Posted on 08/24/2004 8:07:05 AM PDT by Callahan
Edited on 08/24/2004 8:36:11 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE AUG 24, 2004 11:09:31 ET XXXXX
KERRY PHONES SWIFT BOAT FOES
**Exclsuive**
Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry personally phoned anti-Kerry swift boat vets, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Kerry reached out to Robert "Friar Tuck" Brant Cdr., USN (RET) Sunday night, just hours after former Sen. Bob Dole publicly challenged Kerry to apologize to veterans.
Brant was skipper of the #96 and # 36 boat and spent time with Kerry in Anm Thoi. Kerry and Brant slept in the same quarters, and Brant used to put Kerry back to be at night when Kerry was sleepwalking.
Brant received a call from Kerry at his home in Virginia while he was watching the Olympics on TV.
The call lasted 10 minutes, sources tell DRUDGE.
KERRY: "Why are all these swift boat guys opposed to me?"
BRANT: "You should know what you said when you came back, the impact it had on the young sailors and how it was disrespectful of our guys that were killed over there.
[Brant had two men killed in battle.]
KERRY: "When we dedicated swift boat one in '92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans."
Kerry then asked if he could meet Brant -- man to man -- face to face.
Brant declined the invite, explaining that Kerry was obviously not prepared to correct the record on exactly what happened during Vietnam and what happened when Kerry came back.
Developing...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 - The United States Chamber of Commerce and other business groups plan to spend roughly $10 million attacking trial lawyers, including Senator John Edwards, by financing a new organization that will run television and mail advertisements in critical swing states
crash and burn...
If Jane Fonda Kerry called any member of a 527, wouldn't this be a violation?
Next contestant!
"Betrayed" is much harsher than "disgraced", wouldn't you agree?
dvwjr
Kerry would be more convincing, I'd bet, if Brant were the leader of a foreign government....
EFnK is nuts. How soon until the straight jacket goes on and Hitlery comes forward? ;)
"$10 Says Kerry doesn't have a CLUE on what he said
The clown is certifiable!!!
And anyone who votes for him is just not paying attention! Period!
Kerry could always say his testimony during the 70's was just a sleepwalking episode and he doesn't remember any of it. It's worth a shot.
Wow, it would pretty much sink Brinkley's reputation if one of the primary sources for his supposed biography turn out to be unreliable---because he certainly should have known that at the time.
Uh-oh... I'm getting flashbacks to the NJ senatorial race. Any clue on how presidential election law handles a candidate from a major party droppin out of the race? Especially post-Lausenberg-precendent.
2008. She's WAY too shrewd to jump into the middle of this mess. 2004 is a write off for the Dems.
Is this the fellow they were talking about on the news who served with Kerry but has not said anything good or bad about his behavior?
Isn't this a violation for a presidential candidate to contact a 527?
What is of course absurd about this is that in the Dick Cavett debate with John O'Neill, he admitted to committing atrocities himself, thereby indicting his colleagues who were presumably at least witnesses if not co-participants in those atrocities.
Reminds me of the Nextel Cup race a couple of weeks ago, where Sterling Marlin cut a tire and couldn't make it to pit road. By the time he came back around again his tire was completely shredded and his car was on fire. That #40 Silver Bullet sure reminds me of Kerry's campaign right now.
Hey, now? What's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down!
It's Kerry spinnin' and floppin' around!
There's a smokin' gun over there,
Kerry's spinnin' and tearin' 'is hair,
Whinin' that tellin' the truth ain't fair!
"Damn the phone calls! Full speed ahead, Mr. O'neil!"
"Aye, aye, Sir! Fire at Kerry, Mr. Gardner!"
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