Swift Boat Veterans Condemn Kerry as Unfit to Command

News Max ^ | May 4 ,2004 | Dave Everhart

[GrandMoM]

John O’Neill, spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, told reporters that the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts spent 45 minutes on the phone with group founder Rear Adm. Roy Hoffman, USN (Ret.), trying to “discourage” the band of brothers from going public with their united sentiment that Kerry is unfit to be the nation’s commander in chief.

[Fedora]

Wow. Thanks for posting this!

[Uncle Miltie]

"I think the word ['atrocities'] is a bad word. I think it's an inappropriate word. The words were honest, but on the other hand they were a little bit over the top. I don't like it when I hear it today."

Atrocities: "Bad, inappropriate, honest, over the top, don't like it." Which is it again, Senator?

[DesertWalker]

Listen to the press conference at

[DesertWalker]

Woops sorry.

www.nranews.com

[upchuck]

So, Hildabeaste, which way is the wind blowing now?

[Ronin]

Good stuff. But it's going to be interesting to see how much play it gets in the lamestream media.

I'm not expecting much.

[Jeff Gordon]

Which is it again, Senator?

No Fair. Such a question will just toggle the Flip Flop to another state. :-)

[randog]

Parents should make their kids read about this or watch it on the news (if it makes it that far). Lesson: actions have consequences, i.e. you reap what you sow.

[kellynla]

Thanks for posting. I have called CSPAN to inquire when the news conference would be televised. I was told that it "might" be this evening. I also emailed CSPAN to request that the news conference be televised.

We all need to keep our ears to the ground to see when the news conference is actually televised.

The efforts of these veterans must not go unnoticed.

We allowed one traitor to be elected and reelected, we cannot allow another one.

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[Belisaurius]

'Requires constant supervision'.

What an apt discription of John Kerry and his ilk.

[S.O.S121.500]

BOOKbumpIRISH

[Rick.Donaldson]

Drudge still not carrying this. Has anyone heard Rush today (I can't get radio reception here where I work) and Hannity ain't on yet (Sent him head's up mail earlier today, hopefully he gets the information out). I don't see ANYONE but newsmax (who has't the greatest of reputations!) doing this. :(

[areafiftyone]

Drudge never picks up on anything you send him. I have sent him stuff on Kerry numerous times and nothing. I have been hitting all the major media outlets and nothing yet. But you know sometimes it takes them a while to write their stories so hopefully this may hit the media tomorrow.

[kellynla]

Laura Ingraham discussed this am the piece written by O'Neill that appears in today's Wall St. Journal. I can't speak for the rest of the talk show hosts.

[joesnuffy]

About Time...

Hopefully Mr Moore of the Mobile Riverine Force Association- Veterans will get all our members to
also deny this pos.....Jean Kerry....

I hope the MRFA revokes Kerry's membership....

[BillyCrockett]

"John O’Neill, spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, told reporters that the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts spent 45 minutes on the phone with group founder Rear Adm. Roy Hoffman, USN (Ret.), trying to “discourage” the band of brothers from going public with their united sentiment that Kerry is unfit to be the nation’s commander in chief."

And Kerry replied afterward... BWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHA!

[WorkingClassFilth]

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[mtntop3]

Hugely important. Kerry and the Demos. will pull out all stops to neutralize this. They will probably find some wiling Vietnam veterans to counter (but obviously not of the same stature as those making the charges) - and then seek to submerge the whole thing by overshadowing it through loudly attempting to move the focus to such events as improper prisoner-care in Iraq. It is up to us, and all other good-hearted folk, to see that this is in the news - and that it stays in the news. It can't be let up on. Kerry will try to minimize it - and then assert that it is old news and that "we need to move on." He will have a tough time getting most of the terriers off his leg.

[tdadams]

In any political campaign, there is going to be some over the top rhetoric, but this is a solidly damaging set of quotes and assessments of Kerry from people who know him and have worked with him.

No wonder Kerry wanted to derail this.