This Week's BacksideOf TheBell CurveAward

Oliver North Minion,
Jerry Patterson



Jerry Patterson, whose
military mentor was
famous traitor, Oliver North...

When Patterson was sent out to confront crippled veteran Max Cleland at the pig farm in Crawford, everyone assumed that BushCo's designated bouncer would naturally be someone with similar war theater experience.

Naaaaaaa... They sent a pistol shooting instructor/ intelligence watch officer to get rid of a severely wounded combat veteran.

Patterson was assigned overseas in January 1972 serving with the 3rd Marine division in Okinawa, Japan. Here, he was responsible for qualifying the 3rd Marine Division on small arms at the Rifle and Pistol range. In 1972, Patterson volunteered for Vietnam duty and was assigned to the staff of the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade as intelligence watch officer. His duty was to effect liaison with the Vietnamese Marines* primarily in Quang Tri, Hong Dien, and Da Nang Vietnam.

Patterson served in Vietnam during last 6th months of Vietnam war, leaving on 26 January 1973, the day of the so-called "cease-fire". After his tour of duty in Vietnam, Patterson returned to Okinawa, Japan and was eventually rotated back to the United States in March 1973. LINK

*trans. Jerry worked in an office, where he made sure that Vietnamese Marines weren't fragged; after all, they were useful props for Republican photo ops!

Jerry served all but 6 months of his military service in really dangerous places, like: College Station, Texas; Fort Sill, OK; Quantico, VA (under Oliver North); and Okinawa, Japan.

From the letter, which Jerry presented to Max Cleland:

We're proud of our service in Vietnam. We served honorably in Vietnam and we were deeply hurt and offended by your comments when you came home. LINK

The moral of the story?

ASS + U + ME = What happens every single time we assume that Republicans understand the meaning of the word honorable.