Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

This thread has been locked, it will not receive new replies.
Locked on 08/06/2004 11:25:06 AM PDT by Admin Moderator, reason:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186115/posts



Skip to comments.

Anti-Kerry Swift boat vet Lt. Commander George Elliot retracts and regrets anti Kerry statements
08/06/04

Posted on 08/06/2004 9:14:15 AM PDT by Destro

Anti-Kerry Swift boat vet Lt. Commander George Elliot retracts and regrets anti Kerry statements. He is the one that said Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star medal and was featured in the commercial. Heard it just now on the radio - nothing in print yet.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elliott; georgeelliott; kerry
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-134 next last

1 posted on 08/06/2004 9:14:18 AM PDT by Destro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Destro
It's too bad he wussed out.
2 posted on 08/06/2004 9:15:52 AM PDT by Conservative_boy_in_Bangkok (I will call him Minnie-Me)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

Not good.


3 posted on 08/06/2004 9:16:06 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

Turbo-legal harassment is a funny thing. It can make many a soul say that black is white. Looks like this guy caved under threat of lawsuit (which is how the Demoncrats do their dirty work).


4 posted on 08/06/2004 9:16:20 AM PDT by Prime Choice (When Clinton lies, he insults our integrity. When Kerry lies, he insults our intelligence.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

I wonder what they did to blackmail him into a retraction.


5 posted on 08/06/2004 9:16:34 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

They got to him. The Fear Mafia.


6 posted on 08/06/2004 9:17:21 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Behind Liberal Lines

Some big burly men showed up at his house, probably...


7 posted on 08/06/2004 9:17:27 AM PDT by smith288 (Verry Leftwards '04)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Destro

Hmmm


8 posted on 08/06/2004 9:17:38 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

Here's a link to an article regarding the retraction

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/


9 posted on 08/06/2004 9:17:41 AM PDT by BushCheney4America
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

Hired Goons. They are very good at "fixing" things.


10 posted on 08/06/2004 9:17:42 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

The retraction will get major play in the press-the ad itself won't.


11 posted on 08/06/2004 9:18:08 AM PDT by Spok
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Behind Liberal Lines
Let's check out what he's driving next month. I smell $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
12 posted on 08/06/2004 9:18:23 AM PDT by keats5
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Destro

Paid off? I doubt it - Super Heavy THREATS against his family? Most likely.

The only other explanation --- He was PLANTED by the dnc to be the loud voice who then "confesses" his lies to the people.


13 posted on 08/06/2004 9:18:37 AM PDT by steplock ( www.spadata.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro
It's in print

But yesterday, a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions. Lieutenant Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a ''terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star -- one of the main allegations in the book. The affidavit was given to The Boston Globe by the anti-Kerry group to justify assertions in their ad and book. Elliott is quoted as saying that Kerry ''lied about what occurred in Vietnam . . . for example, in connection with his Silver Star, I was never informed that he had simply shot a wounded, fleeing Viet Cong in the back." http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/

Must have cost TeRAYza some good bucks for that retraction.

14 posted on 08/06/2004 9:18:37 AM PDT by Stars&StripesNE (apologies, I don't give no damn apologies . I am JAWN, the hero.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

We may think there's freedom of speech in this country, but look what happens when someone speaks out.


15 posted on 08/06/2004 9:18:40 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro
Veteran retracts criticism of Kerry---- FR thread
16 posted on 08/06/2004 9:18:57 AM PDT by OXENinFLA (<<<<<<< Cog in the Republican Attack Machine.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

The timing is very suspicious, no? I wonder if Elliott is going to disappear to Africa somewhere.


17 posted on 08/06/2004 9:19:44 AM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

DNC B'S' just received in email:



Pay close attention the next few days. GWB’s discharge papers have been found and will be released.

He was discharged as “undesirable”

I’ll bet the folks in uniform are going to love having a Commander in Chief for the next few months who received an “undesirable” discharge.

Stay tuned!!


18 posted on 08/06/2004 9:20:02 AM PDT by steplock ( www.spadata.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro

So, how much was he paid to fade back into obscurity?


19 posted on 08/06/2004 9:20:05 AM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Destro
Sounds to me like the rich lawyers got to him with how much it will cost him to defend his statements. Sometimes retreat is the best option if one is to survive.
20 posted on 08/06/2004 9:20:19 AM PDT by vetvetdoug (In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-134 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson