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*****HUMAN EVENTS FIRST-RUN EXCLUSIVE*****: POWs Join Swift Boat Vets in Criticism of Kerry
Human Events Online ^ | August 20, 2004 | Human Events

Posted on 08/20/2004 7:08:59 AM PDT by hinterlander

Edited on 08/20/2004 7:30:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Here's the newest ad from the Swifties.

* Moderator note. For those using Firefox browser, you may need to use this link to see the ad

http://a1281.v125028.c12502.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1281/12502/v0001/eaglepub.download.akamai.com/12502/sellout.wmv


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ad; ads; election; goodbyekerry; humanevents; kerry; pow; swift; swiftboatveterans; swifties; thepartysoverso; turnoutthelights; veterans; vietnam
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To: snooker

How will his campaign hacks spin this one as a lie?


161 posted on 08/20/2004 7:42:05 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Bush hooligan reporting for duty!)
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To: Miss Marple

thanks for the paraphrase, I can't see the ad either; I was hoping the swifties would do this. I've been calling bookstores everyday. All sold out...


162 posted on 08/20/2004 7:42:19 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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To: hinterlander

Of all the people I want to see this ad is those who served with Kerry and are backing him now....


163 posted on 08/20/2004 7:42:34 AM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: Mamzelle
Argh. I do not have access. Please, would you describe the ad?

SCREEN IMAGE: A still image of John Kerry testifying before Congress.

KERRY (VOICEOVER): (paraphrasing) ...American soldiers chopped off arms/ burned down villages...

SCREEN IMAGE: POW speaking, shown head and shoulders, silhouetted and superimposed over B/W image of Kerry.

POW #1: ...our captors would accuse us of being torturers...

SCREEN IMAGE: A still image of John Kerry testifying before Congress.

KERRY (VOICEOVER): (paraphrasing) ...villages were burned down...

SCREEN IMAGE: POW #2 speaking, shown head and shoulders, silhouetted and superimposed over B/W image of Kerry.

POW #2: ...they would laugh at us...

The actual text is much more compelling than my paraphrase.
164 posted on 08/20/2004 7:42:45 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: hinterlander

WOW what an ad.

I am just amazed at the timing also. Wait until the first ad has and impact and the Kerry campaign has to scramble to catch up and just when they are going under hit them on a whole other front. And after calling them liars use Kerry's own words against him. Trying smearing this.


165 posted on 08/20/2004 7:43:16 AM PDT by Dr Snide (vis pacem, para bellum - Prepare for war if you want peace)
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To: Chaguito

Amen! They can get this ad out without even placing it anywhere because it's news. It's brilliant on their part.


166 posted on 08/20/2004 7:43:20 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Bush hooligan reporting for duty!)
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To: Guillermo

Jane Fonda went to Vietnam too!


167 posted on 08/20/2004 7:43:22 AM PDT by Stashiu ( Yeah, I am a Vietnam Vet, not a War Criminal.)
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To: hinterlander

Powerful stuff, and still to come is an add detailing Kerry's traitorous meetings with the North Vietnamese communists at the Paris peace talks and his special shrine in the Vietnamese Hall of Revolutionary Heroes dedicated to their American supporters.


168 posted on 08/20/2004 7:43:44 AM PDT by finnigan2
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To: hinterlander
What a story this is! By the slimmest of happenstance, Kerry is served up on a platter and the men he slandered have the opportunity and the guts to set the record straight.

Not only in this powerful ad, but throughout the news coverage and interviews, the SWIFT vets prove themselves time after time to be calm, dedicated, and courageous.

The political aspect is now to me irrelevant. I will be cheering these guys on (and sending money) whether it helps or hurts Bush.

The story, from beginning to end is one of principle vs opportunism and courage vs cowardice.

Without their fighting hearts right now, it would be only a sad story of ruined lives. Now it is different, it is turning into a triumph of spirit.

169 posted on 08/20/2004 7:43:47 AM PDT by Marylander
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To: ProudVet77
I can only imagine the hatred these men have for Kerry.

We have owe them so much. May God bless them and you.

Thank you for your service.

170 posted on 08/20/2004 7:43:48 AM PDT by Samwise (John Kerry is a pseudo-French elitist, ketchup-swigging gigolo, wannabe-hero, billionaire doofus.)
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To: Bob

Chris Matthews' head is exploding right now. He is so nasty when he has a guest on who is sympathetic to the Swifites. He just can't imagine that John Kerry would do anything less than honorable.


171 posted on 08/20/2004 7:44:07 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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To: Kennesaw
"Nothing but an ad for the book, I think maybe this thread should be pulled."

I think either you ought to fix your browser, learn to use it, or return to DU.

172 posted on 08/20/2004 7:44:18 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: Chieftain

is this other site a fraud?
http://swiftboats.net/


173 posted on 08/20/2004 7:44:35 AM PDT by JFC
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To: hinterlander
A Great big thank you to hinterlander, particularly for the Fox Fire link. BTW, it is a super browser!

Now, if there ever was an ad that would kill someone's quest for a leadership position, there it be.

The words that preceed out of his own mouth shall destroy him.

174 posted on 08/20/2004 7:45:00 AM PDT by Y0K (NFFC@MyNewByWordForKerry-Edwards.com)
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To: Stashiu

Yeah but was she funded by a Texas Republican?


175 posted on 08/20/2004 7:45:07 AM PDT by Guillermo (OJ was innocent because Mark Furhman said the "N" word.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

HOLY COW ... WOW!!!


176 posted on 08/20/2004 7:45:26 AM PDT by Mo1 (FR NEWS ALERT .... John Kerry over dosed on Botox and thinks he's Bob KerrEy)
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To: areafiftyone

It is a beautiful day.


177 posted on 08/20/2004 7:45:42 AM PDT by Petronski ("Where one burns books, one eventually burns people." ---Heinrich Heine)
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To: votelife

I think they should of stayed with this stuff and not with the Kerry said, they said vet stuff. They have proof here.


178 posted on 08/20/2004 7:46:00 AM PDT by Paul8148
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To: ItsTheMediaStupid

I can't see the ad because my media player is out of date, but I can get the sound. It is an incredible ad.


179 posted on 08/20/2004 7:46:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")
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To: Miss Marple

If Bill Clinton could be the nominee, so can Kerry. For Kerry to drop out, would be humiliation at this point. It would also admit that he was wrong, although of course he wouldn't say it.


180 posted on 08/20/2004 7:46:33 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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