Who Is John Hurley? How long has he been Kerry vet goon?

1 posted on 08/21/2004 7:39:27 PM PDT by LowNslow

Found this so far.

http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=741

J.H.: I’m a political activist, but on a very limited basis. I’ve had two politicians that I’m very fond of. One was Father Robert Drinan, who was a congressman from Massachusetts for ten years and whose campaign I got involved in. [Drinan retired from Congress in 1980 when the Catholic Church prohibited priests from holding public office]. And the second is John Kerry. I view them both as the non-typical politicians they are. I admire them for their character, their integrity, their honesty, their intellectual ability, and their sense of history. It’s not one specific issue, it’s the makeup of the whole individual that has attracted me to them.

I have been involved in John Kerry’s campaigns, starting when he ran for Senate in 1984, and then again in 1990 and 1996. In 2002, he had no campaign to speak of, no challenger. I don’t consider myself a political junkie; I consider myself to be somebody who is very admiring and very supportive of John Kerry and want to do everything I can. I think this is a critically important election for the country. I think the country is categorically going in the wrong direction under George Bush, and I have every confidence in the honesty, the integrity, the character, the principles, and the motivation of John Kerry. I support him without question, without reserve.

2 posted on 08/21/2004 7:46:32 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (A gun owner voting for John Kerry is like a chicken voting for Col. Saunders. (bye bye .30-30))

In one of the most-ignored stories surrounding the Swift Boat Vets flap, the head of "Veterans for Kerry" is himself a former Vietnam war protester, who has known Kerry since 1971, and worked on each of his campaigns since 1984.

"Veterans for Kerry" was started by, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of, Kerry for President. It really isn't an organization at all, but the name of the Kerry campaign's outreach program to veterans, and it's head, picked by John Kerry, was indeed a veteran, but he first met Kerry when they were both war protesters.

The head of the group, John Hurley, a semi-retired Wellesley lawyer, works full-time for the Kerry campaign, and has worked on Kerry's previous campaigns dating back to at least 1984, by his own account. He also marched in the John Kerry/VVAW-organized "Dewey Canyon III" in 1971. (The medal-tossing protest.) Read for yourself:

http://www.drredwood.com/interviews/hurley.shtml

Hurley also has reportedly made calls to try to strong-arm people into changing their recollections of Kerry's VVAW past (such as his presence at the meeting discussing the plot to assassinate Senators):

http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=NYS/2004/03/22&ID=Ar00106

He even posted this note searching for one of Kerry's crew in November, 1996
- remember this when they suggest that Kerry's this "Band of Brothers" reassembled on their own:

http://www.vietvet.org/navy005.htm

In case it's purged later, here's what it says:

Trying to locate: Delbert "Del" Sandusky
Branch of Service: Navy
Unit was: swift boats
Where served: the Delta
When served: 1969

Message is: Trying to locate Delbert Sandusky for reunion of Swift Boat 94.
Call 617-235-2287
Please contact: John Hurley
Mailing address: 78 Longfellow Rd
City, State, Zip: Wellesley, MA 02181
Or send email to John Hurley using this automatic email form BQI@AOL.com

It doesn't say, "come work for John Kerry" - it says "trying to locate... for reunion." Why would an Army vet be trying organize a reunion with a Navy guy he'd never met? Obviously, this was a political recruitment - and a dishonest one.

While Swiftvets are grilled about whether they have ever voted for a Republican, and treated like stealth political operatives, every show I've seen John Hurley appear on - from Hyannity to Hardball to Scarborough - gives a free pass to the guy who actually is a political operative.

John Hurley is a longtime Democrat activist and John Kerry supporter. He is not part of any sort of spontaneously formed veterans group in support of Kerry, and it is very dishonest to allow him to present himself as anything other than what he is. Beyond that, his first meeting with Kerry was not in the service, but in the anti-war movement - a "Band of Others" with whom Kerry's strongest loyalties, it would seem, still lie.

