They Call Him “Flipper”
Drudge is reporting that this claim at John Kerry’s web site …
RIGHTWING FICTION: John Kerry threw away his medals during a Vietnam war protest.
FACT: John Kerry is proud of the work he did to end the Vietnam war. The Nixon Administration made John Kerry one of its targets and Kerry’s rightwing opponents have been smearing him ever since. John Kerry threw his ribbons and the medals of two veterans who could not attend the event, and said “I am not doing this for any violent reasons, but for peace and justice, and to try to make this country wake up once and for all.” [Tour of Duty, Douglas Brinkley]
… is about to be proven false:
In an interview published Friday in the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry claimed he “never ever implied” that he threw his own medals during a Hill protest in 1971 to appear as an antiwar hero.
But a new shock video shows John Kerry — in his own voice — saying he did!
ABC’s GOOD MORNING AMERICA is set to rock the political world Monday morning with an airing of Kerry’s specific 1971 boast, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
The video was made by a local news station in 1971.
It directly contradicts Kerry’s own website headline: “RIGHTWING FICTION: John Kerry threw away his medals during a Vietnam war protest.”
Kerry’s campaign refused comment Sunday afternoon, citing a policy not to respond to the DRUDGE REPORT.