[nmh]

That's it ... muddy the water so truth doesn't matter.

[KQQL]

"I was in Cambodia, sir. I worked along the border," said John E. O'Neill in a conversation that was taped by the former president's secret recording system. The tape is stored at the National Archives in College Park, Md.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, O'Neill did not dispute what he said to Nixon, but insisted he was never actually in Cambodia.

[harrycarey]

Yahoo story here

[isthisnickcool]

I suspect that O'Neill has some information on Kerry that's going to "nuke" him. They know O'Neill is not going away so maybe they are trying to push O'Neill to let loose of some things now that he and his group plan to release little by little? Get it out now.

The Kerry side is very afraid of something. You can smell the fear. Oh, they talk a big game but it's grand theatre. They are scared of something. Like Cleland and his "letter" today. That's a desperate move.

Anyone notice that Bill Clinton is not even in the US right now? Remember old Bill? We could not keep the fool off of TV whenever anything happend or when nothing was happening. Kerry is (is?) spinning towards the ground and Bill is not even available for comment. Hmmm.

[shhrubbery!]

So the AP rushes to use the word "lied" -- for a 30+ year old conversational slip that was corrected by O'Neill in his next sentence.

But Kerry's several iterations of his Christmas-in-Cambodia tall tale -- on the floor of the Senate in 1986, and to the WaPo in June '03-- ooohhh no, no lie there.

[Republican Wildcat]

For the sake of argument: Let's say O'Neill lied about this. Kerry lied about it, too. And only one of them is running for President. So how wouldn't this help Kerry? The media is creating a non-story. It's okay for a presidential candidate to lie as long as someone else who isn't running for president also lied? Is that what we are supposed to get from this?