Monday, April 26, 2004
Videotape Contradicts John Kerry's Own Statements Over Vietnam Medals
Contradicting his statements as a candidate for president, Sen. John Kerry claimed in a 1971 television interview that he threw away as many as nine of his combat medals to protest the war in Vietnam.
"I gave back, I can't remember, 6, 7, 8, 9 medals," Kerry said in an interview on a Washington, D.C. news program on WRC-TV's called Viewpoints on November 6, 1971, according to a tape obtained by ABCNEWS.
Throughout his presidential campaign, Kerry has denied that he threw away any of his 11 medals during an anti-war protest in April, 1971.
His campaign Web site calls it a "right wing fiction" and a smear. And in an interview with ABCNEWS' Peter Jennings last December, he said it was a "myth."
The statement directly contradicts Kerry's most recent claims on the disputed subject to the Los Angeles Times last Friday. "I never ever implied that I did it.
"I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them," he told Jennings in December, adding that he had only thrown away his "ribbons" and the medals of two other veterans who could not attend the protest.
Flip Flop?
"And in 1988, Kerry again clarified his statement by saying he threw out ribbons he had been awarded for three combat wounds, but not his medals. "I was proud of my personal service and remain so," he told the National Journal."
Eight years later in 1996, Kerry said while he did throw out his ribbons, he didn't throw out his own medals because he "didn't have time to go home [to New York] and get them," he told The Boston Globe.
Story still developing……..
So come back to CBlountBlog and look for Updates
Update #1
Kerry plans to respond on Good Morning America.
ABCNews
Discarded Decorations
Watch the 1971 Video Of John Kerry (Click Here)
Hughes blasts Kerry's Vietnam comments
Update #2
Calling it a "phony controversy" instigated by the Republican party, Kerry said on Good Morning America today that he has always accurately said what took place. "I threw my ribbons. I didn't have my medals. It is very simple."
He also said he — and the military — didn't make a distinction between medals and ribbons. "We threw away the symbols of what our country gave us for what we had gone through," he said.
To see the "distinction between medals and ribbons", go to the US Army Decorations (Click Here)
For Ribbons (Click Here)
Update #3
RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie Statement Regarding Senator John Kerry’s Comments on Good Morning America
RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie: “The problem is not what John Kerry did or didn’t do 30 years ago, it’s what he’s saying today, which once again turns out to be wrong.”
While on the GOP Web Site, look for any articles on Kerry's Ribbons or Medals. If you fine any, let us know.
Kerry, calling it a "phony controversy" instigated by the Republican party.
Update #4
Kerry Flip-Flops Again on 'Tossed' Medals
Update #5
Kerry said on ABC, that they voted on throwing the Medals over the wall the night before.
Eight years later in 1996, Kerry said while he did throw out his ribbons, he didn't throw out his own medals because he "didn't have time to go home [to New York] and get them," he told The Boston Globe.
If they voted the night before, why didn't he have his medals with him?,
Kerry said: "He "didn't have time to go home and get them."
This has been fun! This is a big one! Come back again Tomorrow.
Contradicting his statements as a candidate for president, Sen. John Kerry claimed in a 1971 television interview that he threw away as many as nine of his combat medals to protest the war in Vietnam.
"I gave back, I can't remember, 6, 7, 8, 9 medals," Kerry said in an interview on a Washington, D.C. news program on WRC-TV's called Viewpoints on November 6, 1971, according to a tape obtained by ABCNEWS.
Throughout his presidential campaign, Kerry has denied that he threw away any of his 11 medals during an anti-war protest in April, 1971.
His campaign Web site calls it a "right wing fiction" and a smear. And in an interview with ABCNEWS' Peter Jennings last December, he said it was a "myth."
The statement directly contradicts Kerry's most recent claims on the disputed subject to the Los Angeles Times last Friday. "I never ever implied that I did it.
"I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them," he told Jennings in December, adding that he had only thrown away his "ribbons" and the medals of two other veterans who could not attend the protest.
Flip Flop?
"And in 1988, Kerry again clarified his statement by saying he threw out ribbons he had been awarded for three combat wounds, but not his medals. "I was proud of my personal service and remain so," he told the National Journal."
Eight years later in 1996, Kerry said while he did throw out his ribbons, he didn't throw out his own medals because he "didn't have time to go home [to New York] and get them," he told The Boston Globe.
Story still developing……..
So come back to CBlountBlog and look for Updates
Update #1
Kerry plans to respond on Good Morning America.
ABCNews
Discarded Decorations
Watch the 1971 Video Of John Kerry (Click Here)
Hughes blasts Kerry's Vietnam comments
Update #2
Calling it a "phony controversy" instigated by the Republican party, Kerry said on Good Morning America today that he has always accurately said what took place. "I threw my ribbons. I didn't have my medals. It is very simple."
He also said he — and the military — didn't make a distinction between medals and ribbons. "We threw away the symbols of what our country gave us for what we had gone through," he said.
To see the "distinction between medals and ribbons", go to the US Army Decorations (Click Here)
For Ribbons (Click Here)
Update #3
RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie Statement Regarding Senator John Kerry’s Comments on Good Morning America
RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie: “The problem is not what John Kerry did or didn’t do 30 years ago, it’s what he’s saying today, which once again turns out to be wrong.”
While on the GOP Web Site, look for any articles on Kerry's Ribbons or Medals. If you fine any, let us know.
Kerry, calling it a "phony controversy" instigated by the Republican party.
Update #4
Kerry Flip-Flops Again on 'Tossed' Medals
Update #5
Kerry said on ABC, that they voted on throwing the Medals over the wall the night before.
Eight years later in 1996, Kerry said while he did throw out his ribbons, he didn't throw out his own medals because he "didn't have time to go home [to New York] and get them," he told The Boston Globe.
If they voted the night before, why didn't he have his medals with him?,
Kerry said: "He "didn't have time to go home and get them."
This has been fun! This is a big one! Come back again Tomorrow.
