Posted on 10/13/2004 12:56:30 PM PDT by Mike Fieschko
We promised it, so here it is. And surprise - it's not one ad but two! These ads will debut tonight on FoxNews (Special Report w/ Brit Hume), but we have the transcripts.This is going to be a MASSIVE ad puchase, and as was hinted earlier, they will be aired during Monday Night Football
The first ad is a 60-second spot featuring 90 swift boat veterans, in a a three-deep line, with the camera panning across the crowd - close-up and slowly. No vets speak, but the announcer delivers the following lines:
Announcer: They served their country with courage and distinction. They’re the men who served with John Kerry in Vietnam.Announcer: They’re his entire chain of command, most of the officers in Kerry’s unit. Even the gunner from his own boat.
Announcer: And they’re the men who spent years in North Vietnamese prison camps.
Announcer: Tortured for refusing to confess what John Kerry accused them of. . . of being war criminals.
Announcer: They were also decorated. Many very highly. But they kept their medals.
Announcer: Today they are teachers, farmers, businessman, ministers, and community leaders. And of course, fathers and grandfathers.
Announcer: With nothing to gain for themselves, except the satisfaction that comes with telling the truth, they have come forward to talk about the John Kerry they know.
Announcer: Because to them honesty and character still matters. . . especially in a time of war.
Announcer: Swift Vets and POW’s for Truth are responsible for the content of this advertisement.
It's a powerful, moving, picture - these men coming forward, without aliases or surrogates. As another RedState editor wrote, there is no guile in these men. Read on for the second, and much more damaging ad:
The second spot, also a 60-second ad, showing several groups (about 10) of swift boat veterans, one after another - with each group of vets featuring one single man posing a question to John Kerry. And the most important of all the vets involved delivers what I believe is a serious, serious, body blow.
John Edwards: If you have an questions about what John Kerry’s made of (echo on “made of”)...Van Odell: Why do so many of us have serious questions?
Dr. Louis Letson: How did you get your purple heart when your commanding officer didn’t approve it?
Steve Gardner: Why have you repeatedly claimed you were illegally sent into Cambodia. . .
Bob Elder: . . . when it has been proven that you were not?
Jim Werner: How could you accuse us of being war criminals. . .
Ken Cordier: . . . and secretly meet with the enemy in Paris. . .
Mike Solhaug: . . . and promote the enemy’s position back home. . .
Paul Galanti: . . . when I was a POW, and Americans were being killed in combat.
Bud Day: How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you, when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?
Joe Ponder: Why is this relevant?
Tom Hanton: Because character and honesty matter. Especially in a time of war.
Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman: John Kerry cannot be trusted.
Announcer: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is responsible for the content of this advertisement.
I wouldn't advise the Swift Vets to hold their collective breath for answers to these questions, but they damn well deserve them.
Thank you, and my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to your husband and your family for your sacrifices.
May God bless you all and return your husband safely.
John K.
St Louis, MO
Well said. Hold on for the ride.
And to top that off, the main stream media supports him too.
Americans need to take their country back from these Liberal Socialists. It's time to kick serious butt, and God bless the SBVFT for leading the charge.
I totally agree! What I don't understand is why would they even nominate someone like this, with this man's background? Where they aware? Why isn't there more public out cry from the American people? Why the heck would ANY American want a known traitor to lead our great nation and be commander in chief our our military? Stumped
I'm really glad I donated to the Swiftees, too, and I'm going to do it again today. If ANYONE deserves to be heard, it's these heroes who were dishonored for so long.
You're right. These men have nothing to gain personally, and much to lose. Or as the Kerry team would put it "they better hope we lose". Knowing how dems have become synonymous with "bully" it's a wonder anyone comes forward. Hats off to some strong and wonderful men. They've served their country again.
Very good!
i agree - it seems unfinished...
When this is all over, and Kerry is heading back to the Senate, I still want him to answer these questions. I don't want this to be the end for those Vets. I want them to have the answers they deserve.
bump!!!!
EXCELLENT
Too bad it's the Bucs and Rams playing.
That was my feeling too. I have major goosebumps...
Might have been my tagline I stole from somewhere...
But SINCE it is MNF, it doesn't have to!
It's in St. Louis.
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