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Aid and comfort to the enemy: The Kerry record...

by Alexander Markus Saturday, Jun. 26, 2004 at 9:37 PM

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

--George Washington

It's no surprise that John Kerry has devoted so much time and energy questioning George W. Bush's record as commander-in-chief. Nor is it any surprise that he recently launched a campaign calling on Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld to resign after a handful of military personnel humiliated al-Qa'ida terrorists in Abu Ghraib prison while attempting to obtain actionable intelligence about their plans to kill more of our troops.

These political attacks are just the latest round on Kerry's long list of black-bag antics designed to undermine America's military strength and resolve.

Kerry, who fancies himself a war hero, has spent much of his political career denigrating American military personnel and the nation they defend. But his anti-American actions preceded his first campaign for Congress -- indeed, they were the platform from which he launched his political career.

Like his comrade "Hanoi Jane" Fonda and so many other Leftist protagonists from the Age of Aquarius, Kerry was a child of wealth and privilege. Today, he is the wealthiest member of Congress (the "F" stands for "Forbes," after all) but don't expect that to be a central theme of his "man of the people" campaign. (In fact, the top five wealthiest Senators are all Democrats.)

Kerry grew up hobnobbing with the Massachusetts Cape glitterati, a life of leisure including all the accoutrements -- the best schools, the best vacation homes, the best yachts, etc. He socialized with the rich and famous, especially the Kennedy clan elites, where he was taken under the wing of his future patron saint, Teddy. He attempted to emulate John Kennedy's PT-109 heroics by joining the Navy and using his connections to obtain an assignment for a short tour on a swiftboat in Vietnam. Kerry then went on to collect three Purple Hearts in just two months -- all of dubious merit, but requisite for a ticket home to pursue his political aspirations.

Unlike John F. Kennedy, however, when John F. Kerry got home, there was no hero's welcome. The nation was in turmoil over our continued role in Vietnam, the result of limited but well-publicized Leftist protests against the war. So Kerry, ever the opportunist, endeavored to become the Left's most "useful idiot" (as Lenin called Western apologists for Soviet propaganda), collaborating with Fonda, et al., and leading protests accusing his "brethren" in Vietnam of all manner of atrocities.

Kerry was (and remains) an effective spokesperson for his Leftist cadre. His anti-war protest period culminated with his 1971 congressional testimony, after which he told the press,

"There are all kinds of atrocities and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free-fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50-caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search-and-destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare. All of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions...."

Regarding the substance -- and source -- of Kerry's claims, Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking intelligence officer ever to defect from the Soviet bloc, says:

"KGB priority number one at that time was to damage American power, judgment, and credibility. ... As a spy chief and a general in the former Soviet satellite of Romania, I produced the very same vitriol Kerry repeated to the U.S. Congress almost word for word and planted it in leftist movements. KGB chairman Yuri Andropov managed our anti-Vietnam War operation. He often bragged about having damaged the U.S. foreign-policy consensus, poisoned domestic debate in the U.S., and built a credibility gap between America and European public opinion through our disinformation operations. Vietnam was, he once told me, 'our most significant success'."

As for the success of Kerry's anti-democracy protests and his leadership of the VVAW and association with Fonda's Winter Soldier Investigation, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam's most decorated military leader, wrote in retrospect that if not for the disunity created by such stateside protesters, Hanoi would have ultimately surrendered.

But the consequences of Kerry's actions should not stop with the fall of Saigon.

Kerry, by his own account, violated the UCMJ, the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Code while serving as a Navy officer, and he further stands in violation of Article three, Section three of the U.S. Constitution.

Upon entering the Navy in 1966, John Kerry signed a six-year contract (plus a six-month extension during wartime) and an Officer Candidate contract for five years of active duty and active Naval Reserve. This indicates that Kerry was clearly a commissioned officer at the time of his 1970 meeting with NVA Communists in Paris -- in direct violation of the UCMJ's Article 104 part 904, and U.S. Code 18 U.S.C. 953. That meeting, and Kerry's subsequent coddling of Communists while leading mass protests against our military in the year that followed, also place him in direct violation of our Constitution's Article three, Section three, which defines treason as "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy in time of warfare. (As General Vo Nguyen Giap is his witness....)

Thus, we refer our readers to the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, which states,

"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President ... having previously taken an oath ... to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

It is for this reason -- for his record of giving aid and comfort to the enemy while a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in violation of his oath -- that we insist John Kerry resign his seat in the U.S. Senate. He has dishonored his family, dishonored his state and dishonored our nation. He is not fit for public office at any level of government, much less, the highest office in the land. John Kerry should resign.

You are signing up when?

by OzzyT Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004 at 12:13 AM

So let us know when you are in Iraq we will tie a yellow ribbon on a tree for you and see you when you get back or not. Or maybe you should paly it safe and just stay in your room eating cheetos till mom calls dinner.

Hanoi John Bumper Stickers

by BA Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004 at 2:19 AM

I understand that they're out with "Don't Vote for Hanoi John" bumper stickers.

Anybody know where I can get one?

cultural marxists are weenies

by Fahrenheit 451 Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004 at 10:58 AM

So let us know when you are in Iraq we will tie a yellow ribbon



Fuck you, numbnuts. You will not type a word until granted permission, queasy little quisling.



