FR Exclusive: AP SPIKES JOHN O'NEILL - SWIFT BOAT VETS STORY

Tuesday, May 4, 2004 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

The Associated Press has spiked reporting on the press conference this morning in Washington, D.C. by John O'Neill and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth where they accused fellow Vietnam veteran and Swift boat unit member Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the presumed Democratic party nominee for president, of being "unfit to be commander in chief."

The stunning revelation was confirmed by the AP's Washington bureau this evening. A spokeswoman for the AP stated that the wire service had sent a reporter to cover the press conference. However, she said the AP decided against running a news article about it because, "It does not further the anti-Kerry Vietnam veteran story any."

Call these numbers tomorrow, not tonight because you'll just get the night staff. The decision makers work the day shift. I've already called both bureaus this evening.

The phone number for the AP's Washington, D.C. bureau is (202) 776-9400.

The phone number for the AP's New York City headquarters is (212) 621-1500. Ask to speak to the president of AP as that is who the D.C. bureau chief anwers to.

[crusty codger]

And now Lt. Gen Claudia Kennedy( Ret ) is on Joe's show defending Kerry and bemoaning " Why is everyone talking about Vietnam ?" " We should be talking about Iraq." She's been a Kerry consultant since last year. Maybe she should ask him why everyone is talking about Vietnam

Great way to start off the day with a big ol' belly laugh! Thanks.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Hanoi John!!"
(To be sung to Neil Young's "Farmer John")

Hanoi John, I'm opposed to yer Power!! Ohahhohh...
Ashamed of you...an yer goddamned LIES!! Ohahhohh...
I loathe the way you flop, I loathe Left's sissy-talk!!
I loathe the way RATS wriggle...Left snickers and it mocks!!

Hanoi John...ohahhohh...I think you are a Coward!!
Yeah, yer scum... damn yer VietNam LIES!! Ooahhohh...

(Little guitar jammin')

Ohhahhhhohhhhh!!
Hanoi John, what makes yer heart sooo purple?!
Ohahhohh...
Yer "injuries"...were just gutless LIES!!
I loathe the way Left mocks...and all their sissy-talk!!
I want the righteous Truth...RAT-fools, you are losing...LOSING!!

Hanoi John, I'm opposed to yer Power!!
Ohahhohh...ohahhohh..
We object...to yer campaign LIES!!

(More guitar jammin')

Hanoi John...Cowards don't win elections!!
Ohahhohh...ohahhohh...ohahhohh...
(You) don't deserve...yer three Purple Hearts!!

Mudboy Slim

[Grampa Dave]

Re the last line of your new song re al Querry:

(You) don't deserve...yer three Purple Hearts!!

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=EARLY OUT AND PATHWAY TO BE A US SENATOR!

[Mudboy Slim]

Some Dare Call It "Cowardice!!"

FReegards...MUD

[Carolinamom]

I didn't watch Fox and Friends this morning, but some freepers reported that the 2 minutes spent on the Swift veterans' press conference included some clips, AND E.D.Hill making sympathetic noises for Kerry. I know she's a dem, but it is obvious she did not watch the whole conference or else she got an early fax from the DNC.

[Mudboy Slim]

"E.D.Hill making sympathetic noises for Kerry. I know she's a dem..."

Does she actually admit it or are you simply inferring from her comments...I don't get to watch that show except fer on weekends, but it seems like Kilmeade's an excellent guy to have battin' fer the Right!!

FReegards...MUD

[OldFriend]

When it became clear that Perot might hurt Clinton near the end of the campaign the media refused to sell him airtime.

I heard media creeps discussing this and justifying it as reasonable since they had sold him media time in the beginning.........

Logical, NO!

[Ann Archy]

"The Band-Aid Brothers" will come to Kerry's rescue.....again.

[Ann Archy]

There was some scandal about that mean a*s Claudia Kennedy a few years ago...anyone rememebr what it was?

[VadeRetro]

However, she said the AP decided against running a news article about it because, "It does not further the anti-Kerry Vietnam veteran story any."

Not a good description of what is not furthered and, thus, not an honest description of why they didn't run the story.

[Ann Archy]

Do you know the scandal that Claudia Kennedy was involved in???

[Ann Archy]

Wow...a picture of "The Band-Aid Brothers".

[jackbill]

Check out:

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/mc000407.shtml

[Mudboy Slim]

Gandhi: "Justice does not help the ones who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant."

FReegards...MUD

[snooker]

So if George W. Bush's commander said he was unfit to serve as CIC do you think AP would run the story?

Better question, how long between the quote and the AP story hitting the wires. State the time in seconds please.

[Carolinamom]

She has admitted it.

[Mudboy Slim]

"She has admitted it."

Good fer her...that's the first step in overcoming the affliction...MUD

[Carolinamom]

I read another freeper's account last night....said Kennedy had accused anothe general of sexual harassment in a chance comment.......years after the supposed incident happened, but she had not filed a complaint at the time. Her excuse for not filing a complaint at the time, she says, is that she planned to handle it herself, but her slip of the tongue brought about a very big investigation.....and, according to comments from knowledgeable military freepers, any chance of further promotion went caput.

[Carolinamom]

LOL! She is friends w/Norm Coleman....maybe that'll help.

[MeekOneGOP]

Very good. Thank you ! ;^)