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11.26.07 @ 12:01AM

ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Crybaby Kerry:

I just read your article exposing Kerry for the imbecile that he is, and then I returned to The American Spectator main page and you really do have a clock there!

That is so cool!

Thank you so much!
-- John Nehmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Though Mr. Tyrrell's article doesn't specifically mention it, let us not forget that in an appearance on Meet The Press shortly after the 2004 election Senator Kerry specifically and repeatedly promised Tim Russert that he would release all of his military records. When Russert pressed to know when -- would it be months, or weeks, or days? -- Kerry replied that it would be a matter of weeks.

Well, the clock is still ticking on that one.
-- C. Vail

The Crybaby Kerry did promise to release his military records several years ago and as yet that has not been done. So when Kerry says he is going to do something, please don't hold your breath.
-- Elaine Kyle

I like the idea of the Crybaby clock and expect it to run for a very long time. Do you think it would be appropriate if it were to Flip/Flop, rather than Tick/Tock?
-- Jerry Singleton

I still wish to see the poor Senator show how he obtained an Honorable Discharge as indicated on the posted DD214 form under Sections 1162 and 1163 of Title 18 of the US Code. While these are obsolete and have been long since replaced with more up-to-date sections, if you can find an old version of the US Code it is obvious they cover having a board of officers formed to upgrade less than honorable discharges to something higher.

Most of us who served or retired did not need that and got something much simpler with a "By Law" tag and not a board of officers.
-- Cookie Sewell
Democratic Peoples Republic of Maryland (Soon to be the Socialist Republic of Maryland)

T. Boone Pickens offered up a cool million to anyone who could prove there was one lie in what the Swifties said. Senator Kerry promptly accepted Boone's generous offer and immediately T. Boone added conditions that were not in his initial offer. It is absolutely clear that to any reasonable person that Mr. Pickens reneged on his bet -- case closed, no matter what Mr. R. Emmett R. Tyrrell Junior says.
-- Phil Kenny
Colorado Springs, Colorado

In what passes for his mind, doubtless Mr. Kerry envisions himself a hero. A hero in the quintessential meaning of the term: a valiant warrior in battle. Sort of a modern-day Hector. In truth we have a right to be skeptical. One of the qualities I have repeatedly noticed about real warriors is a chronic reticence; a reticence to talk with non-comrades about their experiences, much less brag about them. I took such a man, my beloved father-in-law to the scene of one of his most profoundly difficult battlegrounds: Iwo Jima. He appears on the title page of a recently published photojournalistic book. His picture depicts a young man clutching an M-1 and the black sand of the landing area. He has obviously just crawled across some bodies of his fellows, The look on his face does not reflect bravado...it reflects fear, wonderment that he was still alive, and it reflects a determination to stay the course. He virtually never speaks of his 30 odd days on that hellhole. For that matter, none of the other vets conversed much with anyone at all about their trial. Real warriors never seem to talk about this stuff. That's what struck me so pointedly about the Alvin York of Massachusetts: The boy CAN'T shut up about his exploits. And now he erupts in petulance at an aging financier over an issue he's stewed over lo these several years! Surely this gentleman can't be the best his state has to offer?
--- J.C. Eaton
Chetek, Wisconsin

TIME TO RETIRE

Flailing about with helpless arm,
Tilting at anyone he can alarm,
This long-faced lugubriousnist supreme,
Still trying to live his impossible dream,

M. Kerry is a cheerless hang-dog of shame.
It's best he drop his sad quest for fame.
While dancing outside the group round the fire
This pathetic shadow still seeks to inspire

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