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‘War Hero’ Who Attested to John Kerry’s Vietnam Heroism Turns Out to Be Liar and Kiddie Porn … Um, ‘Researcher’

Posted on | July 26, 2011 | 17 Comments

You know I’m having kind of a lazy day on the blog when — twice in a single day — I’m like, “Hey, did you see that awesome story Ace had two hours ago?” Anyway . . .

Wade Sanders was the “Swift Boat” officer who introduced Courageous Vietnam War Hero John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic National Convention:

During the 2004 campaign, Sanders functioned as Kerry lead attack dog against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, repeatedly denouncing the veterans on the air as liars and comparing them to Nazi propagandists.

If Sanders had been a Republican (or a Catholic priest) you might have heard a bit more about this little news item a few years ago:

Agents took Wade Rowland Sanders into custody on November 7 [2008] following a two-and-a-half year investigation. They say — and Sanders, in court, admitted — he had hundreds of images showing minors in sexual acts. The files included a 21-minute video depicting young girls engaged with an adult man, court records obtained by the San Diego Union Tribune indicate.
So why would his motives be “pure and innocent,” as Wade Sanders is quoted as saying in the Tribune‘s report? He had worked with the Clinton administration on helping child sex abuse victims internationally, he says, and had downloaded the files to research an article related to the subject. He claims he didn’t know viewing the material for research purposes would constitute a crime.
“I have no sexual attraction to children whatsoever,” Sanders tells the paper. “There was no evil intent.”

Ah, yes — the old “research” defense: Your honor, I didn’t actually mean to rob that bank. I was just researching the psychological impact of waving a pistol in the face of a bank teller!

(Aside: Did you ever notice that it’s always “hundreds of images” in these arrests? Never just one or two.)

OK, so it’s really awful that this guy turned out to be a creepazoid felon doing a three-year stretch in prison, but he’s still a legit war hero, right? Eh, not so much:

The Navy Times (no link) reported last week that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus stripped the Silver Star from a Vietnam swift boat veteran, Capt. Wade Sanders . . . Sanders is  . . .  best known as the man who introduced John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and, ironically, vouched for the authenticity of Kerry’s service.

C’mon, Ben Smith, “ironically”? Because if you really think about it, there’s no irony at all: John Kerry is a dishonest braggart, and who else is going to “vouch for the authenticity” of a dishonest braggart’s tale, except a craven liar?

 John Kerry is a “hero.” Wade Sanders is a “researcher.”

And I’m not stealing Ace’s stuff, I’m paying tribute.

Category: Democrats, Scandal

Comments

17 Responses to “‘War Hero’ Who Attested to John Kerry’s Vietnam Heroism Turns Out to Be Liar and Kiddie Porn … Um, ‘Researcher’”

  1. Patrick Budowski
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:00 am

    rolfmao @
     John Kerry is a “hero.” Wade Sanders is a “researcher.”
    And I’m not stealing Ace’s stuff, I’m paying tribute.

  2. ThePaganTemple
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:35 am

    Is that the guy Kerry walked up to on stage and saluted? Probably. I remember when Pete Townsend of The Who was caught with kiddie porn, he used the same excuse, that he was engaging in “research”. I don’t think anything ever came of that.

  3. Joe
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:47 am

    Birds of a feather…well you know the rest. 

  4. JeffS
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:54 am

    “Ready for duty!”

  5. Bob Belvedere
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:56 am

    Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha — to infinity!

  6. John Kerry
    July 27th, 2011 @ 1:16 am

    I do not see the problem here.  I think you are trying to swift boat me again. 

  7. Anonymous
    July 27th, 2011 @ 1:31 am

    First, we had the Al Gore “release my second shakra” incident. Then, we had Wiener. Now, Kerry’s primary character witness proves to be a filthy piece-of-trash.

    Don’t these things happen in cycles of four? What’s next . . . Obama’s closet door . . .    

  8. David Wu
    July 27th, 2011 @ 1:36 am

    Weeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll, the wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things…

  9. David Wu
    July 27th, 2011 @ 1:38 am

    But PGlenn, that does not mean things can’t come in fives.    Like the five “a”s in raaaaacism! 

  10. Anonymous
    July 27th, 2011 @ 1:49 am

    Good point, I forgot about Wu. On the one hand, Wu wouldn’t count because he’s a minor leaguer compared to Gore and Kerry.

    On the other hand, I like the idea of things coming in five. A pentagram is a five pointed star – a symbol which fits well with Obama and the progressives.

  11. Dave C
    July 27th, 2011 @ 3:00 am

    crap… like  a dummy, I clicked on that blindly.

  12. Anonymous
    July 27th, 2011 @ 3:15 am

    Kerry’s the dud who walked up on stage and offered the most half-assed solute ever seen in the history of America.  Veterans across the country cringed.

  13. Kevin Jennings
    July 27th, 2011 @ 3:25 am

    I really do not see a problem with that site.  It is just informational. 

    That is why I was Obama’s education czar! 

  14. Chuck Coffer
    July 27th, 2011 @ 7:24 am

    I recall the story of brave John Kerry receiving a barrage of automatic weapon fire from both banks for some 30 minutes and after they “made it out of there” there were no bullet holes in the vessel.

    Maybe  “the average gook” was just genetically unable to hit the side of a barn with a bevy of machine guns. Or maybe John Kerry is a lying pellet of dookie.

  15. Adjoran
    July 27th, 2011 @ 9:02 am

    Look, he dived for cover and scratched his arm on a nail.  It was good for a Purple Heart, even if he did have to put in the paperwork himself.

    A great trivia question:  Who pushed the Navy to award Mabus a belated Silver Star in 1992? 

    HINT:  He had married a different rich widder-woman then.

  16. Bob Belvedere
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:31 pm

    David…We Hardly Wu Ye

  17. Bob Belvedere
    July 27th, 2011 @ 12:32 pm

    A conspiracy of dunces?