FR Exclusive: AP SPIKES JOHN O'NEILL - SWIFT BOAT VETS STORY

Tuesday, May 4, 2004 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

The Associated Press has spiked reporting on the press conference this morning in Washington, D.C. by John O'Neill and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth where they accused fellow Vietnam veteran and Swift boat unit member Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the presumed Democratic party nominee for president, of being "unfit to be commander in chief."

The stunning revelation was confirmed by the AP's Washington bureau this evening. A spokeswoman for the AP stated that the wire service had sent a reporter to cover the press conference. However, she said the AP decided against running a news article about it because, "It does not further the anti-Kerry Vietnam veteran story any."

Call these numbers tomorrow, not tonight because you'll just get the night staff. The decision makers work the day shift. I've already called both bureaus this evening.

The phone number for the AP's Washington, D.C. bureau is (202) 776-9400.

The phone number for the AP's New York City headquarters is (212) 621-1500. Ask to speak to the president of AP as that is who the D.C. bureau chief anwers to.

[tgslTakoma]

Can you do your ping thing??

[ken5050]

When the only person you can get out there to defend you if Claudia Kennedy, man, you've got BIG troubles...

[There's millions of'em]

"And now Lt. Gen Claudia Kennedy( Ret ) is on Joe's show defending Kerry and bemoaning..."

Is she the one that was/is dating Terry McAwfull's father-in-law?

Just wondering.

[deport]

Watch the replay tonight or tape it......

The Press Conference of the Swift Boat Veterans is scheduled for replay as follows according to C-Span 2..

12:25 am 1:21 (est.)

News Conference Kerry Service in Vietnam Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Zumwalt('s office) signed the original silver star citation, that the two revised versions cut to nothing.

[PhiKapMom]

As bad as I thought AP was, this is beyond what I thought they would have pulled!

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Don't worry. They manage to suppress stuff like this for 18 hours, until Rush gets to it. Then they have to run it.

[hole_n_one]

Ths Swift Boat Veterans press interview will RERUN tonight at 12:25 a.m. EDT

Compelling doesn't begin to describe those 90 minutes.

[PhiKapMom]

I burst out laughing when I saw the name Claudia Kennedy was his defender. Kerry is TOAST!

[OKSooner]

I'll be on the phone at lunch time.

[ken5050]

She's an old experienced combat veteran...brings a LOT to the table..

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

I will surely call. I've bookmarked this thread for the numbers.

[Mark]

Below is a link to a Townhall story in 2000-- Rush wrote earlier about this amazing female General and her COO training and responses by the soldiers in his Newsletter

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/mc000407.shtml

[jonathonandjennifer]

Did you catch the comment by one of the vets, near the end of the conference, that John Kerry "did not deserve a popsicle or sucker from his pediatrician" for the wound leading to one of his Purple Heart Medals?

[Mo1]

As bad as I thought AP was, this is beyond what I thought they would have pulled!

It also proves how scared the Kerry Camp is about this News Conference today

Kerry is TOAST .. And They Know It!!

This ain't 1992 .. The truth WILL be told to the public

[yankeedame]

Screw the AP. For the life of me I can't figure out why so many people get all bent out of shape when the AP, NYT, CNN, etc. show their true colors.

The triumph of hope over experience.

[Howlin]

I swear, I can't get this off my mind.

[IrishCatholic]

I am stuck at work but I will call in the morning. This goes beyond the pale. How can they even look at the mirror being no better than this?

[Howlin]

And family members of those vets

As one of those guys said tonight, Kerry basically told the families of 58,000 servicemen that their sons were murderers.

[ken5050]

Did I ehar O'Neill correctly early in the presser when he said something liek he wanted to see Kerry withdraw as the nominee, or the dems nominate someone else. I was surprised that he'd make that statement..