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Norbert

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Sun Mar-07-04 04:05 AM
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Right wing wackjob alert.

Edited on Sun Mar-07-04 04:11 AM by Norbert

The fabled and distinguished chief of naval operations,Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, told me — 30 years ago when he was still CNO —that during his own command of U.S. naval forces in Vietnam, just prior to his anointment as CNO, young Kerry had created great problems for him and the other top brass,by killing so many non-combatant civilians and going after other non-military targets.‘We had virtually to straitjacket him to keep him under control,’ the admiral said. ‘Bud’ Zumwalt got it right when he assessed Kerry as having large ambitions — but promised that his career in Vietnam would haunt him if he were ever on the national stage.” And this statement was made despite the fact Zumwalt had personally pinned a Silver Star on Mr. Kerry.

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http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12386

This was written by Thomas Lipscomb who I figure to be just a poor mans David Horowitz. I guess we are going to have eight more months of this shit. It's useless to be able to elevate the service of a swaggering beer bong champ that went AWOL so the next best thing is to discredit the service of his political rival even if it means putting words in the mouth of an Admiral that has been dead nearly four years. :mad:

Thank God for snopes.com. Hopefully they will be on top of this very soon.

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thebigidea

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Sun Mar-07-04 04:10 AM
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1. oh my, this is hilarious!

For a second I couldn't believe what I was reading - a rightwinger CRITICIZING A SOLDIER OF THE UNITED STATES FOR BEING CARELESS WITH CIVILIAN LIVES!

AHHAHAHAH!

The amazing, overwhelming, overpowering, holy-shit-I'm-gonna-explode irony of this coming from the side that practically trademarked colllllateral damage...

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Supply Side Jesus

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Sun Mar-07-04 04:39 AM
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2. and yet his record confirms this??

right?? right??? right???
fuckin bullshit.

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Blayde Starrfyre

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Sun Mar-07-04 05:39 AM
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3. lol, such BS

"young Kerry had created great problems for him and the other top brass,by killing so many non-combatant civilians and going after other non-military targets.‘We had virtually to straitjacket him to keep him under control,’ the admiral said."

That's so fake, just like the "dozens" of people that "The Clinton Chronicles" alleged Bill Clinton to have killed. No one is buying this.

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Festivito

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Sun Mar-07-04 11:43 AM
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4. Archived discussions

Zumwalt, largely responsible for Agent Orange, lost a son to it and after that stopped being a pro-war mouthpiece of the war. I Imagine that is why this quote being used has to go back 30 years.

Kerry killed VN civilians? An alleged quote from Zumwalt
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=408059

Kerry And Killing Civilians In Vietnam
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=390387

Again, why the freepers WON'T talk about Kerry's Bronze Star!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=371253

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Solomon

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Sun Mar-07-04 12:00 PM
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5. They better be quiet about this or the whole right wing will jump on the

Kerry bandwagon. They love this kind of shit. Talk about earning stripes!

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K8-EEE

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Sun Mar-07-04 01:19 PM
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6. Yeah They'd Be Like, Whoa, He Shot A Lot Of People, Woohoo!

Gun nut votes for Kerry! What a bunch of bull.

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