Kerry's finger

[thedrifter]

Inside Politics


By Greg Pierce


Kerry's finger
"Democratic senator — and certain presidential nominee — John F. Kerry, gave the middle finger to a Vietnam veteran at the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Memorial Day morning," NewsMax.com reported yesterday.


"Ted Sampley, a former Green Beret who served two full tours in Vietnam, spotted Kerry and his Secret Service detail at about 9 a.m. Monday morning at the Wall. Sampley walked up to Kerry, extended his hand and said, 'Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not belong here.'
"At that point, a Secret Service officer told Sampley to back away from Kerry. Sampley moved about 6 feet away and opened his jacket to reveal a HANOI JOHN T-shirt," NewsMax reported.
"Kerry then began talking to a group of schoolchildren. Sampley then showed the T-shirt to the children and said, 'Kerry does not belong at the Wall because he betrayed the brave soldiers who fought in Vietnam.'
"Just then, Kerry — in front of the schoolchildren, other visitors and Secret Service agents — brazenly 'flashed the bird' at Sampley and then yelled out to everyone, 'Sampley is a felon!'
"Kerry was referring to an incident 12 years ago when Sampley confronted Sen. John McCain's chief aide, Mark Salter, in a Senate stairwell after McCain repeatedly offended POW families at a Senate POW hearing. Sampley, whose father-in-law at that time was MIA in Laos, followed Salter into the stairwell and, when they emerged, Salter had a bloody lip and a broken nose."

Black and white
Black preachers and white conservative activists came together yesterday in support of a constitutional amendment to ban homosexual "marriage," Cox News Service reports.
"Same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue," declared the Rev. William Owens, president of the Coalition of African American Pastors, based in Memphis, Tenn. "You cannot have a civil rights issue for something that is wrong."
"Marriage is a black-and-white issue. It is between one man and one woman," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
In announcing their alliance, the participants vowed to campaign within their different constituencies for a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman. They also back similar provisions that will be on the November ballot in several states.
At a press conference in the Capitol, the ministers and political activists warned that candidates, members of Congress and the president would be held accountable for their stances.

Wisconsin surprise
"It was amazing. Had I not been there to see it and hear it, I never would have believed it. But I, and thousands of others, witnessed it in Madison, Wis.," Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Laney writes, referring to the reaction to the commencement address at the University of Wisconsin.
"The school had chosen an actor for the honor because he had grown up in Madison. He began his speech with this: 'I bring you greetings from the acting president of the United States!'
"The throng of graduates erupted in cheers," the columnist said.
"The actor-speaker, you see, was none other than Bradley Whitford, who is seen weekly on the television series 'The West Wing.' And he was on a roll ... or so he thought.
"He followed his message with a question: How was he asked to speak at the University of Wisconsin in Madison when the real president of the United States spoke the day before at a small college of 5,000 students in Mequon near Milwaukee?
"This is where the amazing thing happened. When Whitford said, 'President George Bush was at Concordia [University] yesterday,' the students erupted with applause and cheers. They were cheering for George W. Bush! The University of Wisconsin — where Students for a Democratic Society, SDS, was born; the place known to be so far left it's off the charts — had students cheering for a Republican president!
"It appeared to surprise the speaker as his speech abruptly turned to a list of suggestions — a formula, so to speak — on how to achieve their goals in life."
The columnist added: "Later, I asked some of the graduates what they thought of the commencement address and why they had cheered the president. Their answers came quickly. They didn't like Whitford's remarks about the president. They didn't think the time was right to attack a president who was leading the country in a war against terrorism."

Knowles and Kerry
The campaign wing of Senate Republicans apparently thinks that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry could drag down Tony Knowles, the Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat from Alaska, on the issue of allowing limited oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The National Republican Senatorial Committee campaign has purchased television time for ads that will begin airing in Alaska on Tuesday, the day of the filing deadline for the U.S. Senate race, according to a press release by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The ads attempt to link Mr. Knowles to Mr. Kerry's fervent opposition to oil drilling in ANWR, echoing a theme of Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Democrats said. Mr. Knowles says he supports oil drilling, a popular position in Alaska.
"Alaskans don't need anyone from Washington, D.C., telling them how to think or vote," Mr. Knowles said in a statement included in the Democratic press release. "If these people lived in Alaska, they would know that I have always fought to open ANWR and am independent enough to have publicly taken on my own party over this issue."

Columnist Dean
Howard Dean is writing a syndicated weekly column, Editor & Publisher reports.
"The first piece by the former Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont governor appeared [Monday]. In it, Dean called for electronic voting to be shelved until 2006 or until it's 'reliable and will allow recounts,' " the newspaper trade magazine said at its Web site (www.editorandpublisher.com)
Mr. Dean's column is being distributed by Cagle Cartoons, which also carries columns by Michael Reagan, son of the former president, and Dick Morris, the former political adviser to President Clinton.

