What Manchurian Candidate?

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Why all the Manchurian Candidate references from yours truly? That isn't quite right you say. Kerry isn't an assassin -- he's a presidential candidate, no?

Well here's my markup of the Amazon review so you'll understand that reality is once more stranger than fiction:

Amazon.com

Richard Condon's 1959 Cold Vietnam War thriller remains just as chilling today. It's the story of Sgt. Raymond Shaw Lt. John F. Kerry, an ex-prisoner of war ex-CIA ferry boat flskipper (and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor three undeserved Purple Hearts) who, brainwashed with the rest of his unit by a Chinese Viet Cong terrorist psychological expert during his captivity in North Korea visits to Paris, has come home programmed to kill secretly overthrow the U.S. government. His primary target is a U.S. presidential nominee president. Made into a controversial 1962 movie with Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, and Angela Lansbury 2004 presidential campaign flacked by the MSM.

Now that we have that cleared up, feast yourself on this (Hat tip Charles):

But as early as Aug. 5, when the Swifties were just getting traction, Edwards wanted to push back, hard. McCain had just told the Associated Press that the Swift Boat ads were "dishonest and dishonorable... the same kind of deal that was pulled on me." Edwards wanted to begin a speech, "I join with Senator McCain in calling on the president to condemn this dishonest and dishonorable ad." But Kerry headquarters said no. Stephanie Cutter, the boss of the Kerry communications shop, explained that the campaign didn't need to give the Swift Boat vets any more attention than they were already getting.

Edwards played along, but his aides were indignant. They warned the veep candidate that the story was already out of control and about to get worse. Historian Douglas Brinkley, author of a wartime biography of Kerry, cautioned that Kerry's diary included mention of a meeting with some North Vietnamese terrorists in Paris. Edwards was flabbergasted. "Let me get this straight," the senator said. "He met with terrorists? Oh, that's good."

I'm shocked, just shocked that he didn't release his diaries or sign the Form 180 to release his military records.

Shocked, I tell ya.

Did I forget to mention that there's actual evidence that the Viet Cong had relations with -- if not control of -- the People's Committee for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) headed by Al Hubbard.

Did I mention that Al Hubbard was also the executive director of the Vietnam Veteran's Against the War (VVAW) and recruited Kerry into the organization? And that they constantly appeared together to talk to the MSM and obviously worked closely together.

The original Manchurian Candidate didn't even come close to the magnitude of the assassin's bullet we just missed...