3 posted on 08/21/2004 8:08:00 PM PDT by PhatHead ("War Protesters for Kerry" or "Band of Others")

Very nice piece of research. I have never ceased to be amazed at the abilities of Freepers with a computer and a phone line. Fantastic.

John / Billybob

4 posted on 08/21/2004 8:13:39 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)

Wonder how John Hurley voted in Kanas City? May be someone in the FBI or such Knows.

5 posted on 08/21/2004 8:15:58 PM PDT by LowNslow (Retired CWO)

Great job, getting the dirt on that war protester Hurley.

This info should be sent to Rush, Sean, Savage and all the talk shows ASAP.

6 posted on 08/21/2004 8:18:27 PM PDT by mickie

He is a so called EXPERT on what happened on the Swift Boats, but he wasn't in the Navy...he was in the Army!! And the Media...Creep JOE SCARBOURGH...CHRISSY MATTHEWS..etal act like he's an EYEWITNESS!!

Was he at the meetin of VVAW where ASSASSINATING SENATORS was discussed and VOTED ON?? John Kerry was...was Hurley??

7 posted on 08/21/2004 8:33:22 PM PDT by Claire Voyant ((visualize whirled peas))

To: Dan from Michigan

Robert Drinan is a DISGRACE!!!!

8 posted on 08/21/2004 8:34:33 PM PDT by Claire Voyant ((visualize whirled peas))

To: Dan from Michigan

Where is that Lambert that SIGNED Kerry's Bronze Star??/ Why hasn't HE COME FORWARD?????

9 posted on 08/21/2004 8:35:46 PM PDT by Claire Voyant ((visualize whirled peas))

I sent it to them a week ago. Before Hurley was on their shows.

10 posted on 08/21/2004 8:37:15 PM PDT by PhatHead ("War Protesters for Kerry" or "Band of Others")

I need to re-check out the New Soldier.

11 posted on 08/21/2004 8:42:44 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (A gun owner voting for John Kerry is like a chicken voting for Col. Saunders. (bye bye .30-30))

Twenty years after the war Kerry received a commandation for valor or something, signed by some high government mucky-muck. The interviewee said this was highly unusual....never happens.

Anyone know anything about this issue? Reported on FNC couple of days ago.

12 posted on 08/21/2004 8:45:39 PM PDT by mickie

To: Congressman Billybob

Can anyone file a Freedom of Information Act form to get the info to see if Hurley was in that Kansas City meeting when ASSASSINATION OF SENATORS WAS DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON!! Was he there...did he vote?? How did he vote??

WHY IS AN EXPERT ON THE SWIFT BOATS WHEN HE WASN'T THERE????

Hurley is chapping my a*s.

13 posted on 08/21/2004 8:52:01 PM PDT by Claire Voyant ((visualize whirled peas))

It was signed by John Lehman of the 911 Commission!! He was Secy of the Navy 12 years AFTER Kerry was in...so WHY did he sign a citation for Kerry???

14 posted on 08/21/2004 8:53:38 PM PDT by Claire Voyant ((visualize whirled peas))

Is this the same John Hurley?

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=U10260

John Hurlery, Kerry spokesman - anti-gay?

15 posted on 08/22/2004 10:36:33 PM PDT by PhatHead ("War Protesters for Kerry" or "Band of Others")

To: Dan from Michigan

I support him without question, without reserve.
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Gee, John. He called you a baby killer. And what did you do with those testicles? Zap 'em?

16 posted on 08/22/2004 10:39:29 PM PDT by doug from upland (John Kerry is a sports fan like Lorena Bobbitt is a surgeon)

You mean a baby killing homophobic supports Kerry?

17 posted on 08/23/2004 5:36:05 AM PDT by LowNslow (Retired CWO)

18 posted on 08/29/2004 9:31:50 AM PDT by baseballmom (Michael Moore - An un-American Hatriot)

To: Claire Voyant

19 posted on 08/29/2004 10:36:41 AM PDT by GoLightly

Lambert was the only witness & a SBV. I think he was on Thurlows boat. BTW, he also got a bronze for the actions that day.

20 posted on 08/29/2004 10:39:01 AM PDT by GoLightly

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