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RedState Scoop: The Swift Boat Vets Final Ads [two ads, with announcers words, first to be on MNF]
redstate.org ^ | Oct 13, 2004 | Mike Krempasky

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.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ads; kerry; napalminthemorning; swiftboat; swiftboatads; swiftboatveterans; swiftboatvets; swifties; thanksveterans
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1 posted on 10/13/2004 12:56:30 PM PDT by Mike Fieschko
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First person in body of article == Mike Krempasky, not me.


2 posted on 10/13/2004 12:57:50 PM PDT by Mike Fieschko ("Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?")
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To: Mike Fieschko; SittinYonder

script for the last 2 swift boat ads


3 posted on 10/13/2004 12:58:30 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.)
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To: Mike Fieschko

Wow. The transcripts alone choke me up....


4 posted on 10/13/2004 12:58:42 PM PDT by eureka! (It will not be safe to vote Democrat for a long, long, time...)
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To: Mike Fieschko
If someone missed a couple of seconds, that first ad could seem like a Kerry endorsement!

Not too late to rewrite the narration -- and I think they should!

5 posted on 10/13/2004 12:59:38 PM PDT by JennysCool (Terrorism: Not a global test, John, but a pop quiz.)
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To: Mike Fieschko

When they say they will be shown during Monday night football, is this national? I might have to watch Monday night football if that is the case.


6 posted on 10/13/2004 12:59:44 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: Mike Fieschko
Wow.

Mr. Bud Day nails it: "How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you, when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?"
7 posted on 10/13/2004 1:00:10 PM PDT by GoBucks2002
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To: Mike Fieschko
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8 posted on 10/13/2004 1:00:10 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (GET OUT THE VOTE NOV 2 ! IF YOUR NEIGHBORS OR RELATIVES NEED A RIDE TO THE POLLS OFFER TO HELP)
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To: Mike Fieschko
Wow.

Mr. Bud Day nails it: "How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you, when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?"
9 posted on 10/13/2004 1:00:16 PM PDT by GoBucks2002
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To: Mike Fieschko

Those sound devastating. I hope its a good game Monday Night so the ratings will be high


10 posted on 10/13/2004 1:00:29 PM PDT by keyesguy
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To: Mike Fieschko

Go Swifties! Thanks for the transcripts. Awesome!


11 posted on 10/13/2004 1:00:57 PM PDT by RushCrush (Defeat Daschle! Donate to John Thune at www.johnthune.com)
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To: prairiebreeze; onyx; Texasforever; CyberAnt; BigSkyFreeper; Tamsey; mrs tiggywinkle; EllaMinnow; ...

Oh my my


12 posted on 10/13/2004 1:01:30 PM PDT by Mo1 (The President's job is not to pass a global test, but to protect the American people.)
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To: Mike Fieschko
OUCH...that is the finally setting up JF'inK for a response to the men...and calling them LIARS will not be the response America will be looking for...

Hey JF'inK...find your balls and sign the 180!


13 posted on 10/13/2004 1:02:14 PM PDT by antivenom ("Never argue with an idiot, he'll bring you down to his level - then beat you with experience.")
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To: eureka!

And they piss me off royally when I think about the hatchet job that Kerry's goon squad, Piss Matthews, the Times, Alkie Estrich, et al, have done on them.

This isn't about politics for these men....it's something deeply personal that many people cannot seem to grasp.


14 posted on 10/13/2004 1:03:13 PM PDT by misterrob
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To: Mike Fieschko
Damn. Kerry's gonna put in for Purple Heart number four after these...
15 posted on 10/13/2004 1:03:25 PM PDT by atomicpossum (If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
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To: Mike Fieschko

It would be far more effective to just DO this (air them),
and NOT telegraph it in advance, so that the Kerry Kamp
can prepare counters.


16 posted on 10/13/2004 1:04:17 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: Mike Fieschko; Kelendrios; Skwidd; marineguy; tongue-tied; ActiveDutyUSMC; dakine; bkwells; ...

This is going to be a MASSIVE ad puchase,
and as was hinted earlier,
they will be aired during Monday Night Football

PING!!!!


17 posted on 10/13/2004 1:04:41 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (GET OUT THE VOTE NOV 2 ! IF YOUR NEIGHBORS OR RELATIVES NEED A RIDE TO THE POLLS OFFER TO HELP)
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To: Mike Fieschko
Bud Day: "How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you, when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?"

I HOPE THEY MENTIONED THAT COL. BUD DAY RECEIVED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR!

18 posted on 10/13/2004 1:04:53 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (John Kerry is a GirlyManchurian Candidate.)
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To: Mike Fieschko

The first ad will be a killer from a visual standpoint, the second a killer in terms of content.


19 posted on 10/13/2004 1:04:54 PM PDT by Califelephant (50 million people in Afghanistan and Iraq now have the chance to live in FREEDOM)
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To: Mike Fieschko

It will be amazing to watch Kerry respond to this.


20 posted on 10/13/2004 1:05:17 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds, a pessimist fears this is true.)
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