Political Quotes

“I had the good fortune a week ago this past Saturday to be in Las Vegas. At that time, I spoke about the military record of Senator John Kerry. In fact, I not only spoke about the military record of John Kerry, but I read verbatim from the two citations for heroism he received. The first citation for heroism he received was presented to him by Admiral Zumwalt. In that citation, it talked about what Senator Kerry did to earn the Silver Star. In effect, what he did is as follows: Senator Kerry was the commander of a swift boat. A swift boat was a boat that would move very quickly, and they used it in the rivers of Southeast Asia. They were subject to ambushes and attacks, especially before there was something done to make sure the shoreline was free of foliage. They were attacked often. In this instance, a rocket hit his swift boat, blew all the windows out of it, and, of course, injured people on board the boat. Senator Kerry at that time directed the swift boat to, rather than go away from the battle, go into the battle and go to shore. As soon as he got close enough to the shore to get off the boat, he got off the boat, and before the enemy had time to fire the second rocket, they were killed by Senator John Kerry. This is the reason he was given his first Silver Star.”