Swift Boat ads roiling campaign waters (bias alert)

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | August 23, 2004 | Dick Polman

[rudy45]

Did anyone see the O'Dell interview on Fox? Is the exchange being quoted out of context? I would think such a question would be a perfect time for the responder to challenge Kerrry to release all of his records.

[Uncle Miltie]

"they lack documentary proof for their most serious assertions"

They are merely eye-witnesses.

[bilhosty]

"they lack documentary proof for their most serious assertions"

that is the nature of eye witness they do not have documentary evidence!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

All that John has to do to shut the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth up is sign an SF-180 to release his military personnel record to the public.

How hard is that?

[claudiustg]

Dick Polman should read the book.

[Puppage]

Considering the fact that George W. Bush never got closer to Vietnam than the Air National Guard

Gee, I wasn't aware that when a country is at war EVERY SINGLE SERVICEMAN heads off to that theatre leaving the home country completely without protection?

[North Coast Conservative]

President Bush didn't start this fight, isn't in this fight, and probably doesn't want to be in this fight.

Sen Kerry started this, and figured that because Vietnam happened a long time ago that the crap he foisted on the American Veterans long ago would be forgotten about.

Actually, what happened is that the boil that has been festering on my butt for 35 years came to life all on it's own, encouraged when this hero wanna-be made his 4 1/2 or 16 1/2 months of Vietnam service the central point of his presidential campaign, ignoring all of the years he was in Congress.

This is an open invitation to ALL FReepers, veteran or not, Vietnam era or not. Please join us on September 12th as we tell the world that John Kerry was a liar and traitor then, just as he is a liar and traitor now

KERRY LIED . . . while good men died

A gathering of Vietnam veterans from across America

John Kerry told the world we were war criminals who raped, tortured and murdered in Vietnam. Now, thirty-three years later, we will tell America the truth.

Where: Upper Senate Park, Washington, D.C. It is easy to get to, shady and pretty, with a great view of the Capitol dome in back of the speaker's platform. THIS IS A NEW LOCATION AS OF 7/17/04

When: Sunday, Sept 12, 2004 2:00-4:00 PM (EDT)

Why: To tell the truth about Vietnam veterans and to counter the lies told about Vietnam veterans by John Kerry

All Vietnam veterans and their families and supporters are asked to attend. Other veterans are invited as honored guests.

Link to Printable Flier

If you are in DC on the 11th, look for the National March Against Terror.

Link to NMAT Website

In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!

[Freemyland]

Indeed. They are eyewitnesses to events that occurred in a combat zone. Unlike some people, they never thought to bring along a video recorder to the battlefield.

[dirtboy]

Polman's a Dem hack.

[Always Right]

It probably doesn't matter that John Kerry's antagonists in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are demonstrably fact-challenged;

Only by documents that were authored by Kerry or were the results of other documents based on Kerry's accounts.

they lack documentary proof for their most serious assertions, and, in many cases, their current ire toward Kerry has been undercut by their past praise.

Actually their past praise just shows they are not partisan hacks. They defend Kerry when he is unfairly attacked and they attack Kerry when Kerry spews lies.

[Elvis van Foster]

This is an admission that the Swiftees are killing Kerry at the moment. It galls the liberal reporter to no end. Love it.

[jimbo123]

dpolman@phillynews.com

[freddiedavis]

BUMP FOR THE SUPPORT OF SWIFT VETS HERE... http://www.swiftvets.com/

[dirtboy]

It's difficult, however, to determine whether swing voters will be swayed by the "Swifties,"

No, it's not, Polman. Polls show Kerry getting skinned in the swing voter category, especially among veterans.

[Uncle Miltie]

Is John Hurley also the spokesman for Boston's Unitarian Universalists who cannot decide whether polyamory is right or wrong? See link....

http://www.marriagedebate.com/mdblog/2004_04_18_mdblog_archive.htm

[dirtboy]

they can potentially impede his attempts to talk about 2004.

Polman, you ass, Kerry is the one who made his four months in Vietnam a centerpiece of his qualifications for office. He even told a lie about his service in his acceptance speech - that he stayed when others fled, when the opposite was true. So Kerry is the one who put this into play, and all your lies through ommission won't change that.

[claudiustg]

John Hurley lives out in Wellesley, where they believe in gold. Last I was there they had three goldsmiths, and it's not a large town.

[drpix]

PHOTO PROOF

Confirmation of Kerry Xmas Tour on Mekong River in Cambodia: "Jeeves...Bring! It On!"

Even if it was not in 1968 and not with currently known crew members, it is proof HE WAS THERE never the less.

[Logical me]

" guy who actually went to war"

He didn't go to war! He was trying to find a stage to build himself as a patriot. He used his cunning to find any safe place to sit for his tour. When the Gridley decided to dump him, he thought he would put in for another safe place, the SwiftBoats that were patrolling outside of the fighting zone. He got fooled when the Navy decided to put the boats in the various deltas. Being the cunning jacka$$ he is, he now contrived to set up his political agenda and in 4 and 1/2 months he "managed" to get 3 purple hearts that really didn't bled more than a drop (rose bush type wound) and two metals that he wrote up the engagement report himself. What a hero?!!!!!!!!

[Spunky]

O'Neil will be on Rush Limbaugh today at 1:00 ET