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Interview
Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War
C-SPAN
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 183850 - 10/11/2004 - 1:00 - No Sale
Brinkley, Douglas, Director, University of New Orleans, Eisenhower Center
Douglas Brinkley will be interviewed about his book "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War," published by William Morrow. Professor Brinkley will talk about how he came the write the book, the controversy surrounding John Kerry's Vietnam service, Senator Kerry's run for the presidency, and more.
Is this the same guy that was on Fox and Friends last week? If so he's a skerry lover and he did not seem to fond of Fox either.
6:30 bump!
This puppy is a historian? He just referred to My Lai...pronounced it "my" like the possessive pronoun. And the battle of "caisson." LOL. Interviewer asks how old were you in 1968? "I was seven..."
Now he's trashing the swift vets and saying the attacks on Kerry actually helped him, got him sympathy. Says Kerry is now up in the polls and his record in Vietnam is sterling.
Wow, Brinkley is so full of Kool-Aid, it's a wonder his skin isn't purple.
Mark my words, this invective against the Swifties is a desperate attempt to shore up the "they've been completely discredited" talking point before the Swifties drop the bomb in their upcoming ad! Wow, whatever is coming must be BIG.
When they first got a lot of publicity in August, it seemed like Brinkley was backing off his Kerry-is-a-great-American-Hero paradigm somewhat. Tonight's interview makes it clear he's decided to go down with the Kerry ship. Sole purpose of the interview seems to be to call the Swifties a bunch of "bitter men who hate and resent John." [paraphrased, but the gist is accurate.]
Wow, this is ugly, ugly stuff. A small man who may be fluent in the mechanics of historical research (diaries, interviews, etc.) but seems utterly oblivious to the devastating and blood-drenched impact Kerry had on at least two nations, and oblivious to the legitimacy of the Swiftie's outrage.
He's such an idiot.
He came right out and stated his publishers forced the book out early because Kerry may have lost the primaries.
I don't see how he can hold to complete truth under those circumstances. I wonder if he was so willing to change the next edition to correct the mistakes Hoffman pointed out due to fear of legal issues or if he actually has a shred of integrity.
Go to http://www.c-span.org/ and you can now get the hour long program on RealPlayer.