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"The New Soldier" by John Kerry - (Book he authored in 1972 creates controversy with cover photo)
The New Soldier ^
| 1972
| John Kerry
Posted on 02/12/2004 10:10:39 PM PST by RightlySo
Here is the hard to find/infamous book cover! Every Marine needs to have this burned in his memory.
http://richardheymann.com/Kerry%20Cover.jpg
Kerry ran for election to the U.S. House in 1972 during which he found it necessary to suppress reproduction of the cover picture appearing on his own book, The New Soldier.
His political opponent pointed out that it depicted several unkempt youths crudely handling an upside down American flag to mock the famous photo of the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima.
TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; bookreview; election; election2004; johnkerry; kerry; president; thenewsoldier; traitor; vietnam; vvaw
If the media are going to stoop so low as to engage Bush with his national guard service record, then I'm certainly going to fight the same fight with better evidence.
This information was sent to me by a close friend in the military. To the best of my knowledge, it is true. Here is a second source describing the book cover as in the photo above:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/2/prweb103472.htm
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:10:40 PM PST
by
RightlySo
To: RightlySo
There's no photo above...?
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:12:47 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone isn't entitled to be right.)
To: little jeremiah
There is a photo... i just can't get it to load in the thread?
http://richardheymann.com/Kerry%20Cover.jpg
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:14:48 PM PST
by
RightlySo
(Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.)
To: RightlySo
"
several unkempt youths"
... long-haired, maggot-infested, FM_types ...
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:15:01 PM PST
by
_Jim
( <--- Ann C. and Rush L. speak on gutless Liberals (RealAudio files))
To: RightlySo
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:17:23 PM PST
by
MediaMole
To: MediaMole
Thank you for loading the photo.
PS: What tags do I use to load an image in the thread?
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:19:01 PM PST
by
RightlySo
(Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.)
To: little jeremiah
There it is! (Is one of them Kerry?)
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:19:36 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone isn't entitled to be right.)
To: little jeremiah
No, I don't believe any of them is Kerry. The photo is the cover of Kerry's book he wrote in 1972 that he wants to keep quiet!!
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:20:39 PM PST
by
RightlySo
(Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.)
To: RightlySo
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:23:21 PM PST
by
MediaMole
To: little jeremiah
There it is! (Is one of them Kerry?)No, and he forgot to add his good friend Hanoi Jane, too. Pitty.
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:23:30 PM PST
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: MediaMole
Grrr. I should have known/remembered about the image source tag (shaking head now). Thank you!
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:28:42 PM PST
by
RightlySo
(Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.)
To: RightlySo
You know, the only way we know Kerry is really a war hero is because his democrat minions told us so. Medals are easy to come buy when everyone is throwing them around at a protest.
Can anyone tell me any more info about how I'd know for sure he really was a war hero?
Excuse my curiosity, but all I know about Kerry's heroism is what the democrats have said, and democrats lie.
He found a guy to follow him around, but so did Gore. He found a"poor" woman who had to collect soda cans to eat (Of course, she wore designer clothes, owned a nice home in an upper class neighborhood, had her hair professionally done, and drove her new RV around to Gore rallies, but Gore said she was poor anyway.)
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:37:57 PM PST
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: RightlySo
Again - Is there any information validating Kerry's claim of heroism other then what he himself has told us? Did he really have those medals awarded to him? I read on a vet site they don't believe him. They think he "found" them and claimed them as his own.
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:42:21 PM PST
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: RightlySo
bump
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:47:56 PM PST
by
VOA
To: VOA
Bump for posterity
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:02:33 PM PST
by
RightlySo
(Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.)
To: RightlySo
Bump for publicity...lurkers/posters can see book cover photo in post 5
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posted on
02/13/2004 7:47:00 PM PST
by
VOA
To: RightlySo
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