Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message news:<7i2ii0pp778mj14lpscan2op5pj00o9eul@4ax.com>...
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:16:04 -0700, Dan Rempel <drempel@hurtly_flurty>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> >Michael Cash wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:26:11 -0400, Kevin Gowen
> >> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> >> inscribed:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Actually, I was mistaken. It was a Humane Society questionnaire, not
> >>>PETA's. It takes him nine words to tell you where he had his favorite pet.
> >>>http://www.humaneusa.org/2004_presidential/question/jkerry_2004.pdf
> >>>"When I was serving on a swiftboat in Vietnam..."
> >>
> >>
> >> At first, I thought you were joking. But the guy is such a parody of
> >> himself that it would be gilding the lily.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> "When I was serving on a swiftboat in Vietnam, my crewmates and I had
> >> a dog we called VC. We all took care of him, and he stayed with us and
> >> loved riding on the swiftboat deck. I think he provided all of us with
> >> a link to home and a few moments of peace and tranquility during a
> >> dangerous time. One day as our swiftboat was heading up a river, a
> >> mine exploded hard under our boat. After picking ourselves up, we
> >> discovered VC was MIA. Several minutes of frantic search followed
> >> after which we thought we'd lost him. We were relieved when another
> >> boat called asking if we were missing a dog. It turns out VC was
> >> catapulted from the deck of our boat and landed confused, but unhurt,
> >> on the deck of another boat in our patrol."
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >> Well.....maybe this explains the time when other swiftvets say Kerry's
> >> boat was the only one to flee the scene following a mine explosion. He
> >> wasn't running away. He was just looking for his dog.
> >
> >This is going to be a pretty interesting election; glad I don't have to
> >vote.
> 
> I thought it very revealing that Kerry seemed not to know the name of
> his current pet parakeet.
> 
I think it's more telling that he has a parakeet. (Really? Or are you
talking about his wife.)

John W.