Posted on 08/14/2004 7:15:31 AM PDT by stayout
bttt
And you'd more truthful than Kerry EVER has been. LOL
The "Alston never served with Kerry" angle seems to be a loser when you look at the picture of Alston with the crew members of PCF-94 and Kerry. At some point, Alston was with Kerry. We need to rap up these lose ends before we scream they didn't serve together. Otherwise, the opposition will simply show that photo and ask whether your eyes are lying.
Furthermore, conspiracy theories about doctored or staged photos are a loser. That picture of Kerry and Alston has been around for quite some time. There is not a conspiracy to doctor or stage photos. There is however, some question as to whether Alston was with Kerry for the period of time he claims (and Kerry fails to correct the erroneous assertion). Someone needs to find out when Alston returned from his injuries. Was it after the Feb. 28, 1969 Silver Star episode? How about the March 10?, 1969 Bronze Star episode.
We need the help of someone else who was there.
Why am I so *not* surprised.
I didn't say it was faked. In fact, I began by saying, "While I can't say if this photo was doctored..." What the lighting in the particular photo I discussed shows beyond any doubt is that there were three light sources. If it is a genuine photo, and I have no reason to doubt that it is, then it is a posed shot taken by someone who had professional-type spotlights (and a source of electricity to power them).
Just a point to ponder: Suppose the picture is real, the date-time is wrong, Kerry just happens to be there...
He is standing close but not part of the "group"
Remember Kerry is an oppurtunist...
The truth is coming for you Johnny!!
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/002254.php#comments
I now believe this Alston-Kerry (and others) photo is not a fake.
Another neat one. I think the chopper got his left eye though!!
Well .. John O'Neill can claim he served on the same boat as Kerry .. John took over Kerry's boat when Kerry left Vietnam.
My take is Alston served under kerry for 2-3 weeks. Swift boat rosters were not etched in stone.
He's the candidate that just keeps on giving, isn't he?
Thanks John, you make a Bush win seem so easy.
BUT -- google search >> http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061603.shtml has that photo with the caption:
Kerry and the crew of PCF 94, a swift boat that saw heavy action on the narrow waterways of the Mekong Delta, south of Saigon, under Operation SEALORD. From left, Eugene Thorson, David Alston, Tom Belodeau, and Delbert Sandusky. (Globe Photo / Michael Medeiros)
Could it be that the writer of At The Office just got info wrong? I've gotta feel sorry for anyone who tries to get info from Kerry camp, can't be easy.
As long as the questions are answered about various periods of assignment of the individuals and that the photos are not doctored, there is little to gain by beating the thing to death.
I agree with you about the lights. Without extra lights or flash, I'm not buying the conflicting shadow effects. I studied a couple of my digital pictures taken around noonish and the shadows are all consistent with the one light source, the sun. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how other people get different shadows under similar conditions outdoors.
That looks like a toaster in the other photo :-). Wonder if that means something. I love a good mystery.
Amazing how he can line up "The New Yorker" just like that to print his revisionism.
Good thing that there's no bias in the "mainstream" press.
Was Gardner on Kerry's boat in that time frame some claim Alston was on Kerry's swiftboat?
Gardner will not lie for Kerry.
Forget Douglas Brinkley, Kerry's biographer!
He is just tryng to pump up book sales and future books!
Brinkley is Kerry's partner, with PR from Salon, Globe, NYT, WP, LAT
When Kerry's BS is exposed all of these TV and print media sources will be permanently "seared" with the Jayson tattoo!
Their choice!
Is it worth the gamble they are taking with their corporations profits and future?
Who will buy or tune in to the MSM then?
Since I've missed so much, do you know if any of Kerry's swift boat crew have been interviewed on TV by someone asking 'hard' questions?
I would certainly love to know what little Dougie Brinkley's father would have thought of this Kerry business, and his son's involvement in it.
David Brinkley's quote about clinton will live on forever: He's a bore and will always be a bore.
He couldn't have thought much better of J Effin'.
I've come up with some more for this story I been developing and will have another article on this shortly. Glad others are now carrying on with my work because this will sink Kerry faster than Unfit will.
---Since I've missed so much, do you know if any of Kerry's swift boat crew have been interviewed on TV by someone asking 'hard' questions?---
No.
Some bozohead was on Fox saying that the MSM wasn't covering the Cambodia story effectively and that that's just what Carl Rove wants, because then O'Neills's lies will go uncorrected! Spin! Spin! Spin! She also said that these were the same people that attacked McCain! No one challenged her.
You know, people had to hear 24/7 for months about Bush's military records, yet the SBV have brought up some serious charges against Kerry. There's not even a peep from the press about Kerry's military records.
Only the truly ignorant wouldn't notice this special treatment for Kerry.
Actually, this really makes the liberal press look quite bias. People may just start paying more attention to the spin and distortions, and start deciding for themselves. The liberal press is shooting itself in the foot.
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