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| Kerry Sees a Little Vietnam in Louisiana Coastline |
| 2004-04-21 |
| The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet is a long way from the Mekong Delta, but it brought back memories for Democratic presidential hopeful and Vietnam War veteran John Kerry on Wednesday. Standing at the bow of a 25-foot power craft called "Fishing Magician" inspecting coastal erosion in southern Louisiana reminded Kerry of his days as commander of a Navy "swift" boat 35 years ago. "I looked out at the shoreline and I commented that parts of it looked a lot like the rivers and coastline that I went through in Vietnam," the Massachusetts senator said. He told about 100 supporters sweltering in the heat on the banks of the Mississippi that he had spent a lot of time "in a habitat that looked a little like this" as a young Naval officer. He said the 50-foot gunboat he commanded was built "right here in Louisiana." |
| Posted by:TS |
| #20 I watched Bush closely in the footage after his carrier landing. You could see from his body language and enthusiasm when he was talking to the other pilots that he is a pilot also. He wasn't posing for the camera either. I don't know what it is about pilots, but it cannot be faked. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-22 2:58:55 AM |
| #19 Mike - you've gotta forgive Kerry, after all, it was 4 months spent, almost 40 years ago.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-21 9:18:18 PM |
| #18 Y'know, I've been to the mouth of the Mekong, and I've been to the mouth of the Mississippi, and they don't look ANYTHING alike to me. I wonder if John-boy might not have more than a couple of screws loose. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-04-21 9:16:47 PM |
| #17 I hope y'all (and he) realizes that we have a lot of Vietnamese refugees here; in fact, a lot more than he said were going to be caused by the American surrender.... |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-04-21 9:01:12 PM |
| #16 Get down Fred man, bring out the issues, work 'em over and send them all to landfille of your soul. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-21 8:44:26 PM |
| #15 Hmmm... any other "Duckman" fans around? Anyone else remember the episode when Duckman was having Vietnam flashbacks? Remember how they turned out to be flashbacks to movies about Vietnam? Remember the story about Kerry watching over and over the filmed re-enactment of Anyone want to bet he can't distinguish his memory of the film from his memory of the actual event? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-21 8:33:31 PM |
| #14 does this guy have anything else to stand on??? always pushing vietnam..... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-04-21 8:14:49 PM |
| #13 does this guy have anything else to stand on??? always pushing vietnam..... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-04-21 8:11:31 PM |
| #12 smitty: LOL! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-21 7:34:08 PM |
| #11 I swear, everytime I turn around this numb-nuts is having flashbacks to 'Nam. I think he has PTSD. |
| Posted by: H.D. Miller 2004-04-21 7:32:37 PM |
| #10 When the "Fishing Magician" reached shore Kerry leaped off the boat, chased down and shot a local Cajun shrimper. "That reminds me of how I won the Silver Star" said the Massachusetts senator. |
| Posted by: smitty 2004-04-21 7:31:46 PM |
| #9 He must have been confused by the Vietnamese shrimp fishers out there......and the humidity. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-04-21 7:04:14 PM |
| #8 Wow, only April and Kerry has already descended to the level of self-parody. |
| Posted by: docob 2004-04-21 7:02:40 PM |
| #7 Ya man. Did I tell you lately I served in Nam? I came home and buddy fucked all my fellow Vets in front of a commission. The media loved me. Why don't all you Vets love me now? |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-04-21 6:52:21 PM |
| #6 Did he get any civilian kills this time? Take any ears? Rape or kill any civilians? (according to his congressional testamony that is how he remembers Vietnam....). Kerry reminds me (again) of the middle aged man who still brags and tells everyone about when he caught the winning football pass back in shithole high school. Give it a farking rest already! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-21 6:45:37 PM |
| #5 Keery outa come to Dekle Beach (my homa town) he'd feel right at home. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-21 6:26:18 PM |
| #4 Hmmm... I could see getting really, really sick of this asshole after 4 years of him in the White House. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-21 6:26:09 PM |
| #3 Kerry served in Vietnam? |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-04-21 6:18:30 PM |
| #2 Did the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet smell like nuoc mam? Could you smell burning shit in the distance? Was there a naked 4-year-old with his finger shoved up his nose on the shoreline staring at you as you cruised by? Yeah, buddy. Every time I go to Mississippi, it's just like being in Vietnam. Every time I go to Alabama, too. Or Georgia. Or Wyoming. Took the Little Woman to Niagra Falls a few years back. Saw all that water, first words out of my mouth were, "Sure does remind me of the time I spent in Vietnam. Can you smell the nuoc mam? Can you smell the burning poop? And lookit dat kid over there, Honey, scratching the inside of his head..." Kerry seems to lug Vietnam around with him about the same way Jesse Jackson lugs around Selma, Alabama. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-04-21 6:17:14 PM |
| #1 This guy is starting to remind me of those stories of Japanese pilots that crashed on deserted islands and thought the war was still going on forty years later. Let it go already, Senator Shellshock! |
| Posted by: Cthulhu Akbar 2004-04-21 6:09:43 PM |