Applause-o-meter
The New York Times, in an article by Marc Santora, said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's graduation address Saturday at West Point "drew polite applause," seeming to suggest that the graduates and guests were unenthusiastic but mannerly.
A Pentagon aide tells us that the Associated Press came closer to the truth when it said that Mr. Rumsfeld spoke to "a cheering crowd" and that he received "sustained applause."
• Greg Pierce can be reached at 202/636-3285 or gpierce@washingtontimes.com.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm


Ellie

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by thedrifter
Inside Politics


By Greg Pierce


Kerry's finger
"Democratic senator — and certain presidential nominee — John F. Kerry, gave the middle finger to a Vietnam veteran at the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Memorial Day morning," NewsMax.com reported yesterday.


"Ted Sampley, a former Green Beret who served two full tours in Vietnam, spotted Kerry and his Secret Service detail at about 9 a.m. Monday morning at the Wall. Sampley walked up to Kerry, extended his hand and said, 'Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not belong here.'
"At that point, a Secret Service officer told Sampley to back away from Kerry. Sampley moved about 6 feet away and opened his jacket to reveal a HANOI JOHN T-shirt," NewsMax reported.
"Kerry then began talking to a group of schoolchildren. Sampley then showed the T-shirt to the children and said, 'Kerry does not belong at the Wall because he betrayed the brave soldiers who fought in Vietnam.'
"Just then, Kerry — in front of the schoolchildren, other visitors and Secret Service agents — brazenly 'flashed the bird' at Sampley and then yelled out to everyone, 'Sampley is a felon!'
"Kerry was referring to an incident 12 years ago when Sampley confronted Sen. John McCain's chief aide, Mark Salter, in a Senate stairwell after McCain repeatedly offended POW families at a Senate POW hearing. Sampley, whose father-in-law at that time was MIA in Laos, followed Salter into the stairwell and, when they emerged, Salter had a bloody lip and a broken nose."

• Greg Pierce can be reached at 202/636-3285 or gpierce@washingtontimes.com.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm


Ellie

Sampley is a felon, Kerry said. LOL

Sampley confronted Sen. John McCain's chief aide, Mark Salter, in a Senate stairwell after McCain repeatedly offended POW families at a Senate POW hearing. Sampley, whose father-in-law at that time was MIA in Laos, followed Salter into the stairwell and, when they emerged, Salter had a bloody lip and a broken nose."


Hey, I'm really beginning to like this Sampley fellow.

SF
Cook

[Super Dave]

How I do want to see a photo of that..now that should be on the front page of every paper and in EVERY Bush ad.

[yellowwing]

I'd do some more research on Ted, before you endorse him. It seems like he has accused John McCain of collaboration while he was a POW, and led a protest on George Bush Sr. on the POW issue. Newsmax is the only source running this story. Think about it.

[snipowsky]

John Kerry has no class! If he wanted votes from veterans he just lost every single one of them with his "bird". Ted Sampley had every right to tell him to leave! John Kerry has done nothing for Vietnam Veterans except bad mouth them and tell lies. He even tried to cover up POW/MIA recovery efforts! This man is a traitor and has no business being our next President.

Complain about Bush all you want, but I'll sleep better at night knowing "W" is hard at work. I guess If John Kerry is our next President I'll be considering moving to Canada and becoming a "Canuck". Ugh what a dirty disgusting thought John Fonda Kerry as President. Oh and I hate Canada too! A country full of Frenchmen, but too cowardly to admit it.

[airframesguru]

Communist Vietnamese Honor John Kerry, the War Protestor, as a Hero in the Communist Victory over the United States in the Vietnam War.

In the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum (formerly known as the "War Crimes Museum") in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), a photograph of John Kerry hangs in a room dedicated to the anti-war activists who helped the Vietnamese Communists win the Vietnam War. The photograph shows Senator Kerry being greeted by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Comrade Do Muoi.

Jeffrey M. Epstein of Vietnam Vets for the Truth acquired the photograph over the Memorial Day weekend as America was commemorating its military heroes. Epstein's organization, Vietnam Vets for the Truth, had issued a general request last week for photographs documenting Kerry's activities on behalf of the enemy. Bob Shirley, a Vietnam Swift Boat veteran (www.pcf45.com), sent the photograph to Epstein in response to that call. Shirley recently joined over 200 other Swift Boat veterans in signing an open letter questioning Kerry's fitness to serve as Commander-in-Chief.


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Photograph of John Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vietnam, July 15-18, 1993. Photo taken in the War Remnants Museum (formerly the "War Crimes Museum") in Saigon in May 2004.