"I have 500 million dollars I didn't earn in the bank. Think I give a f**k about OzzyT?"

-----from Kerry Interview 6/19/04



here ya go, BA

by Fahrenheit 451 Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004 at 11:05 AM

here ya go, BA...
hanoi_john.jpg, image/jpeg, 181x311

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com

has anyone noticed

by Sheepdog Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004 at 5:08 PM

...that the riechtards are pushing the frontiers of infantileism to unexplored reaches? They are coming to this site under the belief that most of the readers on this page even support the democrat side of the criminal government now in the spot light of public outrage.

Always a pleasure to see the assumptions exaggerations and muddled understanding of history by smug bitter and outright stupid apologists of the pirates on capital hill.

Attention riechtards, you have not a clue and you show it with each and every post that vilifies the democrats that we already detest. But don't let me stop you.

It's kinda cute, like watching a baby learn to eat. Messy but cute.

Simple

by Josiah Hagen Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004 at 5:42 PM

It's quite simple: "Go where the sinners are."

Why preach to the choir when there are those few here still deciding whether to convert to responsibility or nanny state serfdom?

The young should be made aware not everyone is a fall-in-line clone of the victim industry. They should have a choice that socialists would never offer.

(The message brought to you by the CIA. Be sure to flip a COIN-TELPRO).



bush supporters = racism

by more rational Monday, Jun. 28, 2004 at 5:14 PM

That picture's racist.

Also, Bush is also a child of privilege, but one who used his privilege to avoid combat, to cover for his alcoholism and cocaine abuse, and to cover for his repeated failures in business.

Bush was an irresponsible lush well into his 30s, and was saved by becoming a born again Christian. He's a "dry drunk", who hasn't accepted his personal weakenesses, who has no sensitivity or understanding for regular people.

Kerry's no angel, but, he's got more character than Bush.

I don't even like Kerry, but, at an objective level, looking at the histories of both men, Kerry comes out on top. Most people would be proud to have Kerry's history and achievements. Bush, on the other hand, is detestable; he hasn't earned a thing, has failed over and over, and was an addict for longer than most addicts. He became president because he was chosen, not just by the supreme court, but also because he was chosen by the scions of the republican party. He became governor on his family name. He went to school with daddy's money.

The only reason he gets any support anymore is "team spirit" from the republicans. There are people who look at politics as a game, and Bush is the leader of their team, so, they support him when he screws up and deserves to be pulled from the game.

Look at how desperate they are, to post their propaganda to a leftist website.

Game over.

Kerry is so Very

by Bless Nader Monday, Jun. 28, 2004 at 6:24 PM



That picture's racist.

*** No, it's fascist. Cruz Bustamante, Jesse Jackson, Robert Byrd Maxine Waters and Al Sharpton are racist. So are both Clintons, who've said the N-word., you know.

Also, Bush is also a child of privilege, but one who used his privilege to avoid combat, to cover for his alcoholism and cocaine abuse, and to cover for his repeated failures in business.

*** Gore was also a child of privilege, as was Kerry. The former was a 'C ' student and the latter a yachtsman who, in Nam, pretended a paper cut was an amputation to get a medal.

*** Despite Bush's human flaws, he's shown plenty of character and never pretended to be perfect. He's a LEADER, whereas Clinocchio the Appeasing Pollster before him never made a decision in his life.

Kerry's no angel, but, he's got more character than Bush. I don't even like Kerry, but, at an objective level, looking at the histories of both men, Kerry comes out on top. Most people would be proud to have Kerry's history and achievements.

*** What achievement? All he did was marry a woman who didn't married her millions either. As a spoiled (and wealthiest) senator, he voted to the left of Kennedy on every issue (when he bothered to show up). Bush, on the other hand, is detestable; he hasn't earned a thing, has failed over and over, and was an addict for longer than most addicts.

*** He graduated from Harvard Business School. You may need "connections" to get in but you damned sure have to be smart to graduate. He also flew them jets. They don't let dummies fly fighter jets. As for failing "over and over" you ought to read up on Lincoln. He also failed over and over, before becoming President.

He became president because he was chosen, not just by the supreme court, but also because he was chosen by the scions of the republican party. He became governor on his family name. He went to school with daddy's money.

*** Are we still mad the Supreme Court stepped in and prevented the Florida Supreme Court from stealing the election?

The only reason he gets any support anymore is "team spirit" from the republicans. There are people who look at politics as a game, and Bush is the leader of their team, so, they support him when he screws up and deserves to be pulled from the game.

*** Bush ain't perfect, but he ain't Kerry. Good enough for me.

Look at how desperate they are, to post their propaganda to a leftist website.

*** It's called "taking the fight to the opponent's turf." And considering how much liberal poison flows in the veins of our once-sacred institutions, this isn't even a drop in the ocean.

Game over.

*** "I don't fall down," the "son of a b*itch knocked me over." --- Kerry blaming a Secret Service Agent because he fell on his ass skiing. Kerry went on to fall six more times on his own. Some "character."

OneEyedMan

by KPC Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2004 at 3:09 PM
KPC

idiot: :" called "taking the fight to the opponent's turf."



What 'fight"...do you see yourself riding a white horse to the rescue of those poor, poor rich white men?



...whadda fuckin' LOSER! These fuckers you fawn all over wouldn't piss on you if your ass was burnin'....


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