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Brit Hume and Lt Col Bill Cowan Supporting Switfee Story
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Posted on 08/10/2004 3:32:18 PM PDT by what's up

Hume looks to be going after the story. Asking ALL the right questions.

Basically the main topic was whether the other Swift Boat people would have been considered as "serving" with John Kerry.

Lt Col Bill Cowan who served on a Swift Boat said "Absolutely!" In FACT, someone on another boat might be able to BETTER see what was going on on Kerry's boat than the men on the boat themselves because they have a panoramic view of the scene.


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bestseller; brithume; foxnews; hume; kerry; swiftboatveterans; swiftvets
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Also asked about the Vietnam thing. Cowan said there's NO WAY Kerry was in Cambodia on a Swift Boat. Cowan looks 100% in Swiftee's corner.
1 posted on 08/10/2004 3:32:20 PM PDT by what's up
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To: what's up

Yesterday Hume kept saying that it was a matter of character (Kerry's). He's a bit too diplomatic and polite and should just come out and say, this whole thing is a matter of whether Kerry is a liar. That's the important issue for voters.


2 posted on 08/10/2004 3:36:24 PM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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I don't know Cowan. How did someone without a Navy rank serve in the swiftboats? Don't flame me, I'm just a groundpounder.
3 posted on 08/10/2004 3:36:33 PM PDT by colorado tanker (shove it!)
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To: colorado tanker

Rassmann was a Green Beret and he was on a navy boat.


4 posted on 08/10/2004 3:37:51 PM PDT by Bahbah
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He missed the fact that Kerry had made a Cambodia claim just last year and it is even on his website. Maybe he his leaving that for one of his All-stars.;)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59559-2003May30_4.html

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/news/news_2003_0601.html


5 posted on 08/10/2004 3:38:20 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's floats, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: what's up

NBC Nightly News is resurrecting the Abu Gahrib story.


6 posted on 08/10/2004 3:38:51 PM PDT by Lacey
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To: what's up

NBC Nightly News is resurrecting the Abu Gahrib story.


7 posted on 08/10/2004 3:38:56 PM PDT by Lacey
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To: colorado tanker

I believe he was with the Marines. Possibly in some kind of special ops capacity. As such, he would have operated with all sorts of other units, including swiftboats.


8 posted on 08/10/2004 3:39:44 PM PDT by Klatuu
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To: colorado tanker

Cowan did a wonderful job. He said every swift boat went out in groups. You always knew what was going on in the other boats. He said there was absolutely NO WAY Kerry was in Cambodia when he said he was there. He said the Viet Cong would have sunk the boat inside Cambodia and there would be an international incident. I thought the entire interview was very positive for the Swift Boat Vets.


9 posted on 08/10/2004 3:40:00 PM PDT by Merry
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To: what's up

Just heard them, and without any doubt lends truth to the story. Moveon.com and Sorros are going to try and sink the swift boats and I think we need to do whatever we can to keep them afloat. Kerry is a liar..and if you listened to Hannity's radio show today, you could tell pretty quickly what is happening. I cannot get over the way Kerry makes everything work to his advantage. A horror story for America would be a win for him.


10 posted on 08/10/2004 3:40:18 PM PDT by cousair (k)
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Also the swiftees are highly decorated, long or at least normal tours of duty heroes. I want to know how Kerry gets away with calling his "fellow" highly decorated veterans liars. Aren't they at least as unassailable as Kerry? And there's a lot more of them.


11 posted on 08/10/2004 3:40:31 PM PDT by Williams
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Cowan was a Marine Lt. Col. The Marines are a branch of the Navy.


12 posted on 08/10/2004 3:40:35 PM PDT by thucydides
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To: colorado tanker

Here is a brief bio.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,60314,00.html


13 posted on 08/10/2004 3:41:30 PM PDT by Prost1 (Why isn't Berger in jail?)
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To: pepperhead

If Brit Hume doesn't mention it, we should email these stories to him to continue the story. We have to keep the story alive.


14 posted on 08/10/2004 3:41:42 PM PDT by hansel
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Aren't the Democrats getting tired of this non stop Abbu Gahraib story. The story involved about 5 soldiers. Good Grief!!!!!


15 posted on 08/10/2004 3:41:43 PM PDT by Merry
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To: Lacey
Abu Grabib, Thy name is desperation.
16 posted on 08/10/2004 3:41:47 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: colorado tanker
LTC Cowan is a retired Marine. If the Navy guys really need to shoot straight, they gotta have somebody around to show them how.

<ducking>

17 posted on 08/10/2004 3:42:13 PM PDT by timpad (Peace without victory is procrastination)
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To: Lacey

Hah! We must be making headway on the Swift Boat Vets story, then, if they're rummaging through the old news to find a subject-changer!


18 posted on 08/10/2004 3:42:16 PM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: Lacey

If Kerry loses, the news organizations, ABC,CBS,NBC and CNN and the New York Times and associate papers intend to bring the prison stuff up again to impeach Bush. Rush has talked about this several times. They don't have anything else and thinks this has legs. It doesn't.


19 posted on 08/10/2004 3:43:01 PM PDT by cousair (k)
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NBC Nightly News is resurrecting the Abu Gahrib story.

Of course they are.

This is typical Lanny Davis strategy. Get the bad news out there and let people get to hear what liars everyone else is until the bad news is boring.

20 posted on 08/10/2004 3:43:05 PM PDT by Glenn (The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
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