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Days after charges were first made public, John Kerry's campaign is beginning to respond to allegations the senator has lied for decades about being in Cambodia for Christmas in 1968, saying he was at or near the border but not actually in the country for the holiday. As WorldNetDaily reported, the authors of the best-selling book "Unfit for Command," which refutes many of Kerry's war stories, claim that despite the senator's 1986 speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate mentioning spending Christmas Eve in Cambodia, the candidate was never in Vietnam's neighboring country. "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) praised John Kerry (news - web sites)'s military service as honorable on Thursday but declined to condemn ads from Vietnam veterans who questioned the Massachusetts senator's military record. "Senator Kerry is justifiably proud of his record in Vietnam and he should be," Bush said on the CNN television talk show, "Larry King Live." He referred to Kerry's Vietnam tour as "noble service." A group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has accused Kerry of misrepresenting his Vietnam War record. The group has released an ad and a book attacking...

On the floor of the U.S. Senate on March 27, 1986, Sen. John Kerry said: I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer 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. It wasn't the first time Kerry told that story. It wasn't the last time. In some versions of the story, he mentioned...

Washington, Aug. 12: For the first time, Senator John Kerry, the Democratic presidential challenger, has been left floundering by allegations that he invented a key episode of his decorated wartime service in Vietnam — a central plank of his election platform. Kerry has fought off charges for several years that he did not deserve all the medals he won in Vietnam, which included a Bronze Star and Silver Star for gallantry, and three Purple Hearts for combat wounds. Crewmates from the small patrol boats in which he served in the Mekong Delta have always rallied to his support, contradicting allegations...

During the better part of the last three years we have endured an endless series of offerings from the Bush-Haters-Book-of-the-Month Club. These volumes have overexerted titles and overly verbose subtitles like Big Lies: The Rightwing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth or Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. They contain very little unique information from one to the next. Most are petty; some are demonstrably fraudulent, such as Joe Wilson's The Politics of Truth. They are mostly written by people who are professionally distasteful of President Bush. All of them have been written by...

Election 2004: John Kerry was in Cambodia on Christmas Eve in 1968. Or he wasn't. We don't know which is true yet. But voters need to find out before Nov. 2. The Democratic nominee opened himself to the current scrutiny over his whereabouts in late December 1968 with comments he made in the Senate in 1986. "I remember Christmas of 1968, sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by the Vietnamese and the Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and the president of the United States telling the American people that I was...

(KRT) - John Edwards is supposed to be a great lawyer, but at the recent Democratic convention he made a rookie mistake: He raised a question without knowing the answer. "If you have any questions about what John Kerry's made of, just spend three minutes with the men who served with him," he said. Edwards meant Kerry's "band of brothers" - the small entourage of vets who served under him in Vietnam and now strongly support him for president.Evidently, Edwards did not know at the time that almost every officer who commanded Kerry or served alongside him opposes his candidacy....

I have been wondering for some time now, everytime John E. O'Neill goes on a TV show to talk about his book. The host of show always makes it about HIM. The debate isnt about O'Neill its about Kerry, why do they NOT answer the charges, and keep attacking this man? The book isnt about HIM, HE ISNT GETTING MONEY FROM THE BOOK! ALL PROFITS HE IS GIVING TO NAVY CHARITIES! This is an honorable man! Hell, did Fat ass Michael Moore give all his profits to charity? I DONT THINK SO! DID THE LIBERAL MEDIA SLANDER MICHAEL MOORE? I...

A Vietnam veteran with ties to San Antonio has entered a minefield of controversy with a new book that questions John Kerry's war record, his three Purple Hearts and his ability to lead the country. John O'Neill, a 1963 graduate of Central Catholic High School and a Houston lawyer, co-wrote "Unfit for Command," a scathing critique of Kerry's military service, which O'Neill says has been highly exaggerated and in some cases fabricated. "I think it's important the country have the facts about John Kerry so that they can reach a reasonable decision," O'Neill said recently. Among O'Neill's charges: that two...

[I've searched for a previous posting of this & can't find one. Can't vouch for anything about it, but I've received it as an email fwd. several times in the last few days & it has the ring of truth to me, at any rate.] Observations by Chris Thomas, Air Force Pilot: I would like to add my two cents about my John Kerry experience. During my career as an Air Force pilot, I spent two years flying a small twin engine prop plane around the Pacific from my base in Okinawa, Japan. On one trip we had to fly...

