Posted on 08/17/2004 12:05:11 PM PDT by LibertyJihad
To date, I've heard of several links/stories that have been removed from John Kerry's website after their veracity was questioned. I'm trying to compile a list of the deletions showing the site as it appears now versus links to the site as it appeared before. The action of removing stories after their truth is questioned amounts to an admission that something was incorrect. If you have any links or information on the following instances (or any other examples) please post them
First, there was a reference to combat action conducted on January 29, 1969 that was attributed to John Kerry that was later removed when it was revealed that Kerry was not commanding PCF-94 on the date the action occurred.
Second, there were quotes from Kerry's crewmate Alston that stated Alston was present for the action that lead to Kerry's Silver Star.
I know that several obscenities and Kerry's Anti-Terror were removed from the website, but I'm primarily focusing on issues regarding his military record (removed after-action reports etc..)
Everything else is probably a lie.
I was chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee. Oh wait, that was Bob Kerrey. I get him and me confused. Bob actually attended the meetings and opposed the massive cuts in the intelligence budget I proposed.
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They removed reference to January 26 & 29 action in VN (expressly credited to Kerry) in April this year, when called on it by Kranish of the Boston Globe.
The Christmas in Cambodia thing
The story about the magic hat (CIA hat in Kerry's briefcase) may still be there, but I bet it gets cut
He voluntarily went to Vietnam... To deliver mail for Ho Chi Minh.
He voluntarily went to Vietnam... To deliver mail for Ho Chi Minh.
Don't forget the link to Wilson's site defaming Mr. Bush.
This one's still there:
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/002455.html
Hit CTRL-F and search for "vice".
John F'n Kerry has lied so much he can't keep them straight. A shrink would have a field day with him.
If you act quickly you can probably get the current quote on his website that claims he was the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee (you know the one he never attended). It was the other Senator Kerrey (different spelling) who was the actual vice chair.
I am sure this mis representation will disappear any minute now.
He has changed his story and removed incriminating material from his web site but he has never, to the best of my knowledge, admitted to a single lie.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193345/posts
Soon to be released: JK's diary that says he had yet to see enemy fire... written 3 months after his first Purple Heart.
As Drudge would say:
Developing...
You are correct .. HE has not .. his campaign on the other hand is spinning in circles trying to explain or hide his lies ... While Kerry is busy going on vacation every time he gets caught
Do you think this is all Guerrilla action being orchestrated by the Hillary camp?
It makes sense to remove the january information, since Kerry himself and Alsten (the Referend) have planned for two years to con the american people. To explain that in full would take pages, but you can find this info at hugh hewitt, polipondit or kerryhaters. Alsten also has lied, since he was not part of the so-called 'incident'. It's a MUST read!
Here is the allegation, by the Bush team:
Narrator: “John Kerry promises…‘I will immediately reform the intelligence system.’ Oh really? As a member of the intelligence committee, Senator Kerry was absent for 76% of the committee’s hearings.”
And the Kerry team's resonse:
FUZZY MATH AND BAD STATS MISLEAD ON KERRY’S RECORD
Ad Text: “As a member of the intelligence committee, Senator Kerry was absent for 76% of the committee’s hearings.”
Selective math and sketchy methods: The Bush-Cheney Campaign is using misleading numbers and cannot pretend to have the facts. They rely only on whether Sen. Kerry made statements in one of a small number of open hearings. For example from 1993-1998 the Select Intelligence Committee held more than 329 meetings, hearings and markups. Just 65 of these were open meetings. [Senate Report 104-1; Senate Report 105-1; Senate Report 106-3]
Here's the spin: There were a number of open meetings. Kerry missed most of them. That is a fact not in dispute. Their first spin is that several Senators did not speak at many of these meetings. But, Kerry is not being accused of not speaking there. He is accused of not being there.
The second spin, moreover, is the big lie. At the open meetings, attendace records are readily available to the public. Kerry's record was clearly abysmal. But, at the closed hearings, attendance records can only be released if a senator allows it. Kerry's Kool-Ade Kamp claims, correctly, that most of the meetings were held in secret and the attendance records have not been released, so the Bushies don't know what they are talking about.
The implication is that Kerry, although missing most of the open meetings, had outstanding attendance at the closed meetings. Note that his attendance record at the closed meetings was not disclosed, and Kerry has fought attempts to have them disclosed. Sean Hannity said, on today's show, that he has it straight form the horse's mouth that Kerry's attendance at the closed meetings was even worse than the open meetings. This makes perfect sense since everything Kerry does is for show, and there would be even less reason for him to attend a meeting if attendance would not be released. I guess he'll release these records the same day he releases his full service records from Viet Nam. Oh yeah, and Cambodia. Don't know how I overlooked Cambodia--it was seared, seared in my memory.
And here is more of the same, with the half-truths and innuendoes leading the way:
Ad Text: “In the year after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Kerry was absent for every single one.”
Fuzzy Math Again:
Again, the Bush-Cheney Campaign is using misleading numbers and cannot pretend to have the facts. They rely only on whether Sen. Kerry made statements in one of seven open hearings. All in all, during the 103rd Congress, the Committee held a total of 103 on-the-record meetings and hearings. There were seventy (70) oversight hearings and seven (7) business meetings. Twelve (12) hearings were held on the budget including the Conference sessions with the House. Hearings on specific legislation totaled nine (9) and nomination hearings totaled one (1). [Senate Report 104-1: Oversight Over Intelligence Activities in the 103rd Congress].
The following Republican members also failed to speak at a public hearing that year: John Chaffee; Malcom Wallop, Ted Stevens, Slade Gorton, John Danforth
The most amazing thing is the the John Kerry/Bob Kerrey misstatement IS STILL ON KERRY'S SITE.
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