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Kerry grills funder of Swift Boat ads
SpokesmanReview ^ | 2-28-07 | Staff

Posted on 02/28/2007 11:59:35 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182

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 accused of 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.

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.


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KEYWORDS: kerry; swiftboat
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That must have been tense, LOL!
1 posted on 02/28/2007 11:59:36 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

The guy should have told Kerry - I would spend every dime I have to insure you would not become president, I love my country.


2 posted on 02/28/2007 12:01:12 PM PST by SF Republican
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To: Anti-Bubba182

He's still blaming other people.


3 posted on 02/28/2007 12:01:45 PM PST by kinoxi
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"Vietnam veterans made unsubstantiated allegations against Kerry" - there fixed.
4 posted on 02/28/2007 12:02:37 PM PST by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

He should have asked Kerry if he's released his Form 180 to the public yet, or was that just a botched joke too.


5 posted on 02/28/2007 12:02:41 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Anti-Bubba182
I guess this would not have worked:

"Yes, Senator, I donated to the Swift Vets for Truth, and they were right on the money, you were unfit to Command!"

6 posted on 02/28/2007 12:02:57 PM PST by agincourt1415 (The Sum of all Fears: Democrats running the war or trying to run away from the war on terror.)
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To: kinoxi

He should of asked Kerry if he was ok with George Soros spending millions to paint Bush as a Nazi.


7 posted on 02/28/2007 12:03:25 PM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: Anti-Bubba182

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.

ANSWER: My money; my business -- none of yours.


8 posted on 02/28/2007 12:04:07 PM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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Pompous, lying, traitorous ass gets revenge by abusing his Senate position. What else is new?


9 posted on 02/28/2007 12:06:24 PM PST by ozzymandus
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"The group of Vietnam veterans made unsubstantiated allegations against Kerry"


So, first hand accounts of his behaviour and official Navy documents are "unsubstantiated"....???

Seems like Fox provided about $50,000 worth of SUBSTANCE...???


10 posted on 02/28/2007 12:06:50 PM PST by JB in Whitefish
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ANSWER: My money; my business -- none of yours.

To which Kerry would no doubt reply: Our Senate, my committee -- and admit it. You didn't really want to be an ambassador anyway.

11 posted on 02/28/2007 12:07:20 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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The group of Vietnam veterans made unsubstantiated allegations against Kerry

From what I read, every single one of their allegations WERE substantiated!

12 posted on 02/28/2007 12:08:10 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SF Republican

Indeed, such a statement would surely have earned him plenty of Democrat votes.


13 posted on 02/28/2007 12:08:28 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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Pompous, lying, traitorous ass gets revenge by abusing his Senate position. What else is new?

Hey, if you can't abuse your position to get even then what's the fun of being a Senator anyway?

14 posted on 02/28/2007 12:10:34 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Mr. Fox had one teed up from sKerry and struck right the hell out. Too bad. He should have told him the truth.


15 posted on 02/28/2007 12:12:57 PM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Kerry should be looking out through bars after his phony heroics in Nam and his traitorous acts that followed. Like Fat Teddy Kennedy, Massachusetts loves these criminals and keeps sending them to the Senate of the United States to continue spewing their venom and treason without consequence.
16 posted on 02/28/2007 12:13:06 PM PST by hgro
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I told you I'd get even one day

17 posted on 02/28/2007 12:15:31 PM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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I wish the questioning was on the news. It would make Kerry look more like a bitter jerk.


18 posted on 02/28/2007 12:16:15 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Sorry Jenjis John, it is 3 years too late.
God Bless those swift-boat patriots.


19 posted on 02/28/2007 12:17:02 PM PST by JerseyDvl (STOP - Hildabeast, Shrillary, Hitlery, Billary, Her Thighness, Sen. Cankles, Dukakis-in-Drag)
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The group of Vietnam veterans made unsubstantiated allegations against Kerry

That statement blows this article out of the water. Stating lies as fact was perfected by the Nazis in the 30's.

20 posted on 02/28/2007 12:19:31 PM PST by 6ppc (Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
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