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Kerry defends Democrats' wartime service
Boston Glob ^ | October 30, 2006 | Rick Klein, Globe Staff

Posted on 10/30/2006 5:05:02 AM PST by bitt

NEWTOWN, Pa. -- The military record of a Democratic House candidate was under attack. So, Senator John F. Kerry ventured to the Philadelphia suburbs last week to defend Patrick Murphy -- and deliver the kind of speech the senator never quite gave when his own wartime service was called into question in 2004.

"Attacking Patrick Murphy for his service is a little bit like Jessica Simpson attacking Albert Einstein's IQ," the Massachusetts Democrat proclaimed Thursday at a chilly outdoor rally at Bucks County Community College.

"A lot of these people in the GOP, the Republican Party -- they think somehow that they served because they played with GI dolls when they were little," Kerry said. "The guys who really served understand what it means, and we've had enough of these lies."

Many Democrats remain angry with Kerry over his failure to more aggressively combat Republican smears in 2004. Efforts to tar Kerry generated a new term for political hatchet-jobs -- "swift-boating" -- and Kerry's slow response to the attacks ranks alongside his muddled position on the war in Iraq on Democrats' list of complaints about the campaign.

Now, Kerry is making it a personal mission to defend veterans running as Democrats in this year's congressional elections from Republican attacks. Should he run for president again in 2008, his efforts on behalf of veterans could leave him with a corps of fiercely loyal supporters in Congress, and could help erase memories of the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" attacks that he acknowledges he let stand for too long.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kerry; lyingtraitor; magichat; military; service; swiftboats; wheresteresa
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To: bitt
Dear John F'n....

SIGN THE FORM!!!

21 posted on 10/30/2006 5:26:40 AM PST by Wings-n-Wind (All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
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To: Siena Dreaming; All
“This James Webb novel is fascinating!”


22 posted on 10/30/2006 5:30:09 AM PST by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: All
Lookin' creepy ...Jan. 17, 2006

Oct 26, 2006


23 posted on 10/30/2006 5:37:26 AM PST by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt

Kerry defending wartime Democrats is like Clinton defending Monica Lewinsky's honor.


24 posted on 10/30/2006 5:37:40 AM PST by wai-ming
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To: bitt

Kerry had no defense against the Swift Boat allegations,because they were true. Thats why he didnt go to television stations and defend himself. He has to be an idiot to even think of running again because he is still in the same situation.

This from the man who marched with Hanoi Jane Fonda, from the man who destroyed evidence of POW/MIA's when he and John McCain went on their Congressional tour of Viet Nam, You know the one where he got lucrative contracts for his cousin. Sign the frickin form John,if you HAVE THE BALLS.


25 posted on 10/30/2006 5:38:49 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: All

send the reporter your thoughts:

Rick Klein can be reached at

rklein@globe.com


26 posted on 10/30/2006 5:39:26 AM PST by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: Siena Dreaming

Yeah...a better reference would have been:

"It would be like John Edwards not chasing an ambulance"
"Hillary passing up a lesbian pride march"
"Like Bill Clinton at a Sorority party"


27 posted on 10/30/2006 5:40:52 AM PST by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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To: bitt

John F'in Traitor received a less than honorable discharge after violating U.S. laws in that while still wearing the uniform of the United States Navy, he traveled to Paris and met with enemies of the United States (The North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong) and engaged in negotiations with them. His discharge was upgraded to "honorable" during the abysmal Carter Administration.

After his Magical Three Purple Scratches Three Month Tour of Vietnam, John F'in returned to the U.S. where he gave false testimony WHICH WAS NOT ACTUALLY UNDER OATH to the United States Senate and in other public forums, where he slandered the good names and reputations of his fellow servicemen, accusing them of war crimes, accusations that were NEVER PROVEN AT ANY TIME.

John F'in Traitor is a liar, the Swift Boat Vets were 100 percent accurate as to his conduct and character, and is truly "unfit to serve".


28 posted on 10/30/2006 5:40:58 AM PST by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: bitt

While I am no Jessica Simpson fan, at least her "dumbness" is an act. She also made her own fortune and didn't have to marry it.

And is it good for a politician to distance itself from a fan base?

Who is the dummy?


29 posted on 10/30/2006 5:41:08 AM PST by School of Rational Thought (Republican - The thinking people's party)
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To: EricT.
Reminding America that he STILL hasn't signed SF180

The MSM will say in his defense, "we've been through all that before"

And that strategy may be able to push Kerry over the top since he did not lose by much last time.

