Vietnam is defining John Kerry's image and campaign;

US News ^ | 8/9/04) | Roger Simon, Dan Gilgoff and Terence Samuel

[ODDITHER]

It seems that The Amerian Public is beginning to see that John Kerry has hired a not very talented Hollywood producer to edit his life.

Instead spending 100,000,000 in ads to tell voters about his life ("Reader digest version"). he instead has edited out whole parts of his life intended to deceive the voters.

If his military career is important, his entire career is important- he was still in the military when he committed what many Vets consider treason.

[Hardastarboard]

Kerry's got a record of accountability, while Bush has never been the commander of anything

EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU EFFING MORON!!!

I can't believe he really said this!!

[Starboard]

The article conveniently skips over any mention of atrocities admittedly committed by Kerry while in Vietnam.

[G.Mason]

Two rambling paragraphs about Vietnam defining the campaign.

Eight paragraphs about Kerry and Vietnam.

One short paragraph with a line by Marc Racicot, Bush campaign chairman.

Wow, and three [insert adjective here] wrote this! Roger Simon, Dan Gilgoff and Terence Samuel are word wonders!

Imagine what an article 24 people could write.

[KC_Conspirator]

"No image, no theme, no message has shaped his campaign"

Conventional political wisdom says that this should shink the Kerry campaign, especially since he has already had his convention.

[daviddennis]

You might want to use the <p> tag to separate major points. That creates a blank line, like this.

That would make your document much easier to read.

As it happens, I've already read it elsewhere on FR, so it doesn't matter to me personally, but it would really help in getting the message across.

Do you know if there's any place where I can read the exhibits together with the document?

Many thanks.

D

[GailA]

When you are the number one and number four most liberal senators in the senate, you are no longer just a liberal you are a SOCIALIST.

He never mentioned his 20 year history of voting against the 2nd amendment, a bare mention of his 20 year history of voting against the Unborn, no mention of his 20 year history of voting for tax hikes, 20 year history of voting against pay raises, weapons and health care for our Military and Veterans. His vote to tax social security, or all those skipped votes because he was just to busy campaigning.

[fuzzthatwuz]

"John Kerry is one of us, and George Bush is not," Cleland said.

For this we give thanks!

[Conservative_boy_in_Bangkok]

Right on!

[television is just wrong]

This guy is tied in a lot of polls with W?

Geez, I am convinced that half this country is nuts.

[upchuck]

It occurred to me this morning that all of this focus on Kerry's Viet Nam fraud is obscuring his Left of Left position on everything else.

BINGO!

I agree that sKerry is vulnerable on Viet Nam. But that was 30 years ago. We need to change the topic. We need to talk about his 19 wasted years in the Senate. His uber-liberal voting record, etc.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Vietnam defines Kerry the man and Kerry the campaigner. He believes it shows his values (he volunteered while others ducked or dodged),
When his draft board wouldn't let him go to France for post-graduate study, he volunteered for what he thought would be non-combat duty in the Navy, at the worst patroling off the coast of Vietnam, but by the time he arrived in-country for duty his unit's mission had changed and he found himself in the shooting war
it shows his leadership (he commanded troops in battle),
He was a "loose cannon" according to one Admiral, and frequently broke regulations, challenged orders, and took actions which put his men in jeopardy like beaching his boat and abandoning the crew to possible enemy fire without an effective escape route
it shows his compassion (he saved a life or two),
There've been claims of saving only one life, and that came after he first ran away from the scene, then returned and picked a man up from the water just as another boat, one which had stayed to protect the man, was within a few yards of picking him up
it shows his toughness (he took a life or two),
He shot a half-naked, fleeing Cong teenager in the back - Kerry's words:"I shot him because I was afraid he was going to turn around"
it shows his moral strength (he had the courage to later oppose the war he fought in),
He asked for and received a six-month early release from the service to run for political office, and changed his stance on the war to run in a heavily anti-war district
and it shows his vision (he has experienced the horrors of war and will not be quick to commit American troops to combat without a good reason)
He has been judged "Unfit to Command" by 250 former colleagues who served beside him and as his supervising officers in Vietnam - he must never be put in the position to commit American troops to anything at any time....

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

John Kerry : "war hero" or a "war criminal"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186991/posts

Answer the question Kerry!

Did you lie about your "heroics" or the "war crimes"?

Can't have it both ways!

RELASE ALL YOUR MILITARY RECORDS BEFORE NOV 2nd!

Unless you are hiding something?

Are you?

[FlyLow]

PRICELESS...absolutely priceless!

[FlyLow]

Gilligan should sue...this is a slam on his Island freinds! However, it is PRICELESS

[Chu Gary]

The Dim people assume that since Max Cleland is a quadraplegic (sp?) with injuries suffered in VN, he is a bonafide hero.

Ir reality he's no hero. He and a friend were headed off to have a cold beer when Cleland caused some U.S. unexploded ordnance to explode.