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Kerry Tells of Flying a Jet Over Israel
AP ^ | 5-3-04 | NEDRA PICKLER

Posted on 05/03/2004 8:14:54 PM PDT by bellevuesbest

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Kerry wasn't kidding when he told the Anti-Defamation League that he had a different perspective on Israel. Probably no one else in the room has seen the country upside down from an Israeli Air Force jet.

Kerry said Monday that Tel Aviv kept denying his request to fly one of their planes, but that the colonel who was showing him around Israel during a 1991 visit not only got him into a trainer, but let him take the controls.

"I take it off, we go up into the sky, climb up, head down toward Aqaba," the senator said. "And I wanted to look at Aqaba, so I'm coming down over Aqaba, and I suddenly hear this voice on the intercom, and he says, 'Senator, you'd better turn faster, you're going over Egypt.'"

Kerry said the colonel then gave him permission to do "a little aerobatics" and that he made a loop at about 12,000 feet.

"To be able to come out upside down and look down and catch the horizon in back of me and see all the way down into the Sinai to the old base that had been given up, all the way across into Jordan, all the way out into the Gulf of Aqaba, and to see Israel beneath me, and the lines contained, and to see it all upside down was the perfect way to see the Middle East and Israel," he said.


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1991; adl; aerobatics; kerry; liar; nedrafellateskerry; pilotkerry; pissant
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To: bellevuesbest
He must have been in one of those realistic $5.00 per-ride flight simulators that you find at airshows.

If so, that means I've flown a combat mission and protected an American aircraft carrier from certain destruction.

Where's my medal?

81 posted on 05/03/2004 10:17:20 PM PDT by scott7278 ("FR will NOT be used to help replace Bush with a Democrat." -- Jim Robinson, 2/01/04)
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To: philman_36
If he wants to impress me, he should paddle half way across.
82 posted on 05/03/2004 10:25:06 PM PDT by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 a.m. EDT, until she's safe.)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
By any chance, it wasn't named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was it?
83 posted on 05/03/2004 10:27:53 PM PDT by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 a.m. EDT, until she's safe.)
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To: All
...he made a loop at about 12,000 feet.

What was he doing...knitting?

84 posted on 05/03/2004 10:28:04 PM PDT by O Neill (When Johny bin Kerry comes marchin' home: Who cares? Who cares?)
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To: O Neill

As you can see, this NEARLY produced Wound #4: Puncture & Contusion

85 posted on 05/03/2004 10:41:33 PM PDT by O Neill (When Johny bin Kerry comes marchin' home: Who cares? Who cares?)
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To: bellevuesbest
The need to include this constant subtle bragging is a sign of massive insecurity.

He is not leadership timber.
86 posted on 05/03/2004 10:41:41 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (" Permitting homosexuality didn't work out very well for the Roman Empire")
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To: Peach
"He flew over Israel so he's what? More qualified to lead the nation? More Jewish than Bush?"

Our first black, Jewish president perhaps??

87 posted on 05/03/2004 10:46:58 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: PistolPaknMama
I was wondering if he had dropped acid while in Israel.
88 posted on 05/03/2004 10:52:47 PM PDT by oyez (Fortune favors the bold.)
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To: oyez
Color me skeptical.
89 posted on 05/03/2004 10:54:39 PM PDT by Texasforever (The French love John Kerry. He is their new Jerry Lewis)
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To: Pukin Dog
ping
90 posted on 05/03/2004 10:56:55 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: texasflower
he imitated the Israeli's accent very badly.

He actually mimicked the Israeli???

91 posted on 05/03/2004 10:59:31 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: bellevuesbest
It's Top Gun Johnny now!

"Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash"

92 posted on 05/03/2004 11:07:35 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Say hello to my little friend!" - Tony Montana)
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To: Finalapproach29er
Subtle bragging? If that was subtle then the Grand Canyon is a subtle sign of erosion...oh, wait, I get it. It's sarcasm. D'OH!

And I didn't know Ka-Ree, the French-looking wannabee, could fly. You'd think he'd have bragged about that before now.
93 posted on 05/03/2004 11:19:30 PM PDT by Arizona Pard
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To: SkyPilot
Yes, he did. You know how Ariel Sharon speaks?

That's the accent his was trying to mimmick.

I'm replaying the speech on c-span right now to find out exactly where it is.

I'll ping you to it when I find it.
94 posted on 05/03/2004 11:35:43 PM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: bellevuesbest
Quick, somebody with Lexus/Nexus do a search and verify, and also look for a link with Senator Al Gore regarding the "creation" of the internet. =)
95 posted on 05/03/2004 11:40:40 PM PDT by PokeyJoe (French fried franks for free)
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To: texasflower
Yes, he did. You know how Ariel Sharon speaks?

Kerry sounded like bad imitation Jackie Mason.

96 posted on 05/03/2004 11:52:24 PM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman
Yes! That's it exactly!
97 posted on 05/03/2004 11:56:03 PM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: SkyPilot; Salman
Here you go..

http://www.c-span.org/

It is the speech entitled "Senator Kerry address to the Anti-Defamation League".

That story is 22 minutes into the video.

As Salman said in post 96 it was like a bad Jackie Mason, if you know who that is.
98 posted on 05/03/2004 11:59:41 PM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: RVN Airplane Driver
" I can tell you as a ex-military pilot "

Kerry is supposed to be 6'6", IIRC. Would he even fit in the cockpit of a fighter jet ?
The story defies all credibility.
Kerry claims to fly a twin engine Cessna ,owned by Teresa.
13 years ago, he would have had even less experience.
It won't be long before Kerry will claim to be a Blue Angel.

I wonder if Teresa lets Kerry fly her G 5, since he's such an ace ??
99 posted on 05/04/2004 12:01:43 AM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue ( John Kerry's new slogan-Help, I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up !!)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue; RVN Airplane Driver
From Landings.com

Airmen Database Search Result
----------------------------------------------
Name                : KERRY, JOHN FORBES
Airman's Address    : 19 LOUISBURG SQ
                      BOSTON, MA, 02108-1202
FAA Region          : New England
Date of Medical     : Dec, 2003
Class of Medical    : 2
Expiration          : Dec, 2004
Airman Certificates : Commercial Pilot
                        Airplane Single Engine Land
                        Airplane Single Engine Sea
                        Airplane Multiengine Land
                        Instrument Airplane
                        Glider Aero Tow (Private Pilot)



100 posted on 05/04/2004 1:51:10 AM PDT by calcowgirl
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