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| Kerry Camp Tries to Spin Defeatist Remarks |
| 2004-04-21 |
| Severely edited for length. VIA: Right-Thinking "His allegations that people committed war crimes in that unit, and throughout Vietnam, were lies. He knew they were lies when he said them, and they were very damaging lies," said O’Neill, adding that other former sailors from the same unit also plan to come forward to take on Kerry, whose Vietnam service has figured prominently in his campaign for the White House. This past weekend, Kerry said that his use of the word "atrocity" in a 1971 interview was "inappropriate," and he added that he never intended to cast a negative light on the sailors with whom he served. Clintonesque bullsh*t. He never ’intended to cast a negative light’ on the Navy. This conveniently manuevers around the fact that not only did he intended to cast them in a negative light, he was willing to lie to do so. The worst part is Russert didn’t call him on this. Speaking on NBC’s "Meet The Press," Kerry said Sunday, "The words were honest, but, on the other hand, they were a little bit over the top." Even more Clintonesque bullsh*t, not called by Russert. The words were not ’honest.’ They were lies and lies spoken even when Kerry knew the truth. And Kerry will not own up to them or to the agenda the caused him to utter them. Asked whether Kerry’s expressions of regret were sufficient, O’Neill pointed to the fact that Kerry on Sunday characterized his 1971 charges as "a little bit excessive." ’A bit excessive?’ Cast in a rational light they were treasonous. As I have written before, Kerry abdicated his qualifications to be president and commander in chief in 1971, continued to do so while in the senate, and has not repudiated his words in toto since that time, nor does he appear to be willing to do so now. Kerry is still playing to his socialist support. This needs to be hammered on. Kerry can’t be allowed to continue this lying and twisting of his very words until his planned ’moderate’ switch in September and not be called on it. "It’s really not a matter of forgiveness. It’s a matter of fitness to be the commander-in-chief of all U.S. forces," he told Blitzer. "The damaging lies that he told about war criminals have haunted people’s entire lives. So it’s just a little bit late, in the course of a presidential campaign, to say it’s a bit excessive." IMO opinion especially while we are in the middle of a war, Kerry’s remarks and his current lies spoken to cover lies spoken in 1971, needs to be hammered on. Folks who are seeing their kids go to war need the assurances, that socialists like Kerry won’t be able to hijack a debate on national defense that will needlessly endanger their kids in combat. This has to be dealt with somehow, and not in September. Kerry has to be shown to be the liar he is, how his love of socialism in 1971 has translated into a poilitical career all built on lies uttered 30 years ago. Those men and women fighting in Iraq deserve nothing less than that. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 Kerry flops around like a fish gasping for air. He has the personality of a cold fish too. And he stinks. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-21 3:40:32 PM |
| #4 Either Kerry witnessed war crimes or he didn't.If he did,he covered them up by not reporting them(soon we will hear from spinmeisters that everybody knew what was going on,and refused to tell-pure B.S.;more importantly still doesn't excuse Kerry for not reporting).If he didn't,he lied.I bet the spin will soon be: by using word "atrocities",he didn't mean war crimes,oh no,what Kerry meant was he was shocked by how awful war was and what it did to people caught up in it,that it was an "atrocity" for Americans like him to be fighting in an unjust war. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-04-21 3:05:50 PM |
| #3 Great hair. Check. Bomber jacket. Check. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-04-21 11:45:03 AM |
| #2 Badanov - Do you think this Beatles song fortold the coming of John Kerry? Day after day alone on a hill The man with the foolish Grin is keeping Perfectly Still But no body wants to know him They can see that he is just a fool And he never Gives an answer But the fool on the hill Sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head Sees the World spinning round |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-21 11:28:21 AM |
| #1 Y'mean those statements are "no longer operative", John? How Nixonian. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-04-21 11:25:19 AM |