Well, there you have it. If Drudge reports it, then it must be true. :rolleyes: Just like that story about his extramarital affair.

Oh, by the way, when someone asks you what you did last Christmas, do they always mean that exact day? Or do they use it as a term for the holiday season? Just curious. You know, like when someone says, "My parents are flying out for Christmas," I don't naturally assume they mean the parents are arriving on Christmas day and then leaving again that day.

Also, the english language has these really cool things called periods. And what they do is separate sentences and thoughts. Like the following example: "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by the Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the president of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; the troops were not in Cambodia." See? Those two sentences means the author wasn't implying that he was necessarily shot at while on the boat during Christmas. Notice further that the comma used ties together the context of the second sentence meaning it was various memories over a period of time. This context can also be applied to the first sentence meaning that it covered a period of time, not a particular point in time.

Ahhh, the english language. Marvelous tool once you grasp the basics.

Originally posted by goharley:

How does grammer account for this then GH?

This from Andrew Antippos in this morning's Washington Times:

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"Finally, concerning the assertion that Mr. Kerry was shot at by the Khmer Rouge during his Christmas 1968 visit to Cambodia, it should be noted that the Khmer Rouge didn't take the field until the Easter Offensive of 1972, when the Vietnamese forces that had attacked the Cambodians initially in March 1970 pulled out of Cambodia to attack the U.S. and Vietnamese forces in Vietnam. Only Vietnamese Communist soldiers were found on the battlefields of Cambodia in 1970-72."

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Antippos was the US Foreign Service officer in Saigon in charge of Cambodia issues from March, 1966 through February, 1970. From February, 1970 until 1972, he was assigned to the US Embassy in Phnom Phen.

:rolleyes: I already explained it all. English, gentleman. Learn it, use it.

Taking something out of context and repeating it numerous times in different spins does not make it true.

One thing you cannot take out of of context: He volunteered for combat duty. The incumbent did not.

AM - you still haven't addressed this yet:

"LOL. Once again you can't backup your wacky claims.

Was it political suicide or not??? If it was, how come he still managed a long (yet surpisingly uninspiring) political career?? Please answer the question instead of dodging it with lame insults."


After all, this is an "... absolute and undeniable fact" that you have trumped us with. I'm sure you can exlpain since it is so clear and obvious...


*****crickets*****


Oh well. Guess I'll check back next week after my vacation... (I'm gone until next Thurs)

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It's not unusual in Massachusetts--this is the same 'enlightened' state that re-elects Ted Kennedy every six years no matter how many mistereses' drownings he tries to cover up or how many rapes he's implicated in.
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BTW--since Bob nipped the 'Selective my A$$'
thread---I wanted to say that I wasn't suggesting that you condoned slavery--I was trying to make the point that just because the tribes historically did something (gaming or slavery) they shouldn't automatically be able to start doing it again. :p

One point on the tribes and their slavery....The Makahs for example used to travel by canoe to Vancouver Island to bring back slaves from other tribes..one of their sacred traditions like gambling....Trouble is that the Stevens treaties of 1855 allowed them to whale and kill seals and fish but they had to agree to stop the practice of slavery. They agreed and so they can't claim the right to have slaves anymore. I can't seem to find the part about fireworks though.

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It's very telling that John Kerry is now CHANGING his version of what happened in SE
Asia---but the 250+ sailors who served with Kerry in Vietnam that contributed to 'Unfit for Command' are NOT changing their version.

http://www.swiftvets.com

--------All together now:

They call him Flipper, Flipper...

King of the Mekong.

No one you see......

Changes positions better than he.

BELVEDEEEEEEEERRRE!!

COME HERE BOY!!!

I love it when the Republicans keep this issue infront of everyone.....(Kerry's military service record vs. Bush's). Keep it up TK, PP, et all. Kerry will always come out ahead!!!

Yeah, that same Drudge crap has been posted in this forum about a dozen times now. The same Drudge tabloid that broke the story on Kerry's mistress and affair. :rolleyes:

They get lucky with one story on Clinton, and now they're considered credible?