i was NEVER THERE... and if i WAS there, i VOTED NO!!!
Posted on 09/06/2004 8:52:36 AM PDT by kattracks
After the stunning success of anti-John Kerry ads produced by the group Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, a separate group of Vietnam veterans is planning to open up a new front - in a move that could leave the Democratic nominee sorry he ever mentioned Vietnam as a campaign issue.Special Forces veteran Ted Sampley, co-founder with Mike Benge and Jerry Kiley of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, tells Ad Week magazine that his group has launched a local spot buy targeting military family-rich areas in North Carolina. The ads started last week on Fox affiliates in the area, covering key military installations at Camp LeJeune, Marine Corp Air Station Cherry Point and Seymour Johnson AFB.
Sampley tells Ad Week he's currently negotiating further media buys that will reach Fort Bragg and Pope AFB.
While VVAJK has been around for more than a year, the group's entry into the Kerry ad wars is brand new, and could showcase like never before the broad resentment Vietnam veterans feel for Kerry's anti-war activities. with the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Sampley's first ad covers information that's been hushed up by the mainstream press: Kerry's participation in a 1971 VVAW meeting in Kansas City where the assassination of several pro-war U.S. senators was plotted and voted on.
The Kerry campaign at first denied the top Democrat was present, but was forced to retract the claim when the New York Sun unearthed FBI files that placed him at the meeting. Kerry claimed he voted no on the plot and then resigned from the group.
Sampley's 60-second spot blasts the White House hopeful for his leadership role in the organization, calling it "one of America's most radical, pro-Communist, anti-war groups," accusing Kerry of having "marched in demonstrations carrying the flags of the America's enemies, the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese."
The spot also charges that Kerry "used the blood of U.S. service men, still fighting on the battlefields of Vietnam, for his own political advancement."
In a twist that's likely to confound critics, Sampley's group has rejected non-profit status and is not operating as the kind of 527 group that both the Bush and Kerry campaigns have condemned.
Instead, the veteran's advocate says his anti-Kerry ads are for-profit advertising for his newspaper, U.S. Veteran Dispatch.
Look into a mirror.
Now you know how WE feel, Johnny-Boy.
I just told my very liberal daughter-in-law that I sent money to the Swift Vets, needless to say, she was horrified.
My name is John Kerry and I approve this ad.
"Kerry voted 'no' and resigned from the group."
Important sentence omitted:
"Kerry did NOT report the assassination plot to the proper authorities immediately."
Kerry did NOT resigne from VVAW, he REMAINED as their spokesman for almoast 2 years!
:-)
I am kinda with you on this as well.....
I have ordered bumper stickers from them for my truck...but my money goes to the SBVT
they are our best hope....always gentlemen and above board...very factual and professional
leaving emotion at the door...keeping cool and maintaining an even strain...
John Kerry cannot serve as Commander and Chief over America's young men and women...
The SBVT have the best chance at accomplishing this....anyone too radical will look too much like the dem's professional agitators...and alienate fence sitting mom and pop voters who are most likely to trust the SBVT...
imo
I think you're right about that. I remember reading the account.
Actually, given that he's funding them himself and seems to be based out of NC, his tactic is reasonable: he's targetting military families who can vote in whatever state their legal residence is, probably not NC, and is thus really trying to influence the absentee ballots in every state in the Union.
What media will the "spot" be run? On the web, radio, TV, paper?
Regardless the MORE that speak out against this abomination the better!
Yes, he voted for at fiest but he wanted a rider that if he became a senator he wouldn't be targeted for assassination, and they wouldn't put it in there so he changed his vote to "No".
i was NEVER THERE... and if i WAS there, i VOTED NO!!!
Now flash your copy of Unfit for Command at her.........
Exactly right. Smearing Sampley and company is the only thing Kerry and company can do at this point. They haven't got truth on their side, so ad hominem attacks are all they have left. Sadly, some in the media will seize on this to discredit all SwiftBoat Vets, and every other charge against Kerry. But! Stupidly, Kerry had to be front and center at every congressional hearing, photo op. All he thought about was ambition and how to use this publicity to get himself a free ride for life. Now it's biting him in the behind. Yes!!!!
Kerry's never admitted he actually voted yes or no on the assassinations. Maybe he voted for cloture?
I agree with you. I wish the swiftees would cover all this stuff. They are insulated from McCain since he didn't serve with them and they are a large group of vets. And he said Kerry's anti-war activities are fair game at least from the swift vets. I worry about Sampley sending out this message because all McCain has to say is he's a nut and then blame it on Bush and the message will be discredited even if it's true. The it will be harder to bring up again even if done by the swiftees. This could be the overstretch the media is looking for to discredit the whole story. I hope Sampley stays local and doesn't cause any problems. He would be too easy to discredit.
Don't worry,
The internet and word of mouth will carry this message to other states. I'm planning to email this link to people i know so they can see it too.
It will be interesting to see the poles when this news breaks out.
The video seems like something out of the A-team. Maybe we should call the Ateam to help undo kerry's campaign haha.
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