[Monti Cello]

The fact that the meeting location was moved twice on short notice amid extreme security concerns makes Kerry's claims of forgetfulness even more incredible.

[Hon]

"The fact that the meeting location was moved twice on short notice amid extreme security concerns makes Kerry's claims of forgetfulness even more incredible."

Kerry has a book party for Nicosia's book. He also wrote a very favorable review for it. The book was published in 2001.

You would have thought at the very least that this passage might have jogged his memory.

No, it's seems pretty clear that Kerry remembered it all too clearly. That's why he denied it the way he did. He tried a "limited hang-out" and it didn't work.

Even Nicosia, who is a major Kerry supporter, thinks that this is trouble for Kerry and that he needs to address it more openly.

[Hon]

As I was saying:

Kerry Still Backpedaling on Presence at 1971 Anti-War Meetings
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
March 24, 2004

Gerald Nicosia, author of the book Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement and a Kerry supporter, told CNSNews.com last week that Kerry was being less than truthful about his anti-war activities.

"I am having some problems with the things he is saying right now, which are not matching up with accuracy," Nicosia said.

"I am in kind of an awkward position here. I am a Kerry supporter and I certainly don't want to do anything that hurts him. On the other hand, my number one allegiance is to truth. So I am going to go with where the facts are, and John is going to have to deal with that," Nicosia said.

Kerry hosted a reception in Nicosia's honor in 2001 when the book was released and praised it as an "important new book [that] ties together the many threads of a difficult period in our history every American should take the time to understand in its totality."

More recently, Nicosia offered some advice for Kerry: "The chickens are coming home to roost, and unfortunately he is starting to backtrack and I personally don't think backtracking is going to work because people are going to go at him and find the discrepancies," Nicosia said.

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