Michelle didn't say he shot himself on purpose, she said the wounds may have been self-inflicted. Kerry fired a grenade up against a rock and some shrapnel hit him in the arm and gave him a boo boo. For this, he put himself in for a medal.I always loved this interview Chris Matthews had with Michelle Malkin back when John Kerry was running. It's one reason you extreme wingers hate him so much.
That was probably the last interview she's ever done with a Lefty. Scarred her for life, I'm sure.
Michelle Malkin, syndicated right-wing columnist and author of In Defense of Internment: The Case for "Racial Profiling" in World War II and the War on Terror, appeared on August 19 on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. Speaking about the recent allegations against Senator John Kerry by Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth regarding the injuries he suffered while serving in the Vietnam War, Malkin alleged, "They are [sic] legitimate questions about whether or not it was a self-inflicted wound."
From the August 19 edition of Hardball:
WILLIE BROWN [Former mayor of San Francisco]: He volunteered twice. He volunteered twice in Vietnam. He literally got shot. There's no question about any of those things. So what else is there to discuss? How much he got shot, how deep, how much shrapnel?
MALKIN: Well, yes. Why don't people ask him more specific questions about the shrapnel in his leg. They are legitimate questions about whether or not it was a self-inflicted wound.
[crosstalk]
MATTHEWS: What do you mean by self-inflicted? Are you saying he shot himself on purpose? Is that what you're saying?
MALKIN: Did you read the book...
MATTHEWS: I'm asking a simple question. Are you saying that he shot himself on purpose.
MALKIN: I'm saying some of these soldiers...
MATTHEWS: And I'm asking question.
MALKIN: And I'm answering it.
MATTHEWS: Did he shoot himself on purpose.
MALKIN: Some of the soldiers have made allegations that these were self-inflicted wounds.
MATTHEWS: No one has ever accused him of shooting himself on purpose.
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Matthews wasn't interested in letting her finish a sentence, he just kept interrupting her. She said later that Chris was spitting all over her (he has a saliva problem that's noticeable). Couldn't control his ranting and raving.