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Was Rassmann even on Kerry's Boat?
FOX News | 8/13/04 | Fox News

Posted on 08/13/2004 3:36:49 PM PDT by Jewels1091

Fox news just reported there are questions now about where Rassmann actually was. He said he was on Kerry's boat when it got ambushed, but Kerry's web site says Rassmann was on the boat behind his. Just more questions about kerry's seemingly faulty memory.


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To: Jewels1091

so by the Dems rules, can he or can he not comment on F john kerry's service??????


41 posted on 08/13/2004 3:55:52 PM PDT by Homer1
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To: Jewels1091
The really sad part about this is that guys have been lying about details of their Nam service since they got home. There are guys who say they were Seals who were not. There were 1.5 million troops in Nam and most never saw a bad guy. But, most will tell stories of personal heroism all based on a germ of truth.

And, why not? Who is hurt and who would ever, ever be disproved? Except Traitor John. He has made such a big thing about his lies that it now reflrcts on his current judgment and integrity.

Rassmussen's story is probably the same thing. He got knocked on his butt, doesn't remember a thing but is still here. He gets atrip or two, a little more respect from the other geezers at the hall and gets to hang for a while with some big shots. What do you want him to remember?

If Traitor John had just kept his mouth shut instead of proving that he was a lying jerk. KERRY: RESIGN AND APOLOGIZE!!

42 posted on 08/13/2004 3:56:09 PM PDT by Tacis
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To: proudmilitarymrs

Man. . .you mean I actually was FIRST this time. . .wow.


43 posted on 08/13/2004 3:56:38 PM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: Ann Archy

In "Tour of Duty", Kerry says Sandusky was driving and Rassman was on PCF-35, not PCF-94 (Kerry's boat).


44 posted on 08/13/2004 3:56:39 PM PDT by PurpleHeartHaze
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To: TomGuy
I bet before this thing is over, we're going to find out that Rassman didn't just magically appear in Iowa. I don't remember anyone questioning that it was Rassman's idea to go there, unsolicited by the campaign.

I'm vague on this, but I seem to remember Kerry was totally surprised when Rassman came up to him in Iowa, (cameras rolling).

45 posted on 08/13/2004 3:58:13 PM PDT by YaYa123 (@Cooking At # 1 For 2 Weeks...Is It Soup Yet.com)
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To: Jewels1091

WHOA!!!!

He's saying that Kerry left Rassmussin in the water till he realized he wasn't under fire, and only then went to get the man in the water.


46 posted on 08/13/2004 3:59:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Here, bite down on this.)
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To: Jewels1091

bookmark


47 posted on 08/13/2004 4:00:21 PM PDT by tentmaker
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To: TomGuy
Someone posted yesterday that Tony Snow had counted 9 different versions of the Christmas in Cambodia story from the Kerry camp.

9. Wow.

48 posted on 08/13/2004 4:01:05 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (sKerry is a sKunk!!)
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To: TomGuy
"Kerry dropped to his hands and knees ... and pulled me aboard," Rassmann said. "The fighting continued until we got out of the kill zone, and we managed to get out to the Gulf of Siam."

Wow! That is almost exactly how his saved Licorice, too. déjà vu.

I'll bet JfK had Vietnam flashbacks when he pulled Licorice out of the drink, don't you? Lucky he was able to muster the adrenaline to give the little fellow CPR.

49 posted on 08/13/2004 4:01:10 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Let he who has ears to hear, hear. Support the heroes of the SwiftBoat Vets.)
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To: Jewels1091; All

Does the fact that Bill O'Reilly wrote a complementary blurb for Doug Brinkley's bio of Kerry "Tour of Duty" explain why Bill O hasn't covered the Swift Boat Vets for Truth story with an open mind?

Bill O has been totally pro-Kerry.


50 posted on 08/13/2004 4:01:30 PM PDT by PurpleHeartHaze
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To: Jewels1091

Others present say he was sitting at the stern of Kerry's boat eating cookies when the other boat hit the mine. When Kerry heard the mine and bugged out of the area, he flipped Rassmann off into the drink cookies and all.


51 posted on 08/13/2004 4:01:46 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Ann Archy

Well...it was very watery area around the boat, and it's not like everyone was wearing name tags....


52 posted on 08/13/2004 4:03:01 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington

According to the swifties, there was absolutely no enemy fire during the Rassman event. One of the boats struck a mine. All of the other boats immediately began strafing the shoreline with gunfire(standard procedure) After a while it was apparent that there was no enemy fire. They further say that right after the mine went off, Kerry spun his boat around and bugged out of there. Rassman was on the fantail and was pitched overboad during the rapid acceleration. The other boats picked up survivers in the water, while Kerry returned and picked up Rassman.


53 posted on 08/13/2004 4:03:21 PM PDT by buffman
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To: Jewels1091; Ann Archy
Like Yul Brenner in "Westworld" -- they are not real.
54 posted on 08/13/2004 4:04:00 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (Hey, RNC! Get Bob Dylan to sing "Saving Grace" at the Convention!)
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To: aruanan
Kerrys version sounds like "Apocalypse now" but in reality Kerrys boat was more like McHales navy.
55 posted on 08/13/2004 4:04:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Here, bite down on this.)
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To: Winfield
The thick plottens!!!!!

Well, you know what they say...

...mollow the foney...

(or has Raasmann been "Berger-ized" and taken off of To-raise-za's payroll?)

56 posted on 08/13/2004 4:05:25 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (I approve this message: character and integrity matter. Bush/Cheney '04)
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To: TomGuy

Rassman has been on sKerry's payroll since January.


57 posted on 08/13/2004 4:05:29 PM PDT by buffman
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To: YaYa123
I wonder if Kerry's campaign asked Rassman to go there, with Kerry not knowing about it - aimed at maximum effect.
58 posted on 08/13/2004 4:05:41 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("When the chips were down, you could not count on John Kerry." - Swift Boat Veterans for Truth)
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To: Rokke
Also, if Kerry's boat was hit by a mine (as Rassman claims)

I recall reading that Kerry's boat supposedly had a mine go off close aboard, which rocked the boat, causing Jean to bruise his arm, resulting in one of his Purple Hearts.

59 posted on 08/13/2004 4:05:42 PM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: buffman

"According to the swifties, there was absolutely no enemy fire during the Rassman event. One of the boats struck a mine. All of the other boats immediately began strafing the shoreline with gunfire(standard procedure) After a while it was apparent that there was no enemy fire. They further say that right after the mine went off, Kerry spun his boat around and bugged out of there. Rassman was on the fantail and was pitched overboad during the rapid acceleration. The other boats picked up survivers in the water, while Kerry returned and picked up Rassman."

Now, where did you read or hear this? This is not what I have been hearing.


60 posted on 08/13/2004 4:06:49 PM PDT by TonyS6
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