Posted on 08/11/2004 6:45:03 PM PDT by Jeff Blogworthy
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry has waffled again, this time on his own recollections of a supposed mission to Cambodia on Christmas of 1968.
On the Senate floor on March 27, 1986 (Congressional Record, page S3594), Sen. Kerry said:
I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what is was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khme Rouge and Cambodians, and have the President of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; The troops were not in Cambodia…I have that memory which is seared--seared--in me....
In an October 14, 1979, letter to the Boston Herald, Sen. Kerry wrote of his vivid memories of his Christmas Eve spent in Cambodia (quoted in Unfit for Command, page 46):
I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real.
But today, on Fox News' "Fox and Friends," Kerry Campaign Advisor Jeh Johnson had this to say to the show's co-host Brian Kilmeade:
JOHNSON: John Kerry has said on the record that he had a mistaken recollection earlier. He talked about a combat situation on Christmas Eve 1968 which at one point he said occurred in Cambodia. He has since corrected the recorded to say it was some place on a river near Cambodia and he is certain that at some point subsequent to that he was in Cambodia. My understanding is that he is not certain about that date.
KILMEADE: I think the term was he had a searing memory of spending Christmas - back in 1986 in the senate floor in Cambodia.
JOHNSON: I believe he has corrected the record to say it was some place near Cambodia he is not certain whether it was in Cambodia but he is certain there was some point subsequent to that that he was in Cambodia.
The sure sign of a lier is modifying a story to fit the facts after being confronted with inconsistencies.
Was this before or after he got a visit from the "Sugar Plum Fairy"?
I wonder if he shot any footage or was he gonna reenact his time as a CIA operative but ran out of 8mm film 8-?
"Kerry wasn't in Cambodia before he was in Cambodia."
"DID HE LIE TO THE SENATE?"
Is the Pope is Catholic? Does a bear s... in the woods? Was O.J. guilty? Does the sun rise in the East? Does James Carville look the ass-end of a poodle with his butt shaved?
YES. Yes he lied to the Senate and the American people.
If his mouth was moving, he was lying.
I know, He was IN Cambodia before he corrected his statement and now he is OUT of Cambodia, but he is certain that he was IN Cambodia.... No, that's not working....
I know, He voted against Cambodia before he voted against it...Yeah, that's it...I understand now...
Kerry belongs in a loony-bin!
How can you have mistaken "searing" recollections?
Kerry - I was in Cambodia in 68... I was near Cambodia in 68... I was somewhere near Cambodia in 68... I remember I had a dream that I was in Cambodia in 68... I will revisit Cambodia when I'm 68... Where is Cambodia? I don't think I have ever been there.... What I will not raise taxes... I only raised taxes after I said I wouldn't raise them because we needed the money to pay the defecit. Did I say I wouldn't raise taxes well Here is your tax hike... I distincly remember that I said I was going to raise taxes... I wonder how many times I can raise taxes...
This guy needs a physcological exam...
IMHO, I want to hear it from KERRY HIMSELF, not some dem operative reading off some faxed talking points.Along with his "180", THAT would ALSO "splain" a lot.
IMHO, I want to hear it from KERRY HIMSELF, not some dem operative reading off some faxed talking points.Along with his "180", THAT would ALSO "splain" a lot.
And we thought Kuchinich was the one waiting for the Mothership.
Yep!!!
He did!!!
The scrondrel lied again!
He just can't seem to help it.
I think all dems have an innate propensity to lie like, I've never seen before!
This guy has been lying all his life. Sounds like Scott Peterson, Mark Hacking, and all the islamists we've heard about lately.
That propensity is rearing it's ugly head all over this campaign!
Yep! Did it again!!!
BUSH/CHENEY 2004
"If you're half way in the forest how far out are you?"
"If a tree falls and no one is around does it make a sound?"
"Is Kerry's glass half full or half empty?"
Kerry's answers: 1/4, yes and no, yes
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