Posted on 09/21/2004 9:00:52 PM PDT by Cableguy
The veterans organization that sparked controversy last month when it questioned John F. Kerry's military service in Vietnam plans to launch a new commercial today that equates Kerry with Vietnam War protester Jane Fonda and accuses the Democratic presidential nominee of secretly meeting with "enemy leaders" during the conflict.
The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth said it will spend $1.3 million to air its advertisement in five battleground states and on national cable television networks over the next week. The ad, titled "Friends," makes no assertion of any direct link between Kerry and Fonda, but it suggests that their contacts with North Vietnamese leaders during the war were equally dishonorable.
"Even before Jane Fonda went to Hanoi to meet with the enemy and mock America, John Kerry secretly met with enemy leaders in Paris," begins the spot, with grainy footage of the actress and a young Kerry. ". . . Then he returned and accused American troops of committing war crimes on a daily basis. Eventually, Jane Fonda apologized for her activities, but John Kerry refuses to."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
It seems Kerry talked about it AFTERWARDS, but NOT before, the WP is trying to whitewash it, but I think it actually just makes it worse.
"The meeting, however, was not a secret. Kerry, a leading antiwar activist at the time, mentioned it in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April of that year. "I have been to Paris," he testified. "I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Government," the latter a South Vietnamese communist group with ties to the Viet Cong.
Um, he secretly met with them BEFORE testifying in Congress. Unless, of course, he put out statements immediately after the Parisian meetings that said he just met with the NVA.
Telling Congress about it one year later doesn't mean he didn't meet with them secretly the previous year.
"I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government and of all eight of Madam Binh's points it has been stated time and time again, and was stated by Senator Vance Hartke when he returned from Paris, and it has been stated by many other officials of this Government, if the United States were to set a date for withdrawal the prisoners of war would be returned."
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Well, I know that he refuses to reveal what hwe discussed with them, he says he can't remember, which is preposterous. I don't recall how secret the meeting was, it wasn't held in public though. The real story is that he met with them at all, as an anti war zealot.
Yep. Their story is totally misleading. At least they are covering it, so that is something. Unlike NY Slimes.
I see the Post is lying again, saying that some charges made by the Swift Vets have been refuted.
Looks like the Swifties are getting to the liberals!
Hannity said "UNFIT FOR COMMAND" is still #1 on the NY Times list.
Keep the