KERRY CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR BOOK BAN

Drudge Report | 8/20/04 | Drudge

[Jewels1091]

The Kerry campaign calls on a publisher to 'withdraw book' written by group of veterans, claiming veterans are lying about Kerry's service in Vietnam and operating as a front organization for Bush. Kerry campaign has told Salon.com that the publisher of UNFIT FOR COMMAND is 'retailing a hoax'... 'No publisher should want to be selling books with proven falsehoods in them,' Kerry campaign spokesman Chad Clanton tells the online mag... Developing...

[Blood of Tyrants]

BWAHAHAHA! We need a game of "Name That Freeper" here.

[gunnygail]

He's eating and has his head in the trough, he can't hear you....

[RayChuang88]

And then nominate yerself for a Purple Heart for foot wound received in line of duty.

[Diogenesis]

That was great.

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..and the pig said, "Licorice, all animals are equal,
but some animals are more equal than others"

..and the Licorice replied, "Yes, that's true,
for we all remember the Zipper."

[knuthom]

No publisher should want to be selling books with proven falsehoods in them

What about "documentaries" with proven falsehoods?

[vox humana]

Yesterday someone posted on FR that the seventh edition of Unfit for Command, 350,000 copies, would ship next week.

Help is on the way!

[CatoRenasci]

No, this is much more serious (series?) because they're trying to get the book banned, rather than addressing the charges. As any lawyer will tell you, a reaction like that to statements under oath (all of the stuff in Unfit for Command is based on affidavits executed under penalty of perjury) is tantamount to an admission of the truth of the charges. The only way to refute evidence such as the SwiftVets have given -- direct personal experience and observation -- is to provide evidence -- not just bs statements by the campagin, but direct evidence -- that either impeaches the witnesses credibility (i.e. prior inconsistent statements, contemporary records, etc.) or witnesses who allege different versions of the facts under oath, based on their own personal experience and observation.

Absent Kerry's release of his records in full, or real direct contradictory testimony from the other vets who were there, the attack dogs simply won't hunt.

My guess is that if the vets who support Kerry were willing to go under oath on a lot of this stuff, they already would have. My guess is that the Swiftboat vets supporting Kerry are swallowing real hard right about now.

[OKSooner]

"and they are going to hammer away at him as long as their funds last."

Bingo. Send money today, even if it's just a few bucks.

[TomGuy]

Neal Boortz talking right now about the distribution of the book at bookstores in the Atlanta area.

[xrp]

NICE SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT JERKWAD DEMOCRATS!

[Stellar Dendrite]

"What IS form 180? (What does the sign mean? Thanks.)"

It's a form that will release Kerry's naval records.

PS The AP sued to get Bush's military records....why aren't they suing for Kerry's? Hmm.....

[Riley]

Oh please!

Oh please, what?

[pollywog]

Oh my goodness!!!! And HE is for FREEDOM OF SPEECH??????

[Charles Martel]

Here's the Hollywood version:

[pollywog]

"Proven falsehoods" Mr. Kerry???????????SHOW US YOUR RECORDS!!!!!!!! You can prove this book false in a DAY!!!!!!!!!

[Radix]

 

This is one case where Kerry will not do a 180!

[biblewonk]

It's vey seriesly hugh.

[jonathanmo]

I hope so ! We've been getting bumped by the big chains and haven't even gotten our first shipment yet !

[auboy]

"I don't think the Swift Boat Veterans are helping the Republican cause," Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., remarked on CNN Thursday.

The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are not doing this to help the Republican cause, Senator RINO. They are doing it to help the AMERICAN cause!

[television is just wrong]

What about the lies in Michael Moore's film???

Oh, I forgot it is ok for democrats to lie.