SWIFTBOAT VETERANS RESPOND TO MCCAIN

Swift Boat Veterans For Truth Responds To Senator McCain
Thu Aug 05 2004 17:10:20 ET

"Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has more than 250 members, many of whom were wounded or highly decorated in Vietnam.

We purchased with our blood and service the right to be heard, to set the record straight about our unit, and to tell the truth about John Kerry's military service record.

We respect Senator McCain's right to express his opinion and we hope he extends to us the same respect and courtesy, particularly since we served with John Kerry, we knew him well and Senator McCain did not."

Rear Admiral Roy Hoffmann (ret.), Founder and Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

That's because he doesn't post today's "stuff" until after the show is over.

It's there now. Click on link to the right of the pic - scroll down half way - it is just a short statement but says it all and in any case it is posted at the beginning of this thread by RobfromGA - in quotation marks. The whole point of his thread.

It wasn't on Rush yet this a.m. but as it says at the top of this thread, he got it from Drudge. Read people.

Not picking on you, Merry - most didn't get it.

McCaine should just get it over with and become a Democrat! The Bush camp even distanced themselves from the Swift boat vets for Political Safety...cowards!!

Bush DOES NOT WANT TO alienate the VETS!

Funny how Vets are made into political pawns.

I am not happy with the Bush camp tonight..but what choice do I have. The only class act today was the Vet's "reply to McCaine".

The gooks are still in McCain's head, if you ask me. Judging from his agenda I think it's fair to question his patriotism, his dedication to the USA, and the U. S. Constitution. He swore an oath as a U. S. Senator to "uphold and defend the constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic..", and then sponsored the patently unconstitutional campaign finance law with his name on it. Am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy of this RINO in visciously attacking the swift boat guys for speaking out, and not saying a single word about George Soros?

Veterans have *earned* the right to be heard, especially guys like these. Most of them have been awarded The Medal of Honor.

Of course, it looks like the Beltway scumbags are closing ranks on this one. You can bet they'll squeal like mad, knowing that the credibility of the degenerate, idiot ruling classes may be called into question.

The veterans have fought for freedom. The rest of the scumbag Beltway crowd? They've only fought for money and power and interviews on television.

"Rush needs to be better informed to answer guys like this caller. The swift boat vets in the ad served with Kerry. They skippered their own PCFs, but the boats operated together in groups of at least three and they were within yards of one another. They lived and ate together."

I guess JFKerry left out the other swift boats in his "reenactment" movies.... The "reenactment" movies seems to be the only evidence JFKerry has that he served in Vietnam.

Here is a letter that I sent to Gromer Jeffers, Wayne Slater, and Tim Connolly of the Dallas Morning News asking them what plans they have to report on the Swift Boat Veterans' ad the journalistic improprieties of the Boston Globe's Mike Kranish.

I would urge others to write Mr. Jeffers, Mr. Slater, and Mr. Connolly and ask them the same thing in your own words.

Be nice -- if we can get one major newspaper to report this story then others will follow.

I built my letter around one written by another Freeper but I can't seem to find it now. If someone figures it out who I plagiarized it from please ping them and pass along my thanks for a great letter.

-DallasMike

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Boston Globe reporter Mike Kranish reported earlier today that "a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former commanding officer [George Elliott], backed off one of the key contentions."
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth issued a statement a little later that has Mr. Elliott claiming that the Kranish article is "extremely inaccurate" and that it “highly misstated his actual views.” Captain Elliott reaffirmed his original affidavit and requested that the ad still be played.
Get this, however – Kranish is the author of the forthcoming official book on the Kerry-Edwards campaign called Kerry and Edwards: Their Plans and Promises! Not only that, the Boston Globe has assigned him to cover the Kerry campaign. Why is the author of a fawning campaign book on John Kerry masquerading as an unbiased reporter and why is the Boston Globe allowing him to do this?
This is an amazing conflict of interest and downright journalistic malpractice. What plans does the Dallas Morning News have to report on Mr. Kranish’s impropriety? Has the Dallas Morning News contacted George Elliott to verify that Mr. Kranish really did misstate his views? Does anyone at the Dallas Morning News even care?
-Michael XXXXXXX
Garland, Texas

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has more than 250 members, many of whom were wounded or highly decorated in Vietnam.
We purchased with our blood and service the right to be heard, to set the record straight about our unit, and to tell the truth about John Kerry's military service record.
We respect Senator McCain's right to express his opinion and we hope he extends to us the same respect and courtesy, particularly since we served with John Kerry, we knew him well and Senator McCain did not.
-- Rear Admiral Roy Hoffmann (ret.), Founder and Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

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