KERRY GIVES GREEN BERET THE FINGER

Ted Sampley, a former Green Beret who served two full tours in Vietnam, spotted (John) Kerry and his Secret Service detail at about 9 a.m. Monday morning at the (Vietnam Memorial) Wall. Sampley walked up to Kerry, extended his hand and said, 'Senator, I am Ted Sampley, the head of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, and I am here to escort you away from the Wall because you do not belong here.'

"At that point, a Secret Service officer told Sampley to back away from Kerry. Sampley moved about 6 feet away and opened his jacket to reveal a HANOI JOHN T-shirt. . . . Kerry then began talking to a group of schoolchildren. Sampley then showed the T-shirt to the children and said, 'Kerry does not belong at the Wall because he betrayed the brave soldiers who fought in Vietnam.'

Just then, Kerry - in front of the schoolchildren, other visitors and Secret Service agents - brazenly 'flashed the bird' at Sampley.

- NewsMax.com, 6/1/04

Mr. Sampley beat me to it....and I guess Hanoi John's lucky HE didn't get a squad of fingers.. in his bloody EYES.

Grumpy