on the same level of Halibuton's no bid contracts.

Blah, Blah, blah

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Old news. Threads on this all over FR, esp. during this past summer.

[fishtank]

Is John Kerry related to Steve Forbes?
Cousin?

[SERKIT]

Regardless of the outcome of the election, ALL of the scandals need to be heaped on Kerry's head like so many hot coals. He is not fit for duty, not fit to serve in congress, not fit to do much in public life.

[gulf1609]

Not that this will go anywhere, but here is some info from swiftvets on this topic.

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject:

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from a post above
Quote:
Sen. ROBERT SMITH and Sen JOHN KERRY January 24, 1994

HEADLINE: Many say Ending Embargo Will Help Find MIAs in Vietnam
Sen. Robert Smith and Sen John KERRY January 24, 1994

One senator says it's a mistake to end the economic embargo against Vietnam.
But another says lifting the embargo will help the U.S. learn the fate of over 1,000 Americans still listed as missing in action.

See entire article & discussion here
http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=89142

Excerpts:Quote:

Sen. SMITH: …... Your agenda has been to lift the embargo. You wanted to lift the embargo in spite of the POW/MIA issue since 1990. You're on record as saying it. You know it and I know it. That's your agenda. My agenda is to get a counting before we lift the embargo.

WOODRUFF: Senator -

Sen. SMITH: Your agenda is to lift the embargo.

WOODRUFF: Senator Kerry, how much potential business are we talking about here between the United States and Vietnam?

Sen. KERRY: I don't have clue Judy and I've never made that part of my argument, ever, and Bob and everybody else knows, I traveled to Vietnam eight times. I fought to declassify documents. I've negotiated with the Vietnamese. I think that Bob knows, we worked side by side and closely, to get accountability and I voted against lifting the embargo last year in order to guarantee we were getting the accountability.

WOODRUFF: But clearly, there would be economic benefit for Vietnam and for some U.S. businesses if this embargo were lifted.

Sen. KERRY: Well, undoubtedly. But you asked me how much and I'm telling you I don't have a clue how much.

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Of Course He had a Clue in January 1994!

*Biz leaders gear up for Vietnam trade (Boston Herald (MA), June 19, 1993

*Deal will build Vietnam port (Boston Herald (MA), June 16, 1993

*U.S. firms view Vietnam market ask end of embargo (Boston Herald (MA), February 15, 1993

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From Feb 15 above
Quote:
"There's a lot of interest in the potential of a country with 71 million people who are literate, committed and eager, and where the wage scale is about $30 a month," said C. Stewart Forbes, president of Colliers International, a Boston-based real estate company with an affiliate in Ho Chi Minh City.”


1. We know Kerry’s cousin Stewart Forbes scored a near Billion Dollar Deal for improving the port of Vung Tau in Vietnam immediately after the POW/MIA hearings and the normalization of trade push, by among others, JFKerry. Today Vung Tau is a city of 650,000 people, including 2,500 expatriates, Vung Tau is marked by cafes, bath houses, hotels galore, hostess bars, karaoke lounges, beach-side kiosks and oil rigs.

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From the June 16 Article above
Quote:
A Boston-based firm has helped broker a $905 million deal to develop a deep sea port in Vietnam in what was once a recreational area for U.S. troops. Colliers International, through partner firm Colliers Jardine in Singapore, has put together a plan that would bring big ships to Vung Tau, about 80 miles southeast of Ho Chi Minh City.
The four-year project, to start next year, is currently the largest investment scheme in Vietnam, said Colliers CEO Stewart Forbes.
"I think this represents the best elements of brokerage, matching a need - in this case a country - with the money and the capability," he said. "This kind of infrastructure is sorely needed in Vietnam."
Work at Vung Tau will be done largely by Japanese construction and engineering firms.
Direct investment in Vietnam has been forbidden by the United States since the 1975 collapse of the U.S.-sponsored South Vietnam government.
Colliers' involvement is legal because it is through a partner, Forbes said.
A number of U.S. firms, including Boeing, Kodak and DuPont, have opened offices in Vietnam hoping the embargo will soon be lifted.

[ValerieUSA]

Never call me sweatheart.

[Dante3]

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