Everybody run, Kerry's got his gun

Well Kerry has done it again; he’s been busted for fabricating Vietnam fables.

Here’s the Washington Times account of Kerry being asked about “his favorite gun”:

In interviews appearing in the October issue of Outdoor Life, Kerry and President George Bush were asked to name their favorite guns.

"My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam," Kerry told the magazine. "I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle." [Emphasis mine—johnh]

And now John Kerry issues a “clarification” where he blames any human error on his staff:

Senator John Kerry’s campaign said yesterday that Mr. Kerry did not own a Chinese assault rifle, as he was quoted as saying in Outdoor Life magazine, but a single-bolt-action military rifle, blaming aides who filled out the magazine's questionnaire on his behalf for the error. [Emphasis mine—johnh]

What is it with John Kerry and these fables he tells about himself?

A blindingly obvious point: his detailed statement ("I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle.") is quoted.

Quotes are used to indicate verbatim recitation of a person’s statement or of a passage from a printed text. The quoted text in the Washington Times article indicate that Kerry spoke these exact words.

Kerry’s defense—that this story was invented by aides as they filled out Ourdoor Life’s questionnaire—is a marvel of absurdity. Who, exactly, does he expect to swallow that ridiculous lie?

Let’s pretend for a moment that I accept the premise that his alibi is true. Where in the world would his aides get the idea that Kerry had retained a Chinese AK 47 as a souvenir? Has Kerry been telling his staff whoppers about Vietnam again? This is how Kerry inflicted the “magic hat” fiasco on himself. If this is the case then it shows that Kerry is capable of repeating the same idiotic—and costly—mistake. Great confidence builder, dude.

I suspect that Kerry will deny that he gets his kicks fabricating cheap fables and fantasies for his staff. OK, then in that case Kerry would have us believe that his staff—whom we must assume are fervent Kerry supporters—would believe that inserting yet another Vietnam whopper into the media’s bloodstream would be so helpful for his campaign that they deliberately invented one for him.

Yeah, right. By now Kerry and Vietnam has become such a bleeding wound that his staff would do anything to avoid bringing this subject up. And he can forget the “It was just a typo” defense; like that ever works.

Also, what’s up with Kerry blaming everything that goes wrong in his life on everybody but himself? He is getting eerie.