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| [Let the dance begin:] Vietnam vets challenge Kerry’s integrity |
| 2004-05-05 |
| EFL. I wondered if any news service would pick this up. By JAMES ROSEN, May 4, 2004 Dozens of Vietnam veterans questioned John Kerry’s fitness to be president Tuesday, accusing him of exaggerating his credentials as a war hero and having betrayed U.S. troops in Southeast Asia with anti-war activities after his return home. . . . About says it all, doesn’t it? Calling themselves "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" - in reference to the type of gunboat Kerry commanded on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta - 184 vets signed a biting letter to him in which they said he is now trying to benefit from a war he once protested. "You now seek to clad yourself in the very medals that you disdainfully threw away in the early years of your political career," the letter said. "You have deceived the public, and in the process have betrayed honorable men, to further your personal political goals. Your conduct is such as to raise substantive concerns as to your honesty and your ability to serve, as you currently seek, as commander-in-chief of the military forces." * * * "The John Kerry I know is not the John Kerry that everyone has portrayed," Gardner said at a news conference. "His indecisive moves on our boat put our boat in jeopardy and put our crew in jeopardy. If a man like that can’t handle a 16-foot boat, how can we expect him to be commander-in-chief of the United States military?" * * * (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.) |
| Posted by:cingold |
| #7 bet the dems are wishing they did not bring out the attack dogs on Bush about his miltary record.. The dems know as you should failing to attack Bush on anything would not have changed Bush's attack on Kerry one bit. Kerry is waay too easy a target, and it is just getting easier the more he tries to tout his military record and use the famous 'chickenhawk' argument. Kerry has a lot of explaining to do he isn't prepared, as a leftist, to do; to explain his votes as a senator on national security issues. Plus he has an additional handicap: Teresa 'Rosa Luxemberg' Heinz. Try hauling around a trumped up military record, a definitive record as a leftist and possible traitor in wartime, and a lifetime of votes against the nation in national defense issues. Frankly, it's a wonder to me he is even in the running and the left isn't scrambling to chuck him overboard. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-05-05 9:21:24 PM |
| #6 Read yesterdays Media Research Center analysis of news. Many of the networks were denigrating these guys as Republican just out to get Kerry for partisan reasons. |
| Posted by: AF Lady 2004-05-05 3:44:05 PM |
| #5 bet the dems are wishing they did not bring out the attack dogs on Bush about his miltary record.. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-05-05 2:18:49 PM |
| #4 Hmm... this isn't mentioned in the major news media. However who cares because a Dixie Chick gave birth to Twins! Damn.... someone twisted my sarcasm knob way up..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-05-05 1:15:36 PM |
| #3 Oops, I am not supposed to question this. I am not questioning his wound, or his courage. The poor bastard is just unlucky. He was lucky in that none of his men were wounded by his marksmanship. Leadership, man, leaderhip! Thank God for his men that there were no waterfalls near his swift boat. Yeah, Sam, HH should have a few dicey remarks on this one. After all, its a vast right-wing conspiracy. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-05 1:15:20 PM |
| #2 I'm excited to listen to Hugh Hewitt tonight to see if he mentions this! |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-05-05 1:04:45 PM |
| #1 About time. Kerry is parading his war service everyday with his little troop of Vets. Not all Nam vets or Vets of any time period are enthralled with Hanoi John's 1971 activities. His dubious medals are another issue since it seems they are tied to an early out to run for political office. The Dimns of course think this is all Bush's idea but it is interesting that of 200 interviewed 184 signed the petition. It would be hard to beleive that they are all Republicans. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-05-05 12:43:15 PM |