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.
God bless these brave men -- for their service then and now!
Bump!
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth...Bump!
Yep...only Republicans like football.
What planet are you from?
Maybe the Swifties have bought the 7 pm slot to run them on CNN, MSNBC, etc........hope so!!
Met the Swifties last weekend in Reno. they were there to support Tommy Franks who was speaking on Bush's behalf....they are organized, on a mission and ready to roll! Gotta love 'em!!!
Beats me. All sides do that.
But an Opto-pessimist knows they are both wrong and the truth lies somewhere between them..
This should be interesting to see if the Dem's bash these TRUE American heroes and call them ALL Liars? I'M SO MAD I WONT TO BEAT MY COMPUTER!!!!!!! Britt needs to interview Bud Day the greatest living hero alive today. My God this man's opinion should count!
BTT!!!!!!
Choked up, lump in my throat.
May God Bless the veterans.
Do you know when Sinclair is going to broadcast "Stolen Valor"? I want to make sure I see it and record it.
If I were a gambling man -- and I am -- I'd bet that he's wearing is Congressional Medal of Honor in the spots.
"I am so glad that I contributed to them twice this month instead of to the GOP. These guys are making a difference. They are just ordinary people that Kerry is once again stomping on. They have lots of courage."
Same here, those guys are friggin heroes.
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JOHN KERRY = Enemy of Vietnam Vets
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320
...and of Freedom-Loving Peoples everywhere,
...still..!!!
It's a shame we don't see the chyron; it probably adds a lot to the impact of these ads.
Next buy should be the Oprah show.
Not that I want any of our money going to that traitor to America, but it will hit her women fan base -- many of them soccer/security moms.
well said liberty! People like my husband are risking their lives right now to keep this country safe! The media *claims* to support our troops blah blah blah! THEY KNOW better. I know this for a FACT they do not want to serve under Kerry!! Many I know have their retirement papers ready incase Kerry's wins, they will retire so they do NOT have this traitor's name on their retirement papers.
The killer line (in my opinion) in the first ad:
They were also decorated. Many very highly. But they kept their medals.
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BUT THEY KEPT THEIR MEDALS!
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