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Swift Boat Ad #4: Kerry Trashes Medals -- An Insult to Vets, Say Shipmates
Human Events Online ^ | August 31, 2004 | Human Events

Posted on 08/31/2004 4:36:46 AM PDT by hinterlander

In new ad, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ask: "How can the man who renounced his country's symbols now be trusted?"

http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_video4.html


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ad; kerry; swift; swiftees; veterans; vets; vietnam
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1 posted on 08/31/2004 4:36:47 AM PDT by hinterlander
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To: Nick Danger

No fair!! You're early! ;-)


2 posted on 08/31/2004 4:37:46 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: hinterlander; Admin Moderator

Already posted

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203626/posts


3 posted on 08/31/2004 4:38:02 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: boxerblues

Oops. I did a brief search and apparently missed it.


4 posted on 08/31/2004 4:39:26 AM PDT by hinterlander
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To: hinterlander; Corin Stormhands; patton; IGOTMINE; Dog; JohnHuang2; kattracks; Dales; eureka!; ...
Nicely done. I like it very much!!

If not already in the works, may I respectfully suggest to the Swifties to include that photo from the Kerry campaign, which morphs into a highlighted version showing only four of the 23 actually supporting him? Powerful visual!

5 posted on 08/31/2004 4:40:46 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: boxerblues
Already posted

Yeah, but you can't get too much of a good thing! :-) Look at last night's as a sneak preview, with this morning's thread as its debut.

6 posted on 08/31/2004 4:49:11 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Coop

Its to early to try and keep track of all the threads. The hit pieces just keep coming and coming


7 posted on 08/31/2004 4:53:33 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: hinterlander; All
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8 posted on 08/31/2004 4:54:45 AM PDT by backhoe (1990's? Decade of Frauds. 2000's? Decade of Lunatics...)
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To: boxerblues

Not to play semantics, but in my book the ad's not a hit piece. To me that implies an unfair characterization, and this ad ain't that. :-)


9 posted on 08/31/2004 4:55:26 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Coop

They need to take that image from the cover of the Winter Soldier book (mocking flag raising on Iwo Jima) and morph it with 2-3 surviving WWII veterans who witnessed the event and add THEIR comments.

Swifties need to take the message beyond the relam of Vietnam, they need to take it to the role of all veterans.


10 posted on 08/31/2004 4:57:39 AM PDT by chambley1 (n)
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To: hinterlander

Doesn't quite pack the punch of one and two. I never saw 3.


11 posted on 08/31/2004 4:59:55 AM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: Coop
I agree its not as effective as the first 2 but its all in the timing, this ad is to start playing in Tennessee and Florida on the eve of Kerrys visit to speak in front of the American Legions Convention. Those he vowed never to join up with

KERRY: 'WE WILL NOT READILY JOIN THE AMERICAN LEGION' (get this to them before he speaks Wed.)
12 posted on 08/31/2004 5:02:46 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: hinterlander

I'd like to see them cover Kerry's 1971 dalliance with the North Vietnamese communist delegation in Paris, while he was still a commissioned officer in the U.S. Naval Reserves (1966-1978).

None dare call that treason?


13 posted on 08/31/2004 5:03:03 AM PDT by angkor
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To: boxerblues

I like this ad better than #1 or #3.


14 posted on 08/31/2004 5:04:10 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: sweetliberty

It is a good ad. As far as packing the punch, I'll wait fot the vets reactions. I am interested in the reactions of those who earned their medals the hard way, those who worked for it (to borrow from an old commercial).

The POW ad was more powerful in my opinion, but it is something I can identify with on a more personal and emotional level.


15 posted on 08/31/2004 5:04:32 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (What part of SHALL PASS NO LAW do they not understand?)
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To: Coop

The ad is a hit piece(according to the rats). Remember anytime you tell the truth, without holding back, you destroy the rats. They will claim foul anytime "unfiltered" truth sees the light of day. They demand that everything be filtered or spun. We need to keep it up.


16 posted on 08/31/2004 5:06:21 AM PDT by keysguy (Trust the media as far as you can throw them)
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To: hinterlander

I've got 1,2 3 saved to my HD; any idea how I can save a copy of this one? Someone posted links to the first three on an earlier thread, but my browser only wants to save this as an *.html file, not a *.wmv or *.mpeg file. Dang it.


17 posted on 08/31/2004 5:09:34 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: sweetliberty

3 is the Best!
It's Steve Gardner, Kerry's crewmate, stating that assertions Kerry was in Cambodia are a LIE!
THAT ONE NEEDS MORE AIR TIME!!!!!!!!!!!


18 posted on 08/31/2004 5:12:03 AM PDT by G Larry (Support John Thune!)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

You may have to wait until it is posted on the swiftvets site

http://swift1.he.net/~swiftvet/index.php?topic=Ads


19 posted on 08/31/2004 5:20:20 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: hinterlander

Devastating add... it needs national airplay... and then show the cover of the New Soldier... Any Veteran who would vote for Kerry has lost the true meaning of patriotism.


20 posted on 08/31/2004 5:27:02 AM PDT by tomnbeverly (Do not let the UN make decisions for the protection of the United States... VOTE for George W. Bush)
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