I hope that guy knows what he is talking about. Exaggeration in the effort to get Kerry would destroy their credibility.
"The media continue to go to the same six or seven people, although 254 people have signed our letter,"" O'Neill said. \ldblquote They're ignoring that."
Recently on Hardball, Chris Matthews asked Douglas Brinkley why the swift boat veterans against Kerry were dropped by the media. Brinkley claimed it was from "media fatigue."
Really.
BUMPER STICKER:
How can you trust sKerry with running our country, when he won't tell the truth about tossing (his?) medals/ribbons?
"One veteran who served alongside Kerry in another swift boat said the story of his rescue of Rassman was exaggerated.
"I have an eyewitness, firsthand account of what happened," said Larry Thurlow, who commanded a swift boat. "And the story he now tells is so drastically far from what actually happened, if I didn't know he was recounting this particular day, I wouldn't even recognize the story."
It was on that day that Kerry sustained an injury to his arm that resulted in a Purple Heart medal. Thurlow said Kerry didn't deserve that medal based on his recollection of events that day. Thurlow said the rescue wasn't nearly as dangerous as Kerry has described."
I can't wait for this eye witness to come forth and tell us what really happened.
I'm still trying to figure out Kerry's claim to THREE
Vietnam Campaign medals. Perhaps they are lumping in
a Vietnam Service with them, other wise he would have had
to do THREE tours.
I don't know what Kerry did in Vietnam but I sure as hell know what he did when he got back.He disgraced his brothers.He impugned the honor OF MY FAMILY.When I hear Dem(on) spokespeople refer to him as a "war hero" I choke back vomit. "I am Sir Lurkedalot and I approved of this ad"
Political implications? Well duh!!! The truth is in such conflict with the rat/sKerry message that any reference to it will receive the full force of sKerry's political war machine ala clintonian battle armor.
Which, up until now has been as effectual as an umbrella on a sunny day.
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There were many heroes aboard those boats. I don't think Kerry was among them.
Swift vet ping...
"Preceding John Kerry and playing an important role will be his swift boat crewmates, who have stood by Kerry for more than 30 years since Kerry led them through the dangerous waters of Vietnam's Mekong Delta," a Democratic press release said."
Huh??? Led them for four whole months - before he bugged out using a loophole usually utilized by real combat veterans (2, 3, or 4 tour warriors) who sustained real wounds. IF HE HAD ANY GUTS AT ALL, Kerry could put this whole thing to bed by opening his shirt and showing the scars - that is, if there were any....
Here's one thread for your knowledge and information, Tonk!
A 'swiftboat' has a normal complement of...
how many?
This stuff about "war hero" JEffinK is amusing, to say the least. "Waving the bloody shirt" is a venerable American political tradition, always open to dispute.
Reading about the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII, I was surprised to learn that the only PT Boat in the action off Surigao Straits to be sunk was PT109, JFKennedy's boat. And it was considered at the time to be commanding officer error, since the boat was cleft in two in a collision with a Japanese destroyer. Yet this incident was blown way out of proportion in significance and transmogrified in the media as some sort of heroic adventure when it really consisted of the efforts of a desparate crew to recover from the disaster and return to their own unit.
I'll go with the judgment of the majority of the officers and sailors who know better, and who maintain that Kerry is a charlatan misrepresenting the facts!
I was there the same time Hanoi Kerry was.
I was there Oct'68-Apr'69 as a GMG 3
I served on the destroyer USS Corry DD-817
which supplied PCF's and PBR's
and gave gunfire support in North AND South Viet Nam.
My ship may have even supplied Hanoi Kerry's boat.
I VOW I will do everything I LEGALLY can
to keep this traitor from being elected.
Hanoi Kerry MUST NOT win on Nov 2 2004
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Self-inflicted wounds?
You mean like:
"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it"
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