Tim Blair

ah, so he's pretending to shoot journalists now...the man is unhinged.

did you know he served in vietnam?

Good Lord, that's the silliest thing I ever read.

- If it's a "secret compartment," how did the reporter know to ask about it? Obviously Kerry and/or his staff have been spreading the word.

- Why would Kerry feel the need to carry a souvenir around 30 years later anyway?

That's the most obvious attempt at grandstanding I've ever seen. He comes off looking like a kid playing soldier. And this is the guy who's supposed to have a nuanced approach toward fighting a war?

Jeebus. So was the CIA guy on a mission to kill Col. Kurtz?

Saigon. I can't believe Kerry is still in Saigon.

And he's never getting off the boat, man!

Kerry/Cambodia Primer link needs fixing.

Wow, Kerry's life is turning into a "Weird War" comic book. Invulnerable acrobatic superdogs. Disappearing and reappearing ribbons. Daring undercover missions deep into enemy territory. Secret compartments with nostalgic souveniers from his Howling Commando days. I'm starting to wonder if the man's memory is entirely reliable.

On the other hand, I think we've just found out what's inside that mysterious briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

Tim’s attempted Byron York link:
http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200408101318.asp

Roger L. Simon has been all over this...

Check out the stories. Kerry is way past unhinged, Either he can't tell where his real life ends and the videos he rents begins, or he honestly thinks no one else in the world saw Apocalypse Now.

And if you want proof the Swift Boat veterans are telling the truth, three of the Democrats pet advocacy groups have just filed a complaint against them with the FEC... what more do you need to know? When the Democrats sue you, you're know you're right...

I smell at least two more lies in the story: sneaking into East Berlin and grabbing a bull's horns after being trampled in Pamplona.

HEY! Kerry took my hat! I had one of those, and it's been missing for years......

Bahahahahahahahaha. Thank you Tim, that was hilarious.

How scary is this that Capt. Willard-Kerry has claimed on record to have been a CIA assassin on a secret mission behind enemy lines? How does he shrug this tale off as a false memory or bar room bragging? Kerry can't be a little pregnant on this one. Is he a pathological liar or suffering from psychotic delusions?

Maybe the close alliance between Hollywood and the Dems has finally gone clinical. We have a West Wing Sheen who half believes he's Prez and a born-to-the-West-Wing candidate who thinks he's Sheen.

For all ya'll wanting to get your hands on tomorrow's winning lottery ticket, let this be a lesson to ya: this is what comes of having too much damn money!

Kerry's stories have out-creeped anything I've heard in American politics for 34+ years... what the hell is it with demeaucrats and serial liars, anyway? This guy is just-plain-spooky. At least with Bubba, one could understand his unquaffable sexual urges and stuff...

Wotta party we'll have come the evening of 2 Nov.

There was more than one CIA Agent involved; Nelson
Fox and Niccolo Toscani (future Chicago police detective) Re; Above the Law; a cinematic representation of Sen Kerry's witchhunting star
chamber, which included an Idealistic young Senator investigating conspiracies in Central America; who the hero Toscanni tells his story
to; but not before the CIA baddies try to kill
the Senator

Seared in Walter Kerry's memory is the grim pocketa-pocketa-pocketa of the enemy flamethrowers...

The more you think about this, the more you have to laugh. JK's story has two components:
1. He dropped a Black Ops guy into a "neutral" country--a very big no no--in A US MILITARY SHIP, REPLETE WITH CREW,MARKINGS AND ARMAMENT. Er, No. That did not happen.

2. Said CIA guy, who happily broke long standing protocol, not only identified himself as a spook, but GAVE HIM A FUCKING SOUVENIR.

of course it happened that way John My Boy. If you need it to, it happened.

I went to Cambodia, before I decided I dreampt it.

He really ought to watch his imaginary hand gun safety.

As you surf around the web following the claims and counter-claims regarding Kerry's 4 month long Vietnam service, be careful not to have a mouthful of liquid (or else put plastic on your keyboard). A common talking point being used to discredit the Swift Boat Vets (aka Swifties) is to question why the Swifties, those who are debunking Kerry's claims, are so obsessed about Vietnam.

The first time I encountered the 'anti-Kerry Swifties are bizarrely obsessed' argument I almost spewed coffee over my keyboard. (I've since seen this argument used enough to believe someone must have suggested it as a talking point.) But it took me by surprise when I first saw it.

How *anyone* in their right mind could try and suggest the Swifties have an unhealthy obsession with Vietnam when Kerry has made Vietnam the centerpiece of his campaign is quite beyond me. It seems OK for Kerry to dredge up his 4 months in Vietnam and obsess about it, but somehow if anyone who is anti-Kerry brings up Vietnam they are accused of having an unhealthy obsession.

I wonder how many of the anti-Kerry Swifties carries a 30 yr. old hat around with them?

So was the CIA guy on a mission to kill Col. Kurtz?

Nah. Colonel Klink.

PTTVAMS
Post Traumatic Television and Movies Syndrome

Or something like that, it was Duckman, In the Nam Of the Father.

Don't forget to check out Lileks today. He nails the whole underlying implausibility of the story.

Plus, he points out the utter gullibility of the reporter, who claims that "[Kerry] carries the black attache everywhere." Ever seen a picture of him carrying a briefcase. Me neither. If you find one, post a link.

You just can't make this stuff up. If Kerry wins the Presidency, political comedians will be out of a job because they won't be able to top him.

All of this attention to Kerry's service in Vietnam/Cambodia/Whatever is playing perfectly into his gameplan.

As long as the country's attention is focused on this claptrap, there's no attention being paid to his abysmal Senate record. The man has done NOTHING for 20 years, but is getting a pass as long as what he did 30-odd years ago is in the media.

Bill, that's next in the cycle of, never ending stories of his lengthy career in the service of himself.

The title of this post gives me a thought: At every Kerry appearance, could we get a brave band of RWDB's to chant "Show us the hat!" over and over?

Damn but that would be funny.

I'm beginning to suspect, Kerry had not served in the army. He was in a lunatic asylum and the lunatic escaped.

Maybe Theresa has John in some sort of a Manchurian Candidate warp. Does she play alot of solitaire, is she enamoured with the face cards?

Power Line posted a snapshot of what they believe to be a good candidate for the hat. I agree, but insist that it's the same hat I posted a picture of on my own blog, just rotated to keep Kerry's field of vision unobstructed.

Dave S. - LOL. Haven't seen that film in ages.

This could finish Kerry.What happens to the Dems then,does Edwards step up?A new contender?

Cambodia is apparently so important to Kerry that he puts it in the source of his website:

[TITLE]John Kerry for President - John Kerry in Vietnam[/ TITLE]
[meta name= target content="military record, cambodia, vietnam, military service" ] "

What position on Cambodia?He keeps changing them.Not having a go,just want to know what positions we are talking about.

But no bias in the media, right? (I swear, I work in the media and one of my best friends here tells me she can prove -- PROVE! -- that the media is biased toward conservatives.)

But a Lexis search of US Newspapers and Wires in the past week for "Kerry" "Cambodia" and "Hat" yields exactly one hit -- from yesterday's New York Sun, the only conservative daily in the East Coast.

Except for the Moonie-owned Washington Times, that is.