Posted on 08/04/2004 7:12:05 PM PDT by MindBender26
Preview of new Anti-Kerry ad on H&C tonight:
Starts with Edwards saying "To know more about John Kerry, just spend 3 minutes with men who served with him in Vietnam."
It then cuts to bites with actual vets, including one who says Kerry is lying about Bronze Star.
Another vet says he is the MD who treated Kerry for his first "combat wound." He says Kerry is lying about that!
This is stronger than Therezzzzahhhaa's breath!
Full ad tomorrow night - Hannity and Combs
Its time for Kerry to produce all documents related to his medals. Just read that one officer refused to put him in for a purple heart for a scratch, but somehow Kerry ended up getting one for the incident. If he put himself in for the medal we have a right to know that.
He's gotta throw out some red meat for the dogs to come back tomorrow. Ratings don'cha know.
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON – A blistering new TV commercial produced by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth quotes John Kerry's Vietnam comrades calling him a liar, questioning his honor, accusing him of misrepresenting his actions for medals and attacking his character.
The ad begins with Kerry's vice-presidential running mate, John Edwards, speaking: "If you have any question about what John Kerry's made of, just spend three minutes with the men who served with him. ..."
"Here's what those men think about John Kerry," reads a message on the screen.
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That quote is followed by brief testimonies of 15 men explaining they "served with John Kerry."
Lieutenant Commander George Elliot: "John Kerry has not been honest about what happened in Vietnam."
Ensign Al French: "He's lying about his record."
Lewis Letson, lieutenant commander, medical center: "I know John Kerry is lying about his first Purple Heart because I treated him for that injury."
Gunner's mate Van Odell: "John Kerry lied to get his Bronze Star. I know. I was there. I saw what happened."
Lt. Jack Chenoweth: "His account of what happened and what actually happened is the difference between night and day."
Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman: "John Kerry has not been honest."
Cmdr. Adrian Lonsdale: "He lacks the capacity to lead."
Lt. Larry Thurlow: "When the chips were down, you could not count on John Kerry."
Lt. Bob Elder: "John Kerry is no war hero."
Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard: "He betrayed all his shipmates. He lied before the Senate."
Lt. Shelton White: "John Kerry betrayed the men and women he served with in Vietnam."
Gunner's mate Joe Ponder: "He dishonored his country, he most certainly did."
Lt. Bob Hildreth: "I served with John Kerry. John Kerry cannot be trusted."
No details are available on when and where the commercial will be shown, but talk radio shows are already picking up on the audio track and cable television news shows are bound to follow.
The commercial, personalizing the testimonies of so many of Kerry's comrades and juxtaposing them with Edwards' words has great impact. It is the second major blow to the Kerry campaign since excerpts of an upcoming book by the man who succeeded Kerry as commander of his swift boat leaked from the publisher.
The book by John O'Neill and Jerome Corsi charges two of Kerry's Purple Hearts were for self-inflicted wounds. In "Unfit for Command," scheduled for release Aug. 15, O'Neill, the former swift boat commander, and his co-author Corsi say two of Kerry's three Purple Heart decorations resulted from self-inflicted wounds.
All three of Kerry's Purple Hearts were for minor injuries, not requiring a single hour of hospitalization, as O'Neill has previously explained.
The book reportedly relates how Kerry turned the tragic death of a father and small child in a Vietnamese fishing boat into an act of "heroism" by filing a false report on the incident.
During the Vietnam War, a searing image in the anti-war movement was one of American GIs torching huts with cigarette lighters. It turns out, according to "Unfit for Command," that Kerry did just that – entering an abandoned Vietnamese village, slaughtering domestic animals and burning down their homes with his Zippo lighter.
As O'Neill has reported on Joseph Farah's WorldNetDaily Radioactive in several appearances recently, it was Kerry's reckless behavior that convinced his colleagues he had to go – becoming the only Swift Boat veteran to serve just four months.
O'Neill tells of a joke circulated among his colleagues that Kerry "left Vietnam early not because he received three Purple Hearts, but because he had recorded enough film of himself to take home for his planned political campaigns."
The book charges "Kerry would revisit ambush locations for re-enacting combat scenes where he would portray the hero."
Kerry ended up playing some of that film at the Democratic National Convention last week.
O'Neill, an attorney, is spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a coalition of more than 200 vets familiar with Kerry's service who oppose his candidacy for president based on their judgment of his character. As WorldNetDaily reported, O'Neill's organization stated last month Kerry was a "loose cannon" in Vietnam and is unfit to be commander in chief.
The group includes the entire chain of command above Kerry during his tenure in Southeast Asia, as well as enlisted men.
The group has called on Kerry to stop unauthorized use of their images in national campaign advertising.
Only two of 20 officers in one photo Kerry has used support him, they say.
SPECIAL OFFER: Here's the book John Kerry does not want you to read – "The Many Faces of John Kerry" – in which former congressional investigator Dave Bossie uncovers the shocking facts that could change the course of the election.
Scarbourugh played the whole thing at about 10 after the hour. Catch the replay on MSNBC.
I agree!
K would't have the guts to sue, that would make him have to release his medical records.
BTW, here's a campaign slogan:
IF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET IS THE "TWO JOHNS", DOES THAT MAKE THE PEOPLE OF THE USA THE HOOKER?"
Lawrence ODonnell on Scarborough country was trying to spin that only one of the commanders actually served with Kerry.
Link to ad......
http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_video_wmv.html
I watched it earlier thanks to a post with a link on FR.
I just found it a really cheap and sleazy thing for Hannity to do.
Looks like the Rats brining up Bush's national guard is going to bite them up in the a** .
The word is out, and Kerry is dust.
We need to find a way to tag everyone who casts a vote for sKerry this fall. People who are dumb enough or corrupt enough to do so shouldn't be allowed to breed.
If you go to www.swiftboatvets.com it looks like salon.com has hijacked their websight BEWARE!
Tom Lantos "Ouch".
IMHO, scrutiny will sink the John Forbes Kerry ship. His short lived Swift boat experience that made him the war hero, that he now claims to be, will soon be viewed as the rest of his life: dull, opportunistic, deceitful, AWOL, and on the verge of unlawful. But, not to worry, Hillary is waiting in the shadows.
"Another vet says he is the MD who treated Kerry for his first "combat wound." He says Kerry is lying about that!"
If the doctor talks about Kerry's wound wouldn't he be violating the patient/doctor oath? Could he be sued?
He didn't give details .. just that Kerry wasn't telling the truth
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