Let's see. In this story, Kerry not only treats a pilot like a piece of trash, but he treats a military pilot like a piece of trash. So now we've not only covered how he's an elitist scumbag, but also how he despises members of the armed forces. Two birds with one stone.
Then notice that the e-mail is a chain-letter (which is how "I'm confident that in approximately 15 minutes this article will be in the inboxes of every resident of the free world and maybe even a few people in France" translates to Internet language).
Then notice how it ends with a nice bit of moralizing and commentary where it states: "Your choice folks. Elections in November. You want a mega-millionaire ego-maniac it's-all-about-me crew-eating-pizza-ite like Kerry or maybe a Green Party candidate like Ralph Nader? Or, God forbid, maybe even re-elect George Bush, a nice God fearing Christian bent on protecting us from terrorist attacks on US soil?"
I'm a bit baffled. How does Kerry eating a crew's pizza equate to his not being bent on preventing terrorist attacks on US soil? Did I miss something?
If it walks like a duck, and if it quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck. This is manufactured nonsense even if Kerry is an elitist salamander. The likely reason that Snopes can't substantiate the story one way or another is because they haven't confirmed the existence of a Chris Thomas flying for the Air Force out of Okinawa. Incidentally, what rank did Mr. Thomas hold? What kind of plane? What year? That lack of information makes confirming this story difficult.
-- Todd/Leviathn