The Taipei Times [1] is asking this morning, in an article written by Scott Thompson about the problems Kerry’s facing to stay where he is.”
“The real issue that Kerry must resolve is, however, character. Now that he is the front-runner, he must not only answer to all the charges of serving special interests that have risen and will still rise, he has to satisfy the public that he is, not to put too fine a point on t, an honorable man. There are questions.”
One of those questions, is the much vaunted Vietnam service he’s ben shoving down our throats for the past decade.
“He now makes much of his decorations from the war in Vietnam, to appeal to centrists and conservatives, without reminding those audiences that he for long was a leader of Vietnam veterans against the war. Indeed, assiduous searchers, looking for his vulnerabilities, will find much of interest in that period of his life. For example, the fabled and distinguished chief of naval operations (CNO), Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, told me — 30 years ago when he was still CNO — that during his own command of US 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 straight-jacket 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. ”
Ouch.
Not sure where this is going yet, but I’m seening some rumbling going on that will surface before the end of the day on this. Drudge apparently does too…
A tip of the hat to Billy Beck [2]for bringing this article up.