Right. Like Kerry himself, the campaign can't decide whether it wants to defend his statements that he saw/committed/knew about atrocities or back away, saying the statments were "youthful exaggerations," etc. Complete confusion and repeated lies.
``I took offense then and I take offense now,'' said Ted Sampley, 57, who helped organize a group called Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry. Kerry helped turn policy makers against the war, potentially ruining U.S. chances for a victory, Sampley said. ``His testimony in '71 echoed all through those years.''
Sampley said his group has sent out 30,000 to 40,000 anti- Kerry bumper stickers and has more than 3,000 names on a direct mailing list. His group plans to organize protests and show up at campaign events and question Kerry, Sampley said.
``I really think those leveling that criticism are in a distinct minority,'' Hurley, head of the Veterans for Kerry group, said on a conference call with reporters this month. ``I have had countless vets come to me and say of his testimony in 1971 -- `That's the Kerry we want'.'