Posted on 02/27/2008 9:27:03 PM PST by Sir Gawain
Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:19:32 pm PST
Has anyone ever really shown that the allegations made by the Swift Boat Veterans against John F. Kerry were false? If someone has refuted the charges conclusively, I’ve never seen it—which makes John McCain’s continuing antipathy toward the Swiftboaters inexplicable: McCain Scrambles to Control Backers.
Speaking to reporters aboard his campaign tour bus late Tuesday, McCain acknowledged that conservative independent groups pursuing a similar line to Cunningham’s could be impossible to control.
“I think you have to worry about that, particularly the 527s,” McCain said, referring to the independent advocacy groups that are not subject to contributor limits.
“We’re aware of many of the things that 527s have done ... where unlimited amounts of money can pour into negative campaigns such as we saw against John Kerry and his combat record, as we saw against (former Georgia Sen.) Max Cleland ... they’re really very not accountable to anyone. At least I have to say ‘I’m John McCain and I approve this message.’”
And no, I’m not saying ‘down with McCain’ here. But in this case, I think he’s scoring some cheap political points at the expense of people who don’t deserve the bad rap.
Oops I meant Fox via LGF for source.
Alright, Captain McCain. Don’t expend all the political capital the Times bestowed on you just last week.
I wouldn’t read too much into a man simply wanting to run a clean campaign.
Hypersensitivity to perceived “insults” is the path to liberalism.
There is an email to Jon Christian Ryter on his website from a man who was in the Swift Boats in Vietnam, and served with John Kerry. He backs up the SwiftBoatVeterans against John Kerry. Go to: http://www.jonchristianryter.com
You have to remember that McCain is a friend of John Kerry.
which makes John McCain’s continuing antipathy toward the Swiftboaters inexplicable:
Why is McCain sliming veterans who came forward and told the truth about a man who told harmful lies about then before congress then? That is not now and has never been running a clean campaign.
How’s the McCain warchest growing? Getting losts of donations from Joe Sixpack?
Typical McCain.
I think Mr. McCain would get a lot more votes if he kept his mouth shut and stayed home and played scrabble and drank green tea for the rest of this campaign season.
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NO.
McCain has explained his antipathy to the Swiftees on grounds that he believes it wrong to attack someone's combat record. He allows that Kerry's anti-war activities were fair game.
I don't agree with him at all. If someone has falsified his combat record, I see no obligation to remain silent.
Thanks to McCain, we have 527’s. Now they’re evil?
This guy is dumber than I thought.
He would rather stand with his lying traitorous friend Kerry, than with honorable fellow Vietnam War veterans who called Kerry to accountability.
No surprise—he and Kerry turned their back on the left behind Vietnam POW/MIAs in 1993 and dissed their families.
Yo! Maverick McCain! The NY Times says you might not be able to be President because of your birthplace. Quit now!(/lib BS)
Okay, as a Viet Nam vet I'll say it, "down with McCain."
For crying out loud, the moron helps draft creates 527's with the idiodic McCain-Feingold bill and then complains.
I was, and continue to be, proud to stand with the Swift Boat Veterans, and will always believe that we made the difference in keeping John Kerry out of the White House.
I'm seriously beginning to wonder if we need to reconvene the Swifties to keep McCain out as well.
McCain has his own ghosts from Vietnam and the SBV title, “Unfit for Command” must have a scary resonance for him.
Never Forget.
McCains’s the best we got. And that ain’t sayin’ much.
“Alright, Captain McCain. Don’t expend all the political capital the Times bestowed on you just last week.”
lol, that’s just what McCain is doing.
McCain was dogged for years by charlatans like Ted Sampley. I don’t think he sees the difference between Sampley and the Swift Boat Veterans. The Swifties were men of honor. Samplay was not.
Sorry AuH2O, but it's gone. McCain tried to be Kerry's running mate, and now he wants to be Obama's running mate.
He sure as hell doesn't want to be the REPUBLICAN nominee.
Screw him. Buy Gold and pray the next 4 years goes by fast.
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