He isn't even fit to criticize McCain military record.
Posted on 06/30/2008 7:00:47 PM PDT by kristinn
Failed 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) lashed out today at the most decorated living American serviceman, Col. Bud Day, who was awarded the Medal Honor for his heroism as a POW during the Vietnam War.
Kerry attacked Day for his role in the McCain Truth Squad (a new effort by presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain to defend his military service from criticism) because of Day's participation in the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (SBVT) 2004 campaign which criticized Kerry's service in Vietnam as a junior naval officer and his actions protesting the war when he returned home. The scathing attacks by the SBVT and Kerry's weak response are widely credited with sinking his candidacy.
In a McCain Truth Squad conference call with reporters today, Day defended the SBVT, saying, "The Swift Boat attacks were simply a revelation of the truth, the similarity does not exist here. What the Swift Boat campaign was about was to lay out John Kerry's record. John Kerry has never produced any evidence to deny that. We are producing the evidence of these attacks right now to show that those remarks were completely inaccurate."
Kerry responded with a statement to the press: "Colonel Day's comments today only further highlight the McCain campaign's disregard for a new kind of politics. John McCain condemned these kinds of attacks in 2004 when he called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth 'dishonest and dishonorable.' Senator McCain should condemn these remarks and cut ties with the Colonel and anyone else connected to SBVT. Day's comments only serve to disparage all those who served on swift boats in Vietnam."
Kerry served in Vietnam for a few months.
Day was held prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese from 1967-1973. McCain and Day were cellmates at the Hanoi Hilton.
Rice Butt opens his piehole once more.
Men with integrity vs. men with none.
No Senator Kerry, only you have managed to achieve that distinction.
Kerry isn’t fit to carry Bud Day’s jock.
John Kerry is clinically insane
So will McCain embrace the Swifties or throw them under the bus? This will be very interesting.
Since Kerry begged McCain to be his VP for weeks, we can expect Yaaawn’s endorsement any day now.
If you like $5/gal, Thank Congress. If you want $10, Vote Obama.
Pray for W and Our Troops
booo...
Actually, I enjoy the last two lines of the article. Talk about a clear distinction between ol’ Horse Face and two men who should ship him off to the Glue Factory.
Jihn who? Seems someone is still a tad touchy about his “stories” being exposed for what they were?
John who? Seems someone is still a tad touchy about his “stories” being exposed for what they were?
A democratic strategist on tonight Hannity & Colmes tried to trash Col. Day and Rich Lowrey (subbing for Hannity) did not let him get away with it.
Did he really? Huh. First I'd heard.
To be serious for a moment, here is a guy who sat there in 1971, sponsored and protected by Teddy Kennedy, and lied his miserable, sorry a$$ off in unsworn "testimony" to the tune of "we're all war criminals except for those of us morally pure enough to accuse our fellow soldiers and sailors of being war criminals." There are cockroaches I respect more than that. Meanwhile the guy he's now casting aspersions on (again) was being beaten and tortured by the same pieces of garbage Kerry was aiding and abetting. There gets to be a point at which sheer, unadulterated hyprocisy hits its limits and decent people marvel at this illimitable capacity for self-aggrandizement and self-deception. But those of us who were in uniform at the time ain't buyin' it, Kerry. We know better. We know you for what you are. Go sell this crap somewhere else.
On the day that Barry gives his (I am too a patriot) speech, we get Obies surrogates defending Clarks insinuations that McCains war service is inconsequential and now Kerry deriding Bud Day of all people...
Good God, who's next on the dem hit parade? Eisenhower? Patton?
Jeeze
Holy crap, he served in Vietnam!?! Who knew?
Until Kerry fully releases his military records, nothing he says about the military or anyone who has served has any credibility whatsoever.
Kerry has absolutely NO credibility whatsoever, PERIOD.
There, fixed it.
lol!
My contributions to SBVT were among the most satisfying contributions I ever made.
Up yours, Lurch.
Looks like John Kerry is once again “Reporting for duty” ...for the commies ( just like he did in the 70’s)
You know...for the first time I am beginning to look forward to campaigning again this season! I want to Freep these jerks when they hit town!
John Kerry cracking on Colonel Bud Day? File this under a turd telling a rose its petals stink.
Thanks, Kristinn.
Doesn't matter. McCain will throw him under the bus by...what's today? Monday?...by Tuesday.
I think Obama had a spokesman say that he “of course” rejected Weasley Clark’s statement.
I ain’t defendin’ Obama. You asked if he’d condemn Weasley. Obama threw him under the bus at the first opportunity.
“Swiftboating” Senator, is when the truth about your past comes back to haunt you.
It was and is an honorable approach to reveal the character of a candidate!
Kerry is his own enemy, in his own arrogance he just doesn’t know when to shut up.
This is an election. Maybe you need to be more specific. Condemnation, rejection, refutation...1st hand, spokesman, attack dog....Obama threw Weasley under the bus. He’s under there w/ Rev. Wright, Obama’s “white” grandmother, etc. Don’t matter the path- Obama put him there.
We need to find a reporter who will ask Kerry point blank at a press conference if he was ever less than honorably discharged from the military prior to receiving an honorable discharge (i.e. after the Carter amnesty.)
When his campaign flaks were asked this question in 2004, they refused to answer. The treason media has let him off the hook ever since.
He is such a fool.My 5 year old can pitch a baseball or football better than this assclown.Just shows the rats are a bunch of pussies.
Or, in Kerry's case, the lack thereof. ;-)
Who should I side with here? The Dems or...Col. Day? Hmmm. This is so hard. I just cannot make up my mind.
I drove around up here in the PRM with this sticker on my car window for about 9 months spanning the election, and the bumper sticker (with my conservative cat guarding it as well from Liberal vandals):
My skateboarding accident when I was 12 caused more grievous injuries than John Kerry’s 3 Purple Hearts!
How true...we should take anything he says with a grain of rice. After all, he is talking out of his a**.
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