During the better part of the last three years we have endured an endless series of offerings from the Bush-Haters-Book-of-the-Month Club. These volumes have overexerted titles and overly verbose subtitles like Big Lies: The Rightwing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth or Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. They contain very little unique information from one to the next. Most are petty; some are demonstrably fraudulent, such as Joe Wilson's The Politics of Truth. They are mostly written by people who are professionally distasteful of President Bush. All of them have been written by...

Kerry’s Former Military Defenders Hold Press Conference [Parody] Today 10 senior military officials held a press conference to publicize their previously released statement criticizing what they call Vice President Dick Cheney’s attacks on John Kerry (1,2). Relevant excerpts follow: Cary Jamesville (good conservative twin of psychotic former presidential advisor): This question is directed to you all. Now how many of you have actually met Dick Cheney? Wesley Clark: Well, I met him at a party once. Nice sort of a guy...kind of a wall flower. Jamesville: And the rest of you? Rest of Them (Sheepishly):Well...er...no... Jamesville: What!?!? You mean you...

It happened the first time over 30 years ago. John Kerry and his gang trashed fellow soldiers after Kerry left his comrades early to pursue his own agenda. They were called baby killers. They were called mass murderers. Some of those testifying before Congress were not whom they purported to be. Thirty years later, Kerry & Gang are trashing brave men again. This time it is the comrades who served alongside him. Carville, Lanny Davis and others are figuratively spitting on them again and are calling them liars. John Kerry never paid for selling out his country and his comrades....

Another FReeper, The Bandit, has raised the question about this photo and those appearing in it with Kerry. Definately go to that threadhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1189173/posts?page=1 for full details. This post is to examine the picture itself. What is going on with this picture? It seems the shadows are from different sun angles. Does anyone have an explanation for this? (The top picture has had dark lines added to it to show the shadows in question. Bottom pic is as pulled from the other thread) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1189173/posts?page=1

John F. Kerry's campaign for president is imploding. And he knows it. The anti-war candidate went public as a pro-war candidate this week, and the members of his beloved "Band of Brothers" are exposing a whole book's worth of ugly lies. And they've got details, evidence, footnotes, signed affidavits and witnesses who back up their claims. Kerry himself bestowed immense credibility on his "Band of Brothers" when he used a picture of some of them in his campaign ad titled "Lifetime." Essentially, Kerry made Vietnam, and these men, the centerpiece of his campaign. Of course, that was when he thought...

Aligning oneself with the Vietnamese government during the war between Vietnam and the United States. Arguing against the war, statements of alleged atrocities and a continued undermining of the US government that gave substantial assistance to the Republic of North Vietnam by their own admission. Violates: United States Constitution, Article Three, Section 3 Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in...

Edwards responds to Cheney's criticism of Kerry By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 8/13/2004, 4:14 p.m. ET FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A day after Vice President Dick Cheney criticized John Kerry, Democratic Sen. John Edwards defended his running mate on Friday, saying he "spilled his blood for the United States" and accusing the Republican of distorting Kerry's words. Cheney told voters in Ohio Thursday that Kerry had called for a "more sensitive" war on terror and mocked that notion as something that won't impress the Sept. 11 terrorists or the Islamic militants who have beheaded U.S. citizens. Edwards, returning...

Proof Kerry is Telling the Truth Major Embarrassment for the Right It turns out John Kerry is telling the truth about spending Christmas in Cambodia. A British journalist who worked in Cambodia in the Sixties has just come forward with a recording of the following popular Cambodian folk song: Grandma got run over by a swift boat Walking home from our hooch Christmas Eve You may say Cambodia has no swift boats But me and Aunt Teresa, we believe [chorus] She'd been smoking too much Thai stick And we begged her to keep low But she felt like skinny dipping...

Here's Johnny!

Kerry Works to Attract Gun Votes 8/12/2004 Focused on winning the votes of gun supporters in swing states, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is promoting himself as a "lifelong hunter" and Second Amendment supporter. The approach has led the National Rifle Association (NRA) to step up its efforts to challenge Kerry's stance, the Washington Post reported Aug. 9. Kerry has been using as many occasions as possible to show voters that he supports responsible gun use. A flier from the Laborers' International Union describes the candidate as a hunter. In a campaign commercial, Kerry is pictured with a shotgun. And...