Posted on 08/11/2004 10:06:44 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
Dear Oxen,
I'm interrupting John Kerry's dispatches from the road to tell you about something that will make you angry, but which is important for you to hear.
We knew it was coming: the Bush campaign and several allied right-wing groups are using August to launch a vicious smear attack against John Kerry. They think we're vulnerable this month because while George Bush is still able to raise money for attack ads, Kerry had to stop fundraising at the Democratic convention last week. They're taking this opportunity to go for the jugular.
We need you to join us in this fight today by supporting the Democratic Party.
https://www.democrats.org/support/kerry.html
The worst of the current wave of attacks is coming from a Republican-funded group called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth." (I'll call them by a more accurate name: Swift Boat Veterans for Bush.) The group is led by a longtime Republican operative and financed by GOP contributors with strong ties to George Bush. Its function in the overall Republican strategy is this: tear down John Kerry since Bush has no record or vision to run on.
The swift boat ad is full of lies. Thirteen men who never served with John Kerry lie about knowing him and viciously attack his record. It is a new low for the Republicans.
Every time they have attacked us like this, it has only made us stronger. When they ran dishonest attack ads (like the unbelievable new one on the air right now), thousands of new supporters flocked to our campaign to give us the resources we need to fight back on the airwaves.
Now that the general election has begun, they're hoping things are different. They're going to be sorely disappointed because we are not alone. The Democratic National Committee is well prepared to take on this fight.
And therefore I'm asking you: everything you did for our campaign, please do now for our Democratic Party. Give the party the resources it needs to fight against these right-wing attacks:
https://www.democrats.org/support/kerry.html
The Democratic Party is responsible for putting organizers and volunteers into the field and turning out the millions of votes we need to win. We literally cannot win this election without the party.
https://www.democrats.org/support/kerry.html
You and I know that if we so much as yield an inch to George Bush and the Republicans this month, we'll live to regret it. In fact, we may live to regret it for four long years. Join with me in supporting the Democratic Party today.
Thank you,
Mary Beth Cahill Campaign Manager
Paid for by Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.
Democrats attacking Vietnam Veterans. Talk about a flashback from the sixties.
It sounds like the Democrats are in a tough positIon: either defend John Kerry and call combat veterans liars - thereby damaging their 'spin' on the party qualified to handle the nation's security. Or let the charges stand, and risk finding out that Kerry might have lied.
I'm glad W. stayed out of this fray. Civilians attacking political opponents' combat experience risk alienating non-partisans. By and large, folks don't like to see combat vets attacked, no matter what their political idealogy.
That's what you get for making Vietnam the centeral issue of the campaign.
why would you recieve this letter? are you a registered democrat in Florida?
My liberal friend has been asking the same question about the Bush "AWOL story". I can't wait to throw this one back in his face.
me three!
The Swift Boat veterans charges are much more damning than the AWOL fiction in that THESE charges have have eyewitnesses and at least some documentation to back them up. Like the Christmas in Cambodia story Hanoi John boy dreamed up and "seared" into his memory.
Release your military records, Lietenant (jg) Mitty!
the next line from the libs is that it's time to start talking about records & issues ... which it will be, starting with the convention. Until then we should discuss why John Kerry campaign has denied he was ever in Cambodia and why their further explanation has not been forthcoming!
bump
Reply and tell them that they have Soros and moveon.org...and they should quit being so desperate.
Maybe true Patriots and all veterans are starting to pay some attention to this. I think when the socialists start attacking these veterans, it is going to back fire on them. Only their fellow socialists will pay any attention. Veterans will start to wonder about this guy's claims of being such a hero. Maybe it will turn the tide. However, the Swifties are in for a very rough ride, but I bet they knew that already before they started.
Remember how much we hated the Clintons and their minions?
"Every time they have attacked us like this, it has only made us stronger. When they ran dishonest attack ads (like the unbelievable new one on the air right now), thousands of new supporters flocked to our campaign to give us the resources we need to fight back on the airwaves."
"IF" they are so strong why are they sending out SOS's!!!!
Hey "Mary Beth Cahill Campaign Manager", you can't cover up JFKERRY's lies, its on the record and this is not political this is PERSONAL.
Was that meant to be a joke? I hope you aren't holding your breath.
Sounds like coordination to me."
Sound like coordination to me, too.
I thought that this sort of coordination was outlawed by the Campaign Finance Reform (sic) Act.
And I also thought that most of the support for that Act came from Democrats.
Where, oh where, is the outrage from Democrats??
I'm signed up for JF'nK e-mail blasts.
"Know your enemy."
They can see the writing on the wall... ROFLMAO!!
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