Posted on 02/27/2007 6:05:02 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Kerry grills nominee over Swift boat By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press Writer 22 minutes ago
A Senate hearing that began with glowing tributes to a St. Louis businessman and his qualifications to become ambassador to Belgium turned bitterly divisive Tuesday after he was criticized for supporting a controversial conservative group.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., grilled nominee Sam Fox about why he donated $50,000 to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 presidential race. The group of Vietnam veterans made unsubstantiated allegations against Kerry — then the Democratic presidential nominee — and charged that Kerry did not deserve the medals he won in the Vietnam War.
"Might I ask you what your opinion is with respect to the state of American politics as regards the politics of personal destruction?" Kerry asked near the end of the hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Fox, one of the nation's most generous contributors to Republican candidates and causes, said he shared Kerry's concerns that politics "has become mean and destructive."
Fox said he didn't recall who asked him to give to the group and blamed partisans on both sides for contributing to so-called 527 groups that are not subject to conventional campaign finance rules.
"So is that your judgment that you would bring to the ambassadorship, that two wrongs make a right?" Kerry asked.
"I did it because politically it's necessary if the other side's doing it," Fox said.
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John Kerry is a flea.
Kerry's a first-class jackass.
Kerry's acting like a child. Nothing new there.
You can practically hear the 'waaaaaaaah...'
Are you now or have you ever participated in the politics of personal destruction???
Hillery!'s mantra seems to be working.
I wish Kerry would ask me what I think of him in front a FOX camera.
Senator, my donations to political causes have no bearing whatsoever on this job, so I refuse to answer.
Or, he should have told the truth, and said, "Well Senator, I didn't want you to be President, and by the way, you still haven't released your military records".
Bullsh!t!!! WHICH ALLEGATION WAS PROVEN UNTRUE???
For giving $50,000 to the Swifties, this guy should get a cabinet slot or maybe the VP in 2008. Kerry should get slapped and sent to bed without his supper - what a putz.
Really? Name one.
Bringing partisan politics in to a senate hearing? Gotta love those lifetime senators.
I can't believe that to this day, the media still insists that the SBVT are liars.
Oh, BTW, long-faced John, did you sign that 180 yet?
You lost Kerry. Time to figure it out. It's over.
Only a moron would do such a thing.
Unsubstantiated? HA!
Kerry's back-stabbing behaviour after Vietnam raises questions about his fitness to serve as a US Senator.
You are being kind. This jerk off is a disgrace to the Navy I served in for 26 years. My only regret is that I donated to the Swifities and I won't get to be face to face with this pretender.
The thing that amazes me most about this is that Kerry was actually at "work" for a change.
Bttt...
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