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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (26637)	5/8/2006 11:22:29 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 27181

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To: American Spirit who wrote (26637)	5/15/2006 8:50:17 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27181

Kerry in Vietnam Redux The debate over John Kerry’s attempt to delude America about his Vietnam service continues. None but himself take seriously John Kerry’s unrequited ambitions to run again for president and very few, indeed, take much he says seriously anymore about anything. However, his political cohorts continue to defend the crumbled myth he created of his short service in Vietnam. Having built their entire Potempkin campaign around it, and all but a few of those he served with contradicting it with sound evidence, they cling to the pretensions and continue to try to rewrite history by pejoratively calling the Revolt of the Vietnam Veterans “swiftboating.” According to the Charleston Post & Courier: “Television news veteran Marvin Kalb and his daughter are working through a Harvard-based grant to publish a book that will include commentary on the effectiveness and the credibility of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.” Retired Admiral William Schacte, senior uniformed legal officer of the Navy, whose first-person command witnessing of the lack of merit of Kerry’s first Purple Heart has been questioned, who to now has been reluctant to be drawn further into the fray, is resolute and willing to speak out. "I had to respond," Schachte recalls. "The truth was being trashed and others were defending me. I just couldn't let that go on." He declined to join the Swifties, opting instead for one nationally televised interview. There was no turning back; the admiral was squarely on the national campaign stage he had hoped to avoid. Predictably, the Kerry campaign counter was immediate. In a swirling response, William Zaladonis, an earnest sounding former navy enlisted man, came forth to declare he was with Kerry that fateful night and Schachte was not. The Kerry camp seeded questions about Schachte's personal motivations. In an April 12 e-mail inquiry to Schachte, Kalb characterizes the Schachte-Kerry disagreement as an "especially difficult issue." He told the admiral he had spoken to Kerry, Zaladonis and a second enlisted man. "All three state again and again they were the three men on board the Boston Whaler on that night," Kalb informed Schachte. "They say you weren't on that boat, but that you might have been on board the accompanying Swift Boat." The admiral bristles at such a premise and wonders why Kalb does not insist that Kerry release his entire service record. "The truth is not scattered, it's in John Kerry's records," Schachte contends. "This debate is so unnecessary, and Senator Kerry should end it once and for all and authorize release of all his military records. He owes it to America to do just that." Billy Schachte has taken a stand. America will be watching. Yes, indeedy, America will be watching. And, John Kerry and companions should watch out. History is not so easily skewed when there are so many credible witnesses.

To: American Spirit who wrote (26637)	6/25/2006 11:30:29 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

John Kerry's Boffo New Comedy Act Just when we think John Kerry's political comedy cannot possibly get any funnier, it does. The man is a master, soon to be recognized in France with the same awed appreciation heretofore reserved only for Jerry Lewis. Based on the Seinfeld principle of comedy about nothing, Kerry's routines ooze with influences of Samuel Beckett, Ingmar Bergman, Terry Southern and Albert Camus, delivered in a blend of Three Stooges sophistication with Steve Martin post-Tut obviosity. Kerry's comedic construct is unequaled for its originality even by the first-stiff-out standards of Last Comic Standing. Kerry's new act, which he has been opening soft for the past few weeks, is called "Cut and Run." Following on the heels of his under-appreciated, naturalistic "Flip Flop Man," "Cut and Run" plumbs the depths of mock seriousness, not professionally attempted on the Big Stage since British appeasement-school comedian Neville Chamberlain was subjected to the withering reviews of critic Winston Churchill last century. Kerry's amazing, breathtaking sense of timing, long recognized as the sine qua non of any successful stand-down comic, is a focus of the new act. Defying the long-held rule that timing should be invisible in an effortless delivery, Kerry dramatically goes all-in to one-up the rest of his Senate Liberal ensemble cast, left only to screech off-key behind him, a kind of early-Disney jackal chorus baying at a cardboard moon. That is star quality not witnessed since Andrew Dice Clay went off the low board or Richard Pryor set himself ablaze. Kerry's set-up is deceptively simple, based on establishing an absolute, iron-clad, date certain for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. His patter is delivered in stentorian tones, dogmatic and unwavering, bringing the audience to the edge of their CSPAN seats. You could hear an earmark drop, everyone is so transfixed. Then straight man Mitch McConnell enters from stage right. Looking like an avuncular cherub, he quietly says, let's vote. Kerry's body goes rigid. Only his eyes move, slightly. The vote is 93-6 against Kerry's proposal. The lights dim; the curtain begins a slow descent. Then Kerry says, "Okay, how about another date?" The crowd goes wild. Kerry's comedic genius and stage courage are now unquestionable. "Cut and Run" is an instant classic that will rank alongside Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" and Bill Cosby's "Fat Albert." One can only hope that Kerry will soon realize that the lesser talents of the U.S. Senate are holding him back and he will strike out on his own for a comedy club near you. He's that funny. He really is.