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*****HUMAN EVENTS FIRST-RUN EXCLUSIVE*****: POWs Join Swift Boat Vets in Criticism of Kerry
Human Events Online ^ | August 20, 2004 | Human Events

Posted on 08/20/2004 7:08:59 AM PDT by hinterlander

Edited on 08/20/2004 7:30:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Here's the newest ad from the Swifties.

* Moderator note. For those using Firefox browser, you may need to use this link to see the ad

http://a1281.v125028.c12502.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1281/12502/v0001/eaglepub.download.akamai.com/12502/sellout.wmv


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ad; ads; election; goodbyekerry; humanevents; kerry; pow; swift; swiftboatveterans; swifties; thepartysoverso; turnoutthelights; veterans; vietnam
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To: Ros42
Excellent!! It's about time Kerry is bashed for what he did to our Vietnam Veterans!!!

You know what they say about payback ... From the deepest reaches of my Vietnam vets soul is say ... "F" you Hanoi John

541 posted on 08/20/2004 9:58:35 AM PDT by clamper1797 (This Vietnam Vet is NOT Fonda kerry)
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To: RightWingMama
"Kerry's group is correct, the ad is being supported by Texas republicans....me and my $25.00.

and California Republicans with my $50.00.;-)"


And proud South Carolina Republicans with my $50...
542 posted on 08/20/2004 10:01:12 AM PDT by BattleFlag
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To: hobson

Excellent idea! That would include someone in my family. His was one of the discrepency cases that Kerry closed.


543 posted on 08/20/2004 10:01:35 AM PDT by msmagoo54
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To: hinterlander

I have only one observation: this ad is going to hurt.


544 posted on 08/20/2004 10:03:34 AM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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To: Smogger
I just checked in with another $25. Bringing my total up to $50 and the office total up to $100. 527's can run these ads all the way up to the day of the election. Does anyone know if our donor information is available online. I know some leftie will get my Bush donation info and Swift Donor info side by side to demonstrate that I am one of the "big money right wing republican attack dogs" oh and a "businessman" to boot. Like who doesn't work in business?

Cumulative contributions by any individual in excess of $200 is reported to the FEC. So, as long as you remain below $200, your donation is essentially anonymous to public disclosure.

545 posted on 08/20/2004 10:03:35 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Fabrizio Quattrocchi: "Adesso vi faccio vedere come muore un italiano")
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To: RottiBiz
There is no "boat" in the address.

A few weeks ago, I read here on FR that similar sounding addresses were bought up by lefties -- one took you directly to salon.com where the dem talking points rebuttal to the Swift vets ad was posted.

You're right. "swiftvets.com" is the real SBVfT site.

I have't researched the history behind the "swiftboats.net" site. It contains authentic-looking crew listings but they are very obviously inaccurate. As a source, they are unreliable and shouldn't be counted on.

I won't speculate as to why the inaccuracies are there because it doesn't really matter if they are deliberate or innocent. The mistakes ruin their credibility no matter what the reason for them.

546 posted on 08/20/2004 10:06:20 AM PDT by Bob
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To: Beelzebubba
I think we are overstating the impact of this ad. The Kerry supporters believe that the troops really did commit the war crimes, and even if not, Kerry was right to lie about it, in order to bring about a quicker end to the war.

Yeah BUT BUT BUT at the convention he said I DEFENDED AMERICA
547 posted on 08/20/2004 10:06:55 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Mamzelle

In the ad, Kerry is shown Speaking to Congress, the audio of his voice is playing against a still picture of him in his fatigues. The audio of his diatribe against American solders in the field is interrupted by videos of several POWs who talk about how his words were painful to them, more painful than their words. They also talk about betrayal, and that these were the exact things they were resisting torture, and being brutalized because they would not sign confessions to. Kerry did it for free.

My take is this is brutal, and if it manages to get any “Real Airplay” you can stick a fork in Kerry, He’s done.


548 posted on 08/20/2004 10:07:36 AM PDT by DelphiUser
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To: hummingbird
Kerry's campaign is chock full of Clintonistas who probably directed him in this direction to get everyone fighting Viet Nam over again. Someone on FR said yesterday that Kerry (really Clintons, et al, IMHO) is "spitting" on the Vets now just like they did when they came back the first time.

It may be painful but it's not all bad. So many people have been conflicted about the VN era of our history, this may bring a painful sore to a head. Let people choose their camps. Kerry is arguably the most important actor amongst those who injected bacteria into that wound by his false Senate testimony back then. Few people are more responsible for the lingering fester the VN War has become.

