Kerry camp demands apology for quip

the Washington Times ^ | 5/27/04 | Stephen Dinan

[bitt]

"How is pointing out that John Kerry took a camera to Vietnam questioning John Kerry's patriotism?" said Mr. Holt in an interview yesterday. "To point out he took a camera to Vietnam and took some good pictures is a simple statement of fact, and I thought he was proud of those photos — they appear in every one of his political ads."

[bitt]

prodding at the soft underbelly of the Skerry Beast...

[The Brush]

Perhaps the training wheels have fallen off his sense of humor.
If this brave Vietnam warrior can't take a mild ribbing, imagine how he'll feel in mid November when he discovers how the majority of Americans feel about him.

[potlatch]

Ping to a SKerry photo thread!!

[Brimack34]

I demand an apology for Kerry!!!!

[bluefish]

I thought he was proud of those photos — they appear in every one of his political ads.

Excellent! Don't back down. Let the Dems come off as silly idiots. Attacking all veterans indeed. Nobody is falling for that crap. Egg them on and make them come up with more silly charges.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I think this is the trickle here....you'll hear a remark here and a remark there from the GOP about Kerry's Vietnam service....after the conventions it'll be a running faucet.

This is the Ace of Spades in Bush's deck, and he's going to wait to pull it out.

[potlatch]

LOL, you'll never get one from me!!

[FlashBack]

I know that I read or heard somewhere (Freep or Fox or Radio) that alot of JF'nK's video shots were re-enactments of something that had already happened????
This guy has been full of himself for a long time now...also remember something about him breaking out these 'home-movies' when he has company over....I wonder if they had out brown paper bags before he shouts out "Roll'em".

[Just Lori]

Hey, JK, would you please stop your liberal, want-my-mommy, it's not my fault, I'll get you, you'll be sorry whining and try to get on with a real life? You can kiss my entire formerly Democrat wazoooooo! (Formerly, because of idiots just like you!)

[john_virtue]

Hey Kerry, I got your apology...right here!!!

Quip this!

[Wild Irish Rogue]

"I know that I read or heard somewhere (Freep or Fox or Radio) that alot of JF'nK's video shots were re-enactments of something that had already happened"

Freeper TomEwall posted this on 5/06/04:
" More telling was Kerry's desire to document his exploits. Kerry was so interested in doing this he bought a movie camera that he even used during battle. In a profile of Kerry in The Boston Globe, October 6, 1996, reporter Charles M. Sennott wrote:

'That Kerry took the trouble to film his war experience strikes many veterans, including some of his closest friends, as extraordinary -- even strange.'

'Kerry says he shot his war footage on a Super 8 camera he bought at the PX in Cam Ranh Bay. Asked how he filmed in the heat of battle, he demonstrated, gripping an imaginary ship's helm and thrusting his camera hand out to the side. "I'd steer, or direct, or fire my gun, and hold onto it when I could," Kerry says.'

"Indeed, after Kerry's swift boat was attacked on February 28, 1969 - an event in which Kerry's action led to his being awarded the Silver Star - Kerry returned to the scene of the incident the next day with his movie camera to re-enact exactly what had transpired - for the record."

"Sennott described the footage of Kerry as a "young man so unconscious of risk in the heat of battle, yet so focused on his future ambitions that he would reenact the moment for film. It is as if he had cast himself in the sequel to the experience of his hero, John F. Kennedy, on the PT-109."

"Sennott captured one other moment worth mentioning. Hours after his victory over William Weld in November, 1996, Kerry gathered a bunch of his fellow swift boat veterans together at his home where they watched his movies and reminisced fondly about Vietnam well into the morning. Sennott wrote:

'[Fellow Vietnam veteran Thomas] Vallely teased Kerry about the films, which some have felt revealed that even as a young lieutenant, Kerry was so intent on his future political ambitions that he made sure he had his heroics captured on film. Kerry looked at Vallely over his bifocals and smirked."

I can't get over this passage-
"Asked how he filmed in the heat of battle, he demonstrated, gripping an imaginary ship's helm and thrusting his camera hand out to the side. "I'd steer, or direct, or fire my gun, and hold onto it when I could," Kerry says."

Kerry jeopardized his men and the mission, with his theatrics.

[PhilDragoo]

Kerry is Narcissus caught admiring his own reflection in the well--

And in haughty high dudgeon about it.

[devolve]

Kerry's survival so far shows you just how radical and depraved and desperate the dems and media are.

And how empty the libs bench is.

