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Still Talking Swift Boats: Day 21 (Max Cleland In Crawford Unannouced to deliver Senate Letter)
CNN ^ | 8/25/04 | John Mercurio

Posted on 08/25/2004 9:36:11 AM PDT by gopwinsin04

Later this morning, Max Cleland and Jim Rasmann will arrive uninvited at President Bush's ranch in Crawford to hand deliver a letter signed by nine Democratic senators urging the President to 'recognize this blatant attempt at character assassination' and publicly condemn the swift boat ads.

The letter was signed by Sens. Daniel Inouye, Tom Carper, Jon Corzine, Tom Harkin, Fritz Hollings, Frank Lautenberg, Jack Reed, Bill Nelson, and Jeff Bingaman.

Camp Kerry, which alerted the media of their plans last night, concedes that Cleland and Rassman will 'likely be turned away' --something we're not sure the Bush/Cheney team would allow to pass.

Sensing an anti-Bush backlash on a story that caught John Kerry flat footed a week ago, however, this move will generate the pictures needed to sustain the story for another news cycle.

With every passing day, new reports are fueling Camp Kerry's hopes that they can turn this issue into a positive.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cleland; sbv; swiftboatvets
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Kerry/Shrum are suicidal for keeping this story moving forward, IMO..but let's not get in their way
1 posted on 08/25/2004 9:36:12 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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Well, Kerry is an expert when it comes to self-inflicted wounds...
2 posted on 08/25/2004 9:37:25 AM PDT by mewzilla
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I hope our guys are on the way to Camp Kerry to demand that Kerry denounce F911 and Moveon.org.


3 posted on 08/25/2004 9:38:33 AM PDT by msp2004
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Freeper N. Theknow says:
"It’s faster than a checkbook, more powerful than a Democratic demagogue, able to lay waste to a liar Kerry with the single click of a mouse. It's a little bird of truth, it's plain to see Kerry's unfit... it's... it's...SuperFReep!

Want to join in the fun?
Click the logo to donate to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth!

4 posted on 08/25/2004 9:38:43 AM PDT by Chieftain (Support the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John's FRAUD!)
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To: mewzilla

Kerry/Shrum are playing with fire here and they are going to get torched!


5 posted on 08/25/2004 9:39:10 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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I just got this EXPOSE KERRY'S FRAUD SWIFT BOAT VETERANS FOR TRUTH sticker on my truck yesterday afternoon.

Made by fellow FReeper disabled vet who has a bone to pick with Kerry, like we all do!
Large $20 (24" Wide 12" Tall) like mine
Small $10 (12" Wide 6" Tall)
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FReep mail for details.

6 posted on 08/25/2004 9:39:11 AM PDT by Chieftain (Support the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John's FRAUD!)
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Well, Kerry is an expert when it comes to self-inflicted wounds... ROFL!
7 posted on 08/25/2004 9:39:17 AM PDT by VRWCer (Everything that is hidden will be found out, and every secret will be known. Luke 12:2)
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To: mewzilla

I'd like to see W give them a glass of tea and have a little spontaneous press conference on the porch.....could be good.


8 posted on 08/25/2004 9:39:42 AM PDT by libbylu
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The letter was signed by Sens. Daniel Inouye, Tom Carper, Jon Corzine, Tom Harkin, Fritz Hollings, Frank Lautenberg, Jack Reed, Bill Nelson, and Jeff Bingaman.

When Kerry slinks back to the Seante he will have used up all his chits and favors for stunts like this.

9 posted on 08/25/2004 9:39:51 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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It might be nice for Bush to invite them in for a kielbasa and a Lone Star.

But it might set a bad precedent - Michael Moore would be next.

10 posted on 08/25/2004 9:40:02 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: msp2004

And Hillary's 527 while we are at it!


11 posted on 08/25/2004 9:40:55 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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Good...glad Ole Max is there...the Crawford baseball team needs a second base...some MSM reporter stole it earlier in the summer.


12 posted on 08/25/2004 9:41:01 AM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver (www.RealHeroesVoices.com....see the real John Kerry)
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signed by nine Democratic senators urging the President to 'recognize this blatant attempt at character assassination'

Only 9 HAHAHAHAHAHA! TOAST!

13 posted on 08/25/2004 9:41:04 AM PDT by rocksblues (Ah! The smell of toast on a November morning.)
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To: libbylu
John Kerry: “. . . razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Ghengis Khan. . .”

Paul Gallanti: “John Kerry gave the enemy for free what I, and many of my, uh, comrades in North Vietnam, in the prison camps, uh, took torture to avoid saying. It demoralized us.”

John Kerry: “. . . ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam.”

Paul Gallanti: “He dishonored his country, and, uh, more, more importantly the people he served with. He just sold them out.”

Sen. Cleland, you should be ashamed of yourself.

14 posted on 08/25/2004 9:41:26 AM PDT by mewzilla
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Sensing an anti-Bush backlash????? Huh?


15 posted on 08/25/2004 9:41:31 AM PDT by Hildy (John Edwards is to Dick Cheney what Potsie was to the Fonz.)
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Daniel Inouye, Tom Carper, Jon Corzine, Tom Harkin, Fritz Hollings, Frank Lautenberg, Jack Reed, Bill Nelson, and Jeff Bingaman.

So these idiots want to be on record denouncing free speech for patriotic Vietnam War Vets. I'll save the list for later.


16 posted on 08/25/2004 9:41:59 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Yeah, but it'd still be a class act and maybe show the boys what manners are. Okay, that is asking a little much.


17 posted on 08/25/2004 9:42:11 AM PDT by Jaded ((Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain))
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Good...glad Ole Max is there...the Crawford baseball team needs a second base...some MSM reporter stole it earlier in the summer.


18 posted on 08/25/2004 9:42:21 AM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver (www.RealHeroesVoices.com....see the real John Kerry)
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Never underestimate the power of cognitive dissonence. Remember the press and 45% of the population has no trouble pressing past the sins and crimes of Bill Clinton.

There will be no "win" on this from a conservative standpoint. The best that can happen is that the undecided 5-10% finally determinet that Kerry is a bigger weazel than they can stomach. And we won't know that until November.


19 posted on 08/25/2004 9:42:33 AM PDT by banker
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I keep picturing the hand grenade on a wooden base with the # tag on it. "And the base says complaint dept. take a #" can't find a picture though.


20 posted on 08/25/2004 9:42:35 AM PDT by longfellow (You're either with US or from Hollywood! Ultimateamerican.com)
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