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Old 03-01-2004, 11:05 AM   #2618
Gattigap
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Even the "good" part of Kerry's military record is turning smelly.

http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/ge.../27&ID=Ar00800

".... [T]he 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."

Though we'll forgive the admiral, Zumwalt obviously has a poor sense of electoral strategy. The horrified liberals will have nowhere else to go, and this little blurb will tie up the much-pursued "Commando" vote. Rove's gonna be pissed.
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