Posted on 08/21/2004 7:14:13 PM PDT by Soundman4x4
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - A Vietnam veteran who worked with President Bush's campaign has left over his appearance in a commercial by a group challenging Democratic candidate John Kerry's war record, a campaign spokesman said on Saturday.
Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said Ken Cordier was a Bush supporter during the 2000 election and served as a member of his a steering committee to help reach out to veterans during this election.
"Col. Cordier did not inform the campaign of his involvement in the advertisement being run by (Swift Boat Veterans for Truth)," Schmidt said. "Because of his involvement with this 527 (group), Col. Cordier will no longer participate" in the steering committee.
The disclosure of Cordier's involvement came one day after White House spokesman Scott McClellan and Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot denied the campaign coordinated with the group on the ads, which claim that Kerry lied about his Vietnam War service.
However .. the former MoveOn staffer who moved over to the Kerry campaign will not be leaving .. I mean really .. do I have to explain ..??
Ken Cordier: “That was part of the torture, was, uh, to sign a statement that you had committed war crimes.”
and
Ken Cordier: “He betrayed us in the past, how could we be loyal to him now?”
Cordier must not want the heat and smear campaign he know Kerry about to dish out.
Kerry's FEC claim against the Swiftvets is just a smokescreen. It's BS, but provides him cover and talking points for the MS media.
President Bush and Colin Powell are sitting in a bar.
A guy walks in and asks the barman, "Isn't that Bush and Powell sitting over there?"
The barman says, "Yep, that's them."
So the guy walks over and says, "Wow, this is a real honor. What are you guys doing in here?"
Bush says, "We're planning WW III."
And the guy says, "Really? What's going to happen?"
Bush says, "Well, we're going to kill 140 million Iraqis this time and one blonde with big tits."
The guy exclaimed, "A blonde with big tits?" "Why kill a blonde with big tits?"
Bush turns to Powell and says, "See, I told you no one would worry about the 140 million Iraqis!"
Cordier is one of the POWs in the new ad, right? Was he involved with Swift boats at all during his time in Vietnam?
When did Cordier resign from the steering committee? Before he became involved with the ad maybe?
Why doesn't the article address these obvious questions?
This man could very well have quit the steering committee because he intended to become involved with the SBV.
Oh, I see it now. He apparently did the ad first.
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