He has aggravated this wound anew by centering his bid for the WH on his service record. The Swift Boat Vets are going to lance this infected boil and that will be painful and ugly. But it may bring great relief after it's done.

No one will doubt which camp Hitlery belongs to.

549 posted on 08/20/2004 10:07:50 AM PDT by TigersEye (Intellectuals only exist if you think they do!)
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To: Toonces T. Cat
"That is a devastating ad! Let's see what McLame has to say about this piece"

You're not the only one wondering that...we're all waiting in the wings with McCain's own statment about how POWs were taunted with the things people like Kerry were saying.

550 posted on 08/20/2004 10:07:53 AM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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To: hinterlander

Oh, man. Sweet. Give it to him Swifties!!!


551 posted on 08/20/2004 10:08:31 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The time is coming for all true Patriots to rise up and take back this Republic!)
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To: prairiebreeze
McAne, Juan . . . Phoenix, AZ . . . $10,000

FOFL!

I'm guessing that this is an inside joke in Arizona. Could a non-Arizonan buy a clue, please?

552 posted on 08/20/2004 10:08:42 AM PDT by Bob
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To: hinterlander
Thought you might find what Mickey Kaus is saying today to be of interest:

Excerpt

"...P.S.: The idea that Kerry was actually in Cambodia over Christmas when he said he was has apparently long been abandoned by the Kerry campaign. ...

P.P.S.: Like many of my friends, I wasn't paying much attention to the Swifties until Kerry went postal on them. (Hmm. Was that a smart move? What happened to the rope-a-dope strategy?) I don't know which side is right. I don't know that I'd even hold it against Kerry if he did exaggerate a bit to get the three Purple Hearts that let him leave Vietnam. I do know that if freedom of speech means anything it means that a group of citizens can get together to bring up this sort of charge against a presidential candidate, subject to the laws of libel. But read this New York Times editorial and see if you can avoid concluding that the Times doesn't think the Swift Boat Veterans Ad should be stopped because it might be financed with corporate or union money in violation of the spirit of McCain-Feingold. The Times doesn't even really think it should be stopped because it was financed by a rich individual Republican (something that's clearly perfectly legal under McCain-Feingold as long as the group running the ads is not incorporated).

The Times thinks the ad should be stopped because you just shouldn't be able to make such "outlandish" independent charges in a campaign. They're against the speech, not the financing. Like Kerry, they're trying to come up with a "process" reason that avoids the inconveniently messy issue of truth. But their process reason--an attack on "independent" criticism per se--seems particularly dangerous.

P.P.P.S.: Respectable big-time journalist friends who met with the anti-Kerry vets recently found them a lot more credible than expected. Sorry, Note!

553 posted on 08/20/2004 10:09:45 AM PDT by LincolnLover (Nader/Camejo 2004: Yeah, Libs, That's The Ticket!)
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To: So Cal Rocket

I am already over the "anonymous" mark. You can get my name/occupation/donation total right off the GWB wesbite.


554 posted on 08/20/2004 10:10:39 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: prairiebreeze
I'm guessing that this is an inside joke in Arizona. Could a non-Arizonan buy a clue, please?

Well, duh! Nevermind. (Need more coffee.)

555 posted on 08/20/2004 10:13:03 AM PDT by Bob
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To: hinterlander

Its not long enough. We need a 90 second commercial, at least


556 posted on 08/20/2004 10:13:36 AM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: Bob

Say the name out loud.


557 posted on 08/20/2004 10:13:50 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Fabrizio Quattrocchi: "Adesso vi faccio vedere come muore un italiano")
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To: shezza

I am crying after reading that testimony to torture. It confirms what I always suspected as a kid watching Vietnam happen from my TV. Somehow I guess you can instinctively know that those men suffered through hell to stay alive, unless of course, you're John Kerry. Then you simply don't care about what happened to your fellow countrymen.


558 posted on 08/20/2004 10:14:03 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: BattleFlag
""Kerry's group is correct, the ad is being supported by Texas republicans....me and my $25.00.

and California Republicans with my $50.00.;-)"

And proud South Carolina Republicans with my $50...


And New York Republicans with my $250...

Let's keep this rolling!!
559 posted on 08/20/2004 10:14:21 AM PDT by Skywarner (Enjoying freedom? Thank a Veteran!)
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To: cake_crumb
As an aside, I bet Mark Steyn goes after this on his weekend column and the satire will be wicked!! Don't miss it if you want a real horse laugh at old horse face's expense.
560 posted on 08/20/2004 10:14:37 AM PDT by finnigan2
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