Based on this.
Posted on 09/05/2004 7:06:27 PM PDT by nycmusic
Sept. 13 issue - John Kerry wanted to hit back. It had been a miserable August as he took incoming fire about his military service from a gang of hostile Vietnam vets. But no, campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill and other staffers argued, the Swift Boat ads would blow over. Finally, Kerry had had enough. For three or four days, as he campaigned across the country, Kerry ripped into Cahill, furious that the mostly baseless attacks on his valor were driving his numbers down. "He was very angry," one old friend says. "The calculation had been made that this wasn't going to hurt him." Kerry's solution was to reach for an old ally. "Get Vallely," he screamed.
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"For three or four days, as he campaigned across the country, Kerry ripped into Cahill, furious that the mostly baseless attacks on his valor were driving his numbers down."
Based on this.
Unfortunately for Kerry, he has compounded his problem by subsequently stating that "even if he knew then what he knows now, he still would have voted against attacking the SBVT sooner".
Senior Democrats fumed. "He has taken another principled, nuanced position" one strategist stated on conditions of anonymity, "but most voters are going to see it as another giant flip flop".
Here is Thomas Valley
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-menuext&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Thomas+Vallely%22
When you gamble, you have to be prepared to lose. Kerry thought the sheeple would just gaze awestruck at his medals without noticing how he later betrayed his "band of brothers". The Clintons no doubt realized this would cause him to ultimately lose--which is why THEY allowed him to be nominated! He has no one to blame but himself.
And yet he did nothing but stew. No leadership there. As president, the state dept. and UN ambassaor will tell him what to do and he will stew about it.
Interesting timing.
Fiction. They went all out against the Swifties. Called for it's censorship. Called on Bush to stop it. INvoked McCain. Called out the MSM to write article after credulous article to assert the Swifties were liars. Successfully got the media to ignore "Unfit for Command" except for the valor medals parts - the parts, and medals, most murky.
They hit back over and over, calling in every chit. They did what they could to prevent the one thing they knew must not happen - a reporter asking a question to John Kerry about specific Swift vet claims.
Even today the framing of the debate as if Kerry didn't hit back and it's the fault of his press people who did all they could is part of the deflection strategy.
Until Kerry himself answers questions the weight of the Swift Vets will not be released.
Isn't it though.
They just begin.
I agree with Kerrey/Kerry, they should talk more about Vietnam because it has proven quite a fruitful campaign topic for Vietnam John.
This reader wants to know which allegations the Kerry camp think are not baseless?
Kerry can't win because he has three opponents, W and Billary.
...For three or four days, as....
Hey, that's longer than seven minutes, alert Michael Moore.
Actually that might be the only good thing to happen to Kerry, Clinton is a big curse, he ruins everything he touches.
"Interesting timing"
Are you suggesting that Clinton chose the timing for his heart problems to be made public and scheduled the by-pass to take himself out of the loop in this campaign? ...'08...'08...'08
...Kerry can't win because he has three opponents, W and Billary...
No Dude. He can't win because he is HIS OWN WORST ENNEMY.
You know'like he was for himself before he was against himself.
But ... not a problem...there is always some little people around to blame for being a LOSER.
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