Read this, Larry

Donald — 8/10/2004 3:02:49 PM (archived)

Republican-funded Group Attacks Kerry's War Record

Ad features vets who claim Kerry "lied" to get Vietnam medals. But other witnesses disagree.

August 6, 2004
Modified: August 10, 2004

A group funded by the biggest Republican campaign donor in Texas began running an attack ad Aug. 5 in which former Swift Boat veterans claim Kerry lied to get one of his two decorations for bravery and two of his three purple hearts.

But the veterans who accuse Kerry are contradicted by Kerry's former crewmen. One of the accusers says he was on another boat "a few yards" away during the incident which won Kerry the Bronze Star, but the former Army lieutenant whom Kerry plucked from the water that day backs Kerry's account. In an Aug. 10 opinion piece in the conservative Wall Street Journal , Rassmann (a Republican himself) wrote that the ad was "launched by people without decency" who are "lying" and "should hang their heads in shame."

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"Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" is a Republican political group with a political agenda - re-elect George Bush. As such, their undocumented and contradicted claims shold be taken with a grain of salt.

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General Tommy Franks on Kerry's War Record - Donald - 8/10/2004 3:18:20 AM
- So, that's how it goes on the Left... - Larry J - 8/10/2004 1:43:19 PM
  - Would you rather have a presidential candidate you used cocaine and alcohol until he passed out cold? - Lindy - 8/10/2004 2:54:03 PM
    - Bush has admitted to an alcohol problem until about 10-15 years ago - Larry J - 8/10/2004 9:56:17 PM
  - One problem here... - Donald - 8/10/2004 2:21:34 PM
    - Wrong - Larry J - 8/10/2004 2:43:14 PM
      - Read this, Larry - Donald - 8/10/2004 3:02:49 PM
        
        Read this, Donald - Larry J - 8/10/2004 5:40:55 PM
        
        re: Read this, Donald - Chris Vancil - 8/11/2004 10:12:02 AM
        
        re: Read this, Donald - Larry J - 8/11/2004 1:45:02 PM
        
        re: Read this, Donald - Chris Vancil - 8/11/2004 10:21:33 PM
        
        re: Read this - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 10:34:01 PM
        
        re: Read this - Chris Vancil - 8/11/2004 10:40:20 PM
        
        I did - Larry J - 8/10/2004 4:28:54 PM
- Thank you Don, but... - McFly - 8/10/2004 12:04:02 PM
- re: General Tommy Franks on Kerry's War Record - Lindy - 8/10/2004 5:24:29 AM
- BTW... - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:45:08 AM
  - re: BTW... - Chris Vancil - 8/10/2004 6:40:56 AM
- Or, as Davin said... - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:30:44 AM
  - re: Or, as Davin said... - Chris Vancil - 8/10/2004 6:47:53 AM
    - Can we try to keep "repulsion" out of it? It just sounds lame. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:26:14 PM
      - "I'm really tempted to go back and dig up the Democratic hatchetwork done on Oliver North" - Lindy - 8/11/2004 6:19:26 AM
  - Or as cheney said - Davin L. - 8/10/2004 5:11:26 AM
    - "Shove off," works too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 5:21:03 AM
      - LOL, but it just lacks the emphasis of the Cheney phrase - Davin L. - 8/10/2004 3:59:10 PM
- re: General Tommy Franks on Kerry's War Record - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 3:27:48 AM
  - You're talking to yourself here. - Bowser - 8/10/2004 4:04:22 AM
    - Do you realize you haven't actually said anything responsive in about a dozen posts now? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2004 4:07:58 AM
      - a dozen? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/10/2004 7:32:08 PM

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