Kerry will drag the press down with him.

[GraniteStateConservative]

The fact that the Bush campaign is trying to contrast Kerry's service during Vietnam with Bush's and thinking that Bush comes up better shows me they have their heads up their asses. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. If you're going to talk about that time, you talk about after he came back. That's it. Kerry could destroy Bush on the topic of who served more. Bush doesn't want this to be the focus of the election.

[Loyal Buckeye]

John Kerry, patriotic, but not patriotic enough

[MeekOneGOP]

Washington Times is NOT on the MUST EXCERPT list.

Here's the full text:

The Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com

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Kerry camp demands apology for quip

By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published May 27, 2004

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After months of nothing but praise for John Kerry's Vietnam War service, President Bush's campaign spokesman publicly made light of it, drawing a stern response yesterday from Democrats who called the remarks an insult to all veterans.
    Terry Holt, appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball" program Tuesday, was being pummeled by questions from host Chris Matthews about why, if Mr. Bush supported the Vietnam War, he didn't join up and fight.
    After repeatedly answering that Mr. Bush served as a fighter pilot in the National Guard, Mr. Holt then changed the subject to Mr. Kerry: "In John Kerry's case, he went to Vietnam. He took his own photo camera, by the way, so he could get some good pictures."
    Mr. Kerry's campaign was outraged, and demanded an apology.
    "What Terry Holt said last night was an intentional effort to diminish John Kerry's military service," Kerry campaign chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen said. "Not only was it wrong, it shows a fundamental disrespect for the service and sacrifice veterans of military combat duty have given our country."
    Both the Democratic National Committee and veterans supporting Mr. Kerry, in a statement issued by the Kerry campaign, called the comments an attack on veterans and troops serving today.
    "No one who serves in this country's military -- not John Kerry, nor the men and women serving in Iraq today -- should ever have their patriotism or their courage questioned by one of George W. Bush's political agents," DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe said.
    But Mr. Holt said his remarks didn't do that.
    "How is pointing out that John Kerry took a camera to Vietnam questioning John Kerry's patriotism?" said Mr. Holt in an interview yesterday. "To point out he took a camera to Vietnam and took some good pictures is a simple statement of fact, and I thought he was proud of those photos -- they appear in every one of his political ads."
    The two campaigns have been sniping at each other for several months, and this week Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, a Democrat, called for a truce.
    "The thing I worry about in politics is all of these people hating one another [saying], 'I hate Kerry,' 'I hate Bush.' I wish the former presidents -- Carter and Ford and Clinton and Bush -- would all get up and tell people, 'You may support candidates, but don't hate the other candidates,' " he said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
    Mr. Daley's scolding was based on a post from the "Drudge Report" that Mr. Kerry, upon hearing Mr. Bush had a bicycle accident over the weekend, said, "Did the training wheels fall off?"
    "When someone falls ... you should not wish ill upon anyone," Mr. Daley said.
    The Bush campaign and Republican Party officials have been very careful never to question Mr. Kerry's service -- something campaign Chairman Marc Racicot and party Chairman Ed Gillespie stress every time they are asked about Mr. Kerry's war record.
    Republican strategists said the campaign has also given clear direction to surrogates not to question the senator's service, partly because they don't want to be seen as attacking a veteran and partly because reporters have done so much work investigating Mr. Kerry's record anyway.
    Several Republican sources said yesterday that remains the direction from the campaign, and Mr. Holt also said he isn't questioning Mr. Kerry's record.
    "John Kerry wore the uniform and was honorably discharged. We have never suggested anything other than that," Mr. Holt said.
    



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[MeekOneGOP]

Jean Keri was a Patriot before he was a Traitor. Jean 'Benedict Arnold' Keri.

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[normy]

"If George Bush wants to ask me questions about that through his surrogates, he owes America an explanation about whether or not he showed up for duty in the National Guard. Prove it. That's what we ought to have," Quote from the candidate John Kerry after Bush supporters questioned his claims that Vietnam veterans were war criminals

"To point out he took a camera to Vietnam and took some good pictures is a simple statement of fact, and I thought he was proud of those photos — they appear in every one of his political ads." Quote by Bush campaigner after complimenting Kerry on his service numerous times while being bombarded by Chris Mathews asking why Bush was basicaly a coward.

[Puddleglum]

Perhaps the training wheels have fallen off his sense of humor.

Har har! Touche! (to use a language Kerry understands)

[MeekOneGOP]

Jean Keri. What a wiener .....