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Jeff Epstein explains the importance of the photograph:

"This photograph's unquestionable significance lies in its placement in the American protestors' section of the War Crimes Museum in Saigon. The Vietnamese communists clearly recognize John Kerry's contributions to their victory. This find can be compared to the discovery of a painting of Neville Chamberlain hanging in a place of honor in Hitler's Eagle's Nest in 1945."


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War Remnants Museum, Saigon, May 2004. The uniformed sailor is from an Australian minesweeper docked in the Saigon River.

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Photographer Bill Lupetti, who is currently visiting Vietnam, took the photographs in Saigon during his recent visit there. Lupetti, a former Hospital Corpsman, is also a Swift Boat veteran.


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Photograph of Bill Lupetti outside his billet in Can Tho, 1970.

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Below the photograph of John Kerry are explanatory placards in English, French, Vietnamese, and Chinese. The English placard reads:

"Mr. Do Muoi, Secretary General of the Vietnamese Communist Party met with Congressman and Veterans Delegation in Vietnam (July 15-18, 1993)"

Senator Kerry may argue today that his anti-war protests did not render support to the enemy in time of war and that his activities did not violate the definition of treason given in Article III, Section 3, of the US Constitution. This exhibit paying tribute to Kerry in the War Protestors Hall of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City tells a very different story. The Vietnamese communists clearly feel that the American anti-war protestors were a very important force in undermining support in the United States for American war efforts, a force that contributed materially to ultimate communist victory in 1975.

On Fox News' Hannity and Colmes show on Friday, May 28, 2004, Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman (USN, Retired) accused John Kerry of being a traitor because of his anti-war activities. This photo, which demonstrates the extent to which the Vietnamese communists acknowledge that he supported them during the Vietnam War, corroborates this charge. (Hoffman, the former commander of the Swift Boat force and one-time Kerry's superior officer, is Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth (SwiftVets.com).

Vietnam Vets for the Truth (KerryLied.com) was established for the sole purpose of organizing a rally targeting Kerry's lies before the US Senate in 1971 based on the so-called "Winter Soldier" hearings. The rally, appropriately called "Kerry Lied," will be held on Capitol Hill on September 12th.


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Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
jcorsi@wintersoldier.com
Jeffrey M. Epstein
Vietnam Vets for the Truth
Jepstein02@snet.net


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Last Updated Tuesday, June 01 2004 @ 08:21 PM PDT


www.wintersoldier.com - Kerry Honored by Vietnamese Communists

[yellowwing]

If its anti-Kerry people will buy anything. Did you know Kerry has a bust of Ho Chi Minh on his desk?

There is a huge market for political smearing. These people are exploiting it with out researching what is the truth. Anyone with desire to seek the truth can take 3 minutes and see what is really the story. Don't swallow the shinola anyone on either political side sells.

The more ridiculous the better. PT Barnum would be proud.

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by yellowwing
Did you know Kerry has a bust of Ho Chi Minh on his desk?

I didn't know Kerry had a bust of Ho Chi Minh on his desk?

Can I quote you on that?

"Native Canadian veteran and long time John Kerry supporter, stated today that Senator John kerry has bust of Ho Chi Minh on his desk."

This reporter was unable to verify before this publication if the veteran was speaking of the Senator's Washington D.C. office desk or the office desk that senator Kerry maintains in Hanoi.

A search of the Associate Press files did not support this claim, however, a picture was provided of the bust but it remains unknown where , when or in what office the bust of Ho Chi Minh is today.

[yellowwing]

Oh crud! This will be passed onto Matt Drudge, Ann Coulter, then Wolf Blitzer. The next thing you know Michael Moore will make a movie out of it, and I won't see a dime!

[Chrisusmcbrat]

Kerry has no right to be President, sure Bush has made his mistakes but so has every other President before him. Kerry has a negative attitude towards the safety and protection of all of our U.S. troops, I'm not ok with that and never will be. Especially when my fiancee and both of our friends in the Marine Corps are over there in Iraq right now fighting for our country which Kerry also lives in. He needs to learn to respect those who have fought and are still fighting for our country. I cringe at the very thought of Kerry becoming President.

[dnelson]

Well 1st I will not be voting for Kerry, but This Mr Sampley I do not trust either. Would somebody tell me what school children were doing in DC on the busyest day of the year. With all those Bikers in the area Not one photo of this.
Something is just not right.

[snipowsky]

If it really happened a picture of this will surface, if not I don't believe it. BUT...I'm still voting for Bush in 2004!

[HardJedi]

that report was TOO funny Sparrowhawk! LOL

[greybeard]

Hell, the enquirer isn't even collaborating that finger story. A call bs on that one, & I'm a Bush supporter.

[TracGunny]

Originally posted by greybeard
Hell, the enquirer isn't even collaborating that finger story. A call bs on that one, & I'm a Bush supporter.

…the Enquirer? LOL... even so I agree, I will keep the BS flag flying until this story gets a little more creditable collaboration...