[RobFromGa]

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...

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[July 4th]

Not even apologetic. What an ass.

[ScottFromSpokane]

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."

Oh, please God, let there be a recording of this.

[Republican Red]

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

Rut-roh! Someone just stepped in it big-time.

[cyncooper]

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(d) at night when Kerry was sleepwalking.

Interesting about the sleepwalking..."Unfit"?

Soooo, another who served with Kerry but wasn't *on* his boat but Kerry wants to claim him as someone who served with him IF he can get him on his side. Brant wouldn't cave like so many others didn't cave when Kerry tried this before. I like Brant.

[kenth]

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."

He actually thinks this helps him? I'm sure he'll flip around and tell the other veterans, "oh, I didn't mean you guys. I meant all those other guys."

He's flipping, but at least admitting to trashing the veterans.

[Mo1]

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."

Hey Kerry .. Just HOW MANY TIMES do you plan to shot yourself in the foot??

$10 Says Kerry doesn't have a CLUE on what he said

[Hatteras]

"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."

Unbelievable. It's no wonder why the Swifties saw this buffoon as "unfit for command".

[adam_az]

If Kerry is gonna aplogize he needs to get Mary Beth Cahill under control...

Here's what a Kedwards email blast said yesterday...

Sounds like the only lies are being told by Cahill and Kerry and co.



Dear Adam,

On Saturday afternoon, we released a new Internet ad about the lies being spread by the so-called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth." We asked you to call on George Bush to stop using campaign shills to smear the record of John Kerry and other Vietnam veterans. Your response was amazing -- more than 150,000 of you signed our petition. Incredible!

If you haven't seen the ad yet, you can view it by visiting:

http://www.johnkerry.com/oldtricks

You sent a powerful message to the media, the Bush campaign, and the public: The American people are tired of the lies being told about John Kerry's service in Vietnam. On behalf of John Kerry, I want to say thank you. I also want to ask you to forward this petition to your friends, family, and co-workers. There's still time to sign the petition -- just click here:

http://www.johnkerry.com/oldtricks

You've already sent a strong message -- now help us reach 300,000 signatures by forwarding this email now.

Thank you,

Mary Beth Cahill
Campaign Manager

P.S.
Click here to read the article by William Rood from the Chicago Tribune, telling his first-hand account of John Kerry's heroism in Vietnam.

[Montfort]

"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."

How can he exclude only his buddies from the vicious charges he levelled. It is like a white racist telling his black employee that that employee is different and not like other blacks, and that he only hates all other blacks.

Also, Kerry admitted to doing atrocities himself, so he did include swift boats.

[COUNTrecount]

Kerry and Brant slept in the same quarters, and Brant used to put Kerry back to bed at night when Kerry was sleepwalking.

Sleepwalking explains his career in the Senate...

[Hildy]

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."

Think about this statement. That would be like me confronting someone who makes an anti-semetic remark and him replying that he didn't mean me, he meant ALL THE OTHER JEWS. Unbelievable.