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Here’s an un-Conventional line of thought: I’ve sometimes wondered, idly, how it could be that John Kerry had so many pictures of himself from his Navy days in Vietnam. Just four months “in country,” as Vietnam vets say, during which time he earned three Purple Hearts, one Silver Star and one Bronze Star, and he comes home with what are reportedly hours — hours! — of 8 millimeter film. Some snips appear in Kerry campaign ads; more show up in the Great Kerry Convention Biopic produced by Spielberg protege James Moll. How did Kerry do it? Now we know. That...

According to a Kerry campaign source, senior campaign advisers tasked two Washington-based campaign staffers to vet the recently published Unfit for Command. "The purpose was to compare what that book had with what we had on file from Senator Kerry," says the campaign source, who said that the research project developed more than 75 instances where Kerry's recollections, previous remarks, or writings conflicted with the book's reporting. "We took some of the most glaring examples, like the Christmas in Cambodia story, and presented them to senior staff, and we assume that those things were put in front of Senator Kerry,"...

CLICK    Main Menu Home Contact Us Forums News Submit News Archive Polls Login Username: Password: Lost Password? Register now! John Kerry : Unfit for Command : Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry Posted by wgordon on 2004/7/8 11:38:00 (30 reads) Find out why John Kerry is Unfit for Command as told by the men who served with him. Price: $19.01You Save: $8.94 (32%)Unfit for Command reveals a John Kerry you don't know-the true John Kerry that his political image-makers are trying to hide. But the veterans who served with him know better, and in Unfit for Command, they...

Lanny Davis took up the mantle for the Kerrytistas tonight on Hannity & Colmes and appeared to be approaching the danger zone where one might be close to being legally liable for libel or slander. Lanny is a lawyer and careful enough with his own rhetoric that he knows where the line is but is certainly on the verge of coming close to crossing it. The honorable SwiftVets' legal representation appears to be viable in responding to previous attempts to distort their story, at least in their swift (pun intended) denunciation of the Boston Globe reporter misquote. I don't believe...

Live! Nightline is doing a story on the Kerry Vietnam controversy. I notice the correspondent is Jake Tapper, formerly a liberal reporter for Salon. We'll see...

UPDATE: AMAZON JOINS ATTACK ON SWIFTVETS G. Andrew Duthie of Duthie on... alerted me to more bookseller shenanigans - this time from Amazon. Andrew notes: it's apparent that B&N isn't the only place with employees who have it in for Unfit for Command...it's not very popular with the folks at Amazon.com where they've snipped parts of McCain's statement on the SwiftVet's ad and labeled it an "Editorial Review" Check out the lead Editorial Review for Unfit for Command - quick before they take it down! Editorial Reviews Senator John McCain "Dishonest and dishonorable... none of these individuals served on the...

In Unfit for Command, chapter 3, it is said that Kerry got one wound because he fired an M-79 grenade that was mis-aimed, and exploded prematurely, causing a small fragment to "wound" him. An acquaintance says that the story is not credible because such grenades are timed to be inert if they strike to close to the shooter. May I assume that the impact was beyond the threshold distance, but that there is always the risk of a bit of shrapnel from a near-ish impact?

Hows about them apples.

ELECTION 2004Anti-Kerry cover altered on Barnes & Noble Website displays front of 'Unfit for Command' with pro-John slant Posted: August 9, 2004 7:37 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The altered book cover. The cover of the highly popular critique of John Kerry's war record, "Unfit for Command," was briefly altered at Barnes & Noble's website today, making it look like the book favored the Democrat. The apparent hacking job included deleting the "Un" in the title so the book read "Fit for Command." The photo, an unflattering image of the candidate's face, was replaced with a Vietnam-era picture of Kerry...

In an apparent case of Internet graffiti at an online retailer, the cover of a book critical of John Kerry's war record was altered to appear as if the tract supports the Massachusetts senator. The book cover for the anti-Kerry book "Unfit for Command" was somehow changed Monday on Web bookseller Barnesandnoble.com to read "Fit for Command." The rest of the information on the page appeared genuine, offering ordering information and a description of the book, which is subtitled "Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out against John Kerry." By late Monday afternoon, the book cover appeared correctly on the site. A...

