Posted on 08/27/2004 4:03:11 PM PDT by ambrose
Posted on Fri, Aug. 27, 2004
Glenn urges Bush to condemn swift boat ads
CARRIE SPENCER
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Retired U.S. Sen. John Glenn said Friday that President Bush should take time in his Ohio visit Saturday to condemn ads attacking Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's military record in the Vietnam War.
Political strategists say the Kerry campaign needs to fight back against the ads questioning his rescue of a crew mate and the wounds that won him three purple hearts, but runs the risk of tiring voters eager to hear about jobs and education.
The ads by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ran for just one week in three states but have generated intense media publicity, and polls this week showed Kerry slipping slightly.
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Ohioan Pat Runyon, who introduced Glenn, told about 200 supporters at a union hall that he went on a nighttime raid with Kerry on a three-man boat in Vietnam, and that Kerry returned fire even after getting shot.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
John Glenn, another sell out.
my God, they really can't help themselves can they
"Waaaaa! Mommy, make him stop!! It's not FAIR!!!"
This is what happens when we send a "RAT" into space!
Even Kerry doesn't claim that he ever got shot. We can ignore this guy's "testimony" completely.
This is just beyond ludicrous. Has there been a single prominent Democratic politician who has condemned Michael Moore for his foul lies and distortions and unfair impugning of the President's character?
It is absolutely impossible to keep up with each version of the events. They can't keep the stories straight. Was Runyon the liar on the Boston whaler or was it Zaldonis? Because Admiral Schaecte was there. I say polygraphs for everyone starting with JF'nK.
something 'bout them Keating 5 boyz .. ;-)
My precious Lord, they have lost their collective minds.
My precious Lord, they have lost their collective minds.
That little space trip for Glenn keeps getting more and more expensive.
Glenn will never be done with the payback.
It's sad that Glenn would sully his name like this, too bad.
My grandfather was wounded twice during the battle of the bulge + lost the hearing in one ear not to mention losing some toes to frostbite. I don't think he received any medals. I guess he figured he had a job to do and went back to the line.
I must disagree! They gave up their minds years ago. This proves they've gone and lost their receipts.
Yeah, "'political strategists' say...". OK, AP. More like, "The DNC says....".
Why doesn't the MSM just start putting "DNC" in the byline? For once I'd like to hear a news reader (Oh, I'm sorry--"journalist") say, "...and now, a news story ripped directly from our DNC fax machine!".
Ummm, Zell Miller maybe.
May have seen a different movie.
Like everyone wasn't already tired of hearing about Vietnam from Kerry years ago!
For only being over there four months, it seems he went on at least 8500 missions.
Do the fools believe this ridiculous tactic is going to get Kerry off the hook?
W keeps saying kerry served honorably and should be proud of his military sevice.
great, i would add.. it's his 19 year service that needs to be questioned.
start playing hardball. those idiots are.
He can't. It's against CFR laws. Sheesh!
Plus, Bush has nothing to do with it. It's Kerry vs Vets. Kerry is reaping his own Karma.
PS...Hannity has a film of Kerry burning down a village.
Novack says the Vets also have the man who signed the medical paper for Kerry's first purple heart. (Dems said the name on the paper was not the guy that said he treated Kerry, so they got the guy on the paper, too.)
Sounds like Kerry's "witness" forgot to read his crib notes.
Glenn will always be remembered as Clinton's smarmy defense attorney during the impeachment.
LOL
People who just move on to more outrageous lies when they are caught in a lie do not end well. It usually ends up involving burly guys wearing white.
The problem with them is, they really THINK they are fair and balanced.
A FOURTH Purple Heart!!!!? None of the other PH's involved a bullet.
Well, since Runyon is saying Kerry was shot, it appears Runyon has the faulty recollection.
Gardner was not on the Boston Whaler that night. Schachte was the OIC. Kerry was on training mission. The two enlisted guys on the boat (Zaldonis and Runyon) that night don't remember that Schachte was on there. But logic would dictate, you don't put a new officer on a training mission without an experienced officer being present. Schacte's call sign was Batman. Kerry's was Robin. POW!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200338/posts?page=30#30 <-- 1st PH
If Bush condemns the swiftboat vets, then Kerry should condemn moveon.org
Until these Democrats get around to condemning Michael Moore, MoveOn.Org and a host of other negative ad producers, I believe they can just shut the hell up.
john glenn?
Is that the guy who almost had his job outsourced to Coco the space chimp?
Why does this remind me of that audio clip on Boortz's web site called "Boo Got Shot?"
Glenn's been a big leftist all of his political life.
Gosh, if we could just see Kerry's medical records we would know if he got shot. That would end it.
Yep. This pouting means the Vets 527 is working, and the Dems 527's are not (no one is paying attention to those).
John Kerry is really...Rambo.
Didn't Novak's column knock this guy out of the water today?
Question for Runyon: How come Kerry waited until all of the witnesses had left Nam before he applied for his Purple Heart for being "shot"?
May have seen a different movie.
Runyon was one of the guys (allegedly) on the whaler that night along with (allegedly) a guy named Zaldonis.
One of the said he didn't know if they received fire, the other said he didn't even know that kerry was wounded until they got back.
The only one with an unambigous story is Schacte, the training officer, who says he was on the boat and that there was no enemy fire.
Maybe Nixon sent Kerry a BB gun for Christmas when Kerry was in Cambodia. Almost put his eye oout with it.
Busd did but not good enough for the MSM.
This from an thread earlier today by JohnHuang2.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200948/posts
Speaking to reporters on Monday from his ranch in Crawford, Tex., "President Bush repeated his condemnation of unregulated money that he said was 'pouring' into the political process," the Washington Post reports. "But," says the Post, while Bush denounced the ad by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, "he stopped short of denouncing the ad," saying only that he denounces all ads, including the ad by the Swift Boat Veterans. "Pressed several times by reporters" on whether he would denounce the Swift Vet ad, Bush refused, notes the Post. "Bush would only say: 'That means (I denounce the Swift Vet ad) and every other ad. I'm denouncing all the stuff." The Post says this proves he secretly agrees with the Swift Vet ad because he denounced it and every other ad but "stopped short of denouncing" it. Got that?
What part of "John Kerry served admirably in Viet Nam and all 527 groups should be shut down" don't you understand?
And we know what his price was.
I have a dumb question: where is the shrapnel suppose to be in Kerry's body?
Yes, Bush should definitely take advice from a guy who abandoned his principles the minute he hit Washington.
Polls showed Kerry's standing among veterans falling from maybe around 60 per cent to 19 per cent. I'd say that's more than slipping 'slightly'. and considering that many vets have retired to the great state of Florida, and have families who vote and friends who vote...Kerry has a lot to worry about.
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