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Kerry's 'Tea Party Downgrade' Comment Causes Outbreak of Right Wing Whining

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darthstar8/07/2011 4:37:46 pm PDT

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

I despise him for that. John Kerry did no wrong with his words today, I agree. But his old misdeeds I cannot forgive. So i said it once and will now drop it.

I think his risking his own life to protect his boat and crew was pretty admirable…or are you talking about his protesting the war after having been there to see it first hand?

Eight days later, on February 28, 1969, came the events for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star. On this occasion, Kerry was in tactical command of his Swift boat and two others in an eight boat formation. Their mission on the Duong Keo river included bringing a demolition team and dozens of South Vietnamese Marines to destroy enemy sampans, structures and bunkers as described in the story The Death Of PCF 43.[37] Running into an ambush, Kerry “directed the boats to turn to the beach and charge the Viet Cong positions” and he “expertly directed” his boat’s fire and coordinated the deployment of the South Vietnamese troops, according to the original medal citation (signed by Admiral Zumwalt). Going a short distance farther, Kerry’s boat was the target of an RPG round; as the boat beached at the site, a VC with a rocket launcher jumped and ran from a spider hole. While the boat’s gunner opened fire, wounding the VC on the leg, and while the other boats approached and offered cover fire, Kerry jumped from the boat and chased the VC and killed him, capturing a loaded rocket launcher.


Yeah…unforgivable…if he was a Republican the teabaggers would be eating the peanuts out if his shit.