Unfit for Command' Co-author Jerome Corsi: Not just Anti-Kerry; Media Matters for America Documents Bigoted, Inflammatory Comments To: National Desk, Media Reporter Contact: Naomi Seligman of Media Matters for America, 202-756-4108 WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Media Matters for America (MMFA) today documented and disclosed inflammatory comments by Jerome R. Corsi, co-author of the anti-Kerry book 'Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (news - web sites)' with Swift Boat Veterans for Truth founder John E. O'Neill. Corsi's offensive online comments reveal his active participation in discussions on FreeRepublic.com, a far-right website. The book, published...

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Will Kerry's supporters stop at nothing? The cover of the new anti-Kerry book, Unfit for Command, set to hit shelves soon, has been given an alternative, pro-Kerry cover at the Barnes & Noble online store. The title of the book has been changed to Fit for Command, and the cover image has been changed from a close-up of a finger-pointing Kerry to a picture of Kerry in uniform with other Vietnam veterans. (The book currently sits at #7 on the Barnes & Noble Top 100 and at #2 on Amazon.) The book, which challenges the "war hero" status of John...

UPDATE: It’s starting. We guess David Brock over at Media Matters for America received a “Brown Book.” He attempts a character hit on Jerome Corsi, one of the authors of Unfit for Command. The Democrat National Committee has prepared a full-scale assault against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to draw their character and veracity into question, according to one anonymous source inside the DNC. The campaign of character assassination is scheduled to coincide with the release of the book Unfit for Command which reveals inconvenient facts for the Kerry campaign. “We have prepared what we call ‘Brown Books’ that...

August 9, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The television ad that aroused the wrath of John McCain and journalist supporters of John Kerry just begins deconstruction of the Democratic presidential candidate's war record. "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," a 214-page critique of his performance in Vietnam and the antiwar movement, is off the presses ahead of schedule. I have read the book and found it is neither the political propaganda nor the urban legend that its detractors claim. It is a passionate but meticulously researched account of how Kerry went to war, what he did...

Vietnam veteran John O’Neil, spokesman of the organization calling itself “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,” released a devastating ad condemning Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry as being unable to “lead,” and further calling him dishonest, a betrayer to his shipmates, and most devastating of all, a “liar” regarding the commission of at least one of the Purple Hearts he received. The outrage that quivered off the lips of the Kerry campaign was, understandably, filled with anger and disbelief. (www.swiftvets.com/) Calling a special press conference in May at the National Press Club in Washington, O’Neil and 25 other veterans who served...

Posted on Sun, Aug. 08, 2004 The Bush reaction that really matters By Mark Davis Special to the Star-Telegram If his Vietnam veteran critics' stories develop any legs, we may soon spend some time assessing whether John Kerry is blowing huge clouds of smoke our way about his Vietnam service. A group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, asserts that Kerry's medals are phony, as are his stories of valor and honorable service in his four months in a combat zone. I have no idea what to think of these accusations. I would neither embrace nor dismiss them without further examination....

The Democrat National Committee has prepared a full-scale assault against the Vietnam Veterans for Truth to draw their character and veracity into question, according to one anonymous source inside the DNC. The campaign of character assassination is scheduled to coincide with the release of the book Unfit for Command which reveals inconvenient facts for the Kerry campaign. “We have prepared what we call ‘Brown Books’ that contain damaging military records, personal credit histories, medical histories, psychiatric histories, divorce records, you name it,” our source told us. The “Brown Books” are so-called because of their distinctive plain brown covers, which contain...

John Kerry, reminiscent of ''Gomer Pyle,'' gleefully took the podium and said, ''Reporting for duty'' and then gave a fairly wimpy salute. Nearly every speech that preceded Kerry’s convention grand finale made mention of his time as a swift boat captain in Viet Nam--Kerry the hero--Kerry the one-man wrecking crew in his tiny swift boat. John Kerry made it very plain that he was running for president based almost entirely on his four short months as a swift boat captain in Viet Nam. Unmentioned were the times that Kerry would beach his small boat with the bow so high in...

Boston--A time traveler from 1972 would not recognize the Democratic Party today. The party that once opposed the war in Vietnam is now wallowing in it. The party that once spent its time championing abortion rights, gun control, and affirmative action just spent an entire nominating convention barely mentioning the issues. Why? Because the Democrats believe they can win with John Kerry, and winning with Kerry means winning with Vietnam. No image, no theme, no message has shaped his campaign as much as the war that deeply divided this nation more than three decades ago. Vietnam defines Kerry the man...