Of course, it all depends on the Iraq situation. If Pres. Bush's strategies are seen to be working by 08, Kerry's toast because he has opposed the President at every turn and everyone knows it.

30 posted on 10/30/2006 5:46:31 AM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
For 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub:

John Kerry once again slams American troops- Check it out-

"And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the-of-the historical customs, religious customs."

Here is the transcript for "Face the Nation"-

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/face_120405.pdf

You will find this statement at the bottom of page 4 and the top of page 5.



"When former Attorney General Ramsey Clark isn’t defending Saddam Hussein, or giving speeches for the crypto-Stalinist International ANSWER, he’s acting as counsel for the Palestine Liberation Organization, trying to prevent families of murdered Jews from collecting on judgments against the PLO."
Little Green Footballs ^ | November 28, 2005 | Charles Johnson


From Kerry's "The New Soldier":

Al Hubbard Sgt., 22 Troop Carrier Squadron Aug. ’65-June ’66
Emotions: Walking down the flight line at Saigon past stacks of aluminum cases containing American bodies and past stacks of aluminum luggage containing American currency. Seeing the tight, sad face of an Airman loading the bodies aboard a dirty Air Force Transport and the wide smiling face of a stewardess greeting the passengers aboard a clean Pan American Clipper Jet. Hearing a Vietnamese beg you to leave his country and an American colonel tells you to bomb his country. Hearing a Vietnamese invite you to live in his home, after the war and an American explain why you can’t live in his block, after the war. Flying over barren, brown, safe American held terrain and over lush, green unsafe enemy terrain. Feeling happy to be leaving a country in which you do not belong and sad to be returning to a country in which you are not allowed to belong. Sacrificing a portion of your consciousness so you won’t have to deal with being there and building mental blocks so you won’t have to deal with having been there.

- Al Hubbard, proven fraud who never set foot in Viet Nam. The only Vietnamese he ever met was when he was collaborating with the North Vietnamese in Paris on the American Communist Party's nickel.

John Kerry's explanation: "He (Hubbard) simply exaggarated his particular position.
But nobody knew it at the time.
And those things happen."


Free online version of
hanoi kerry's playbook "The New Soldier"
You can read it online right now.






31 posted on 10/30/2006 5:49:45 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

http://scaryjohnkerry.com/vietnam.htm

keep clicking the arrow on the bottom right...


32 posted on 10/30/2006 6:09:19 AM PST by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt

"One day as our swift boat was heading up a river, a mine exploded hard under our boat. After picking ourselves up, we discovered VC was MIA. Several minutes of frantic search followed after which we thought we'd lost him. We were relieved when another boat called asking if we were missing a dog. It turns out VC was catapulted from the deck of our boat and landed confused, but unhurt, on the deck of another boat in our patrol." (Humane USA Presidential 2004 Candidate Questionnaire filled out by John Kerry)


33 posted on 10/30/2006 6:09:19 AM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: bitt
Having John Kerry defend your service record is a bit like having Ted Bundy defend your dating etiquette.
34 posted on 10/30/2006 6:11:12 AM PST by dinasour (Pajamahadeen, SnowFlake, and Eeevil Doer.)
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To: bitt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIF7_P92ORQ

kerry and Bill Maher - "should have killed the bird in the white house" remark

Oct 5, 2006



35 posted on 10/30/2006 6:14:45 AM PST by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt

Kerry trying to defend someone's war record is kind of like Do-Do trying to defend the stink.


36 posted on 10/30/2006 6:16:15 AM PST by RetiredArmy (LONG LIVE THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC!! Vote to defeat the socialist liar democrats.)
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To: RetiredArmy; bitt

Kerry trying to defend someone's war record is kind of like Do-Do trying to defend the stink.

Disgusting idiots, both of them!


37 posted on 10/30/2006 6:24:01 AM PST by SheLion (When you're right, take up the fight!!!!!)
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To: bitt

John sweety,
The 180?


38 posted on 10/30/2006 6:25:22 AM PST by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: SheLion

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41106

http://www.slantpoint.com/mt-arx/2004/10/the_other_big_s.php

http://www.nysun.com/article/3756


39 posted on 10/30/2006 6:56:38 AM PST by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt

http://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2004/10/was_kerrys_orig.html

http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=4501


40 posted on 10/30/2006 6:58:05 AM PST by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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