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Kerry Spokesman Sets Limbaugh Straight on Swiftboat Smears (Classy mouthpiece, Jean-Francois)
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Posted on 11/12/2007 9:09:43 AM PST by Sub-Driver

11/09/2007 Kerry Spokesman Sets Limbaugh Straight on Swiftboat Smears

WASHINGTON D.C. – Kerry spokesman David Wade issued the following statement today in response to Rush Limbaugh, who said on his radio show that Kerry’s Swift Boat attackers in 2004, “were right on the money and nobody has disproven anything they claimed in any of their ads, statements, written commentaries, or anything of the sort.”

“At first I thought, that’s not Rush, that’s just the OxyContin talking. Nonetheless, this is a despicable but unsurprising new lie from a man whose closest brush with combat came when customs officials tried to take away his Viagra. This portly peddler of hate is once again wrong on the facts. John Kerry served his country with honor in Vietnam, and has fought for his fellow veterans ever since. The lies and smears of the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush were disproved conclusively in 2004 by the men who fought by John Kerry’s side in Vietnam, by the military’s own records, by investigative journalists, and by the incredible contradictions that exposed these right wing smear artists. It is long past time that we end the politics of fear and smear that we have seen used against decorated veterans from John McCain to Max Cleland and John Kerry. Rush Limbaugh’s ignorance and determination to divide Americans is just another reminder that you can’t spell ‘Rush Limbaugh’ without the letters L-I-A-R.”

The watchdog group Media Matters has provided an excellent fact check of the Limbaugh smear, proving once again that when it comes to slandering veterans, the right wing is wrong. The fact check can be found at: (http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090008?f=h_latest)


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such nonsense...
1 posted on 11/12/2007 9:09:45 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Whaaa whaaa


2 posted on 11/12/2007 9:10:44 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Sub-Driver

You know what they say, Mr. Kerry? People scream loudest when the truth is told.


3 posted on 11/12/2007 9:12:08 AM PST by abercrombie_guy_38
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Gosh. All Kerry does is attack Rush. No defense from his Form 180. No rebuttal of the facts laid out well in the book.


4 posted on 11/12/2007 9:12:12 AM PST by CT (Thompson wouldn't convict Clinton, and now I won't vote Fred)
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To: Sub-Driver
Rush Limbaugh’s ignorance and determination to divide Americans is just another reminder that you can’t spell ‘Rush Limbaugh’ without the letters L-I-A-R.”

Oooooooooooooooooooooo! That hurts.

5 posted on 11/12/2007 9:12:35 AM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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"The lies and smears of the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush were disproved conclusively in 2004 by the men who fought by John Kerry’s side in Vietnam, by the military’s own records, by investigative journalists..."

Nothing specific -- just a bare allegation that there were errors in the Swift Boats ads.

That bare allegation is good enough.

6 posted on 11/12/2007 9:12:47 AM PST by BenLurkin
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Kerry himself trumpets his spokessmear? Hey, John, it was Swift Boat Veterans for TRUTH. Where is that signed 1-8-0, John? Hmmm? Let's see the original discharge.

Hey, hey
Ho,ho
Kerry: sign the one-eight-oh.

7 posted on 11/12/2007 9:12:59 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: BenLurkin
That bare allegation is NOT good enough.
8 posted on 11/12/2007 9:13:18 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Sub-Driver

Where’s that 180?


9 posted on 11/12/2007 9:13:30 AM PST by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: Sub-Driver

What! You mean Kerry did spend Christmas in Cambodia after all? (Heheheheh)


10 posted on 11/12/2007 9:13:35 AM PST by Bahbah
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So they had 3 1/2 years to come up with an answer, and this is the best the Kerry people could do? Bwahahahahaha!!


11 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:19 AM PST by TommyDale (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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Thank Heaven for the Swift Boaters. They were effective, but they dealt only with a side issue. The big issues are the nature of Kerry’s original discharge and the treason he committed by meeting with the enemy in Paris, while still in uniform.


12 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:26 AM PST by lady lawyer
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To: abercrombie_guy_38
People scream loudest when the truth is told.

The pig that squeals is the one you hit.

13 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:34 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Sub-Driver
We have Barf Alerts for a reason, mister. ;)
14 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:41 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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Actually Kerry couldn’t set anyone straight on anything. Kerry so habitually lies, he doesn’t even know what is true and what is fake any more.


15 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:49 AM PST by MNJohnnie ("Hillary is polarizing, deceitful, and liberal. And those are are her good points!" Beaversmom)
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All these people can do is sling mud at their political opponents. If the truth bears Kerry out, why doesn’t his spokesman just speak it? The fact is, Kerry is on videotape smearing his fellow Vietnam veterans while the war was still going on. He can’t duck or lie about that, much as he’d like to.


16 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:57 AM PST by Argus
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“At first I thought, that’s not Rush, that’s just the OxyContin talking. Nonetheless, this is a despicable but unsurprising new lie from a man whose closest brush with combat came when customs officials tried to take away his Viagra.”

If this were coming from Ann Coulter about a recovering liberal she would be accused of vicious hate mongering.

17 posted on 11/12/2007 9:15:13 AM PST by poobear (Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Mr. Wade: Thou doth protest too much.


18 posted on 11/12/2007 9:15:38 AM PST by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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To: Sub-Driver

Can’t spell “John Kerry” without spelling J-E-R-K.


19 posted on 11/12/2007 9:15:48 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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“peddler of hate” . . . yet this clown can do nothing but throw out childish names and ridicule Rush’s addiction to painkillers.

The way these losers define “hate” is laughable. Nobody hates worse than liberals and their atheistic counterparts.


20 posted on 11/12/2007 9:16:16 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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