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Republican Tools Shit Britches Over Kerry War Record -- Again
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I better stop "fraudulently" showing people that picture of me and my friends, since, as we know, it is only ethical to show pictures of people that have your same political views. That sucks, because I have one friend who's a die-hard conservative and he's in all of these pictures with me and my other friends, but I guess I can't use them anymore. Can I put on a disclaimer or something?
I also demand George Bush stop unethically displaying pictures that have him and black people in them, since the vast majority of black people do not support him.
I also demand George Bush stop unethically displaying pictures that have him and black people in them, since the vast majority of black people do not support him.
Note: links c/o Andrew Mayer and triggercut, and not necessarily representative of my views, as I haven't actually read them (yet). Just noticed that this was being discussed in another forum:
History of the leader of the swift boat veterans for truth
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405040004
Deconstruction
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405050004
Further deconstruction:
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Swift_Boat_Veterans_for_Truth
http://www.mattgunn.com/#swiftboat50504
History of the leader of the swift boat veterans for truth
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405040004
Deconstruction
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405050004
Further deconstruction:
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Swift_Boat_Veterans_for_Truth
http://www.mattgunn.com/#swiftboat50504
ConfusingJazz
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ConfusingJazz said:
I realize it's no Drudge, but here's some of the Washington Post article:
BOSTON, July 28 -- John F. Kerry returned home Wednesday to a hero's welcome from Democrats, his Vietnam crewmates and the man whose life he saved nearly four decades ago, and, echoing Bruce Springsteen, he pledged "no retreat, no surrender" in his quest for the White House.
Surrounded by 12 veterans of the Swift boats he captained in Vietnam and by Jim Rassmann, a Green Beret he rescued from a river in the Mekong Delta, Kerry crossed the Boston Harbor aboard the LuLu E taxi ship, which was adorned in red, white and blue. He briefly rallied supporters before heading home for final preparations for Thursday night's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
MaddenNFL64
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ConfusingJazz said:
The math doesn't quite add up...
Who cares where his wounds are from? Any way you slice it, he received them fighting for his country voluntarily at a time when many like him were unwilling to do so. He's a bona-fide war hero.
I guess we should say to those grieving families of soldiers killed in Iraq through friendly fire or vehicular accidents, "Well, with all due respect, your son/daughter didn't die by enemy fire, you know." If a Democrat said that in reference to anyone in Iraq, the Republicans would swarm...but for old scary Liberal John Kerry, serving his country -- and getting wounded doing it -- is not good enough.
You can't blame them for trying, though; I guess they have to compensate for Bush's comparatively non-existant military service somehow.
ConfusingJazz
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Basically, the guy who wrote the book is actually a Repulican Shock Man, used to discredit vocal opponents. He was first used against Kerry by Nixon when Kerry was heading up the Vietnam Veterens Against the War. For this, he was considered for a federal judge position that fell through. Now, he is being called up again to discredit Kerry, even though his assertion that only 2 of his men support Kerry has been shown to be false when 12 landed in Boston with him. The guy seems like a tool, and even his own pr rep once called him an "crazed extremist."
Kuramu
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Vandiger said:Gee another dirty tactic used by the bush team, the same shit that they did to Mccain in the 2000 primaries. If you have any intelligence you can basically see who is behind this whole "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth", not too hard to figure out
here's the problem with conspiracy theorists... if i can imagine it, it must be true
Lucky Forward
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AstroLad said:
I hate meaningless political rhetoric like this. Were people worried Kerry might drop out of the race before election day?
ToyMachine228
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Down with Kerry
MaddenNFL64
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It's just to tie into the war theme of the day most likely, but yeah I hate that kind of crap too.
Killkernal
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EviLore said:
Thanks for the links EviLore. Very informative stuff.
CrimsonSkies
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"*cough*
Kerry lands in Boston with 12 crewmates of his swiftboat that support him
*cough*"
The funniest thing I've heard this year was Rush Limbaugh's live take on this. I realize 99% of you don't listen to Rush, but he is pretty funny sometimes.
Kerry lands in Boston with 12 crewmates of his swiftboat that support him
*cough*"
The funniest thing I've heard this year was Rush Limbaugh's live take on this. I realize 99% of you don't listen to Rush, but he is pretty funny sometimes.
Drinky Crow
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Yeah, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth site is complete BS, fabricated by a Texas lawyer who's been dogging Kerry since the Nixon era. Kerry's naval records have been publically available for quite some time, and of the so-called "commanding officers" purportedly speaking out against Kerry, only ONE was ever in a position Kerry reported to (and Kerry's records show the man effusively PRAISING him at the time). Kerry's war record and patriotic service make the Bushies shit their pants, since putting Kerry's service to this country against Bush's alcoholic AWOL antics paints Scalia's president-select as the spoiled frat-boy mark he is.
BTW, could someone PLEASE punch Richard Mellon Scaife in the face for ALL of us? And for those of you squealing "conspiracy theory!", pick up David Brock's tell-all book "Blinded By the Right" and discover the wonderful world of Republican hatchet jobs.
BTW, could someone PLEASE punch Richard Mellon Scaife in the face for ALL of us? And for those of you squealing "conspiracy theory!", pick up David Brock's tell-all book "Blinded By the Right" and discover the wonderful world of Republican hatchet jobs.
ConfusingJazz
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Um, how much proof until we can consider this guy own3d?
CrimsonSkies
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"discover the wonderful world of Republican hatchet jobs."
"Bush's alcoholic AWOL antics paints Scalia's president-select as the spoiled frat-boy mark he is."
Obviously you did learn something from that book.
"Bush's alcoholic AWOL antics paints Scalia's president-select as the spoiled frat-boy mark he is."
Obviously you did learn something from that book.
JoshuaJSlone
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Tease.CrimsonSkies said:
What was he saying?
The Faceless Master
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it's funny how some people complain about the soldiers in iraq being demoralized by the lack of support, yet turn around and try and use someone else's war record against him to suit their own agenda... fucked up? yes.
Drinky Crow
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Yeah, because it's like I have funding from wealthy individuals like Scaife/Coors/Olin or one of their sponsored smear mills (like AEI), or that I even have a widely-distributed column with mass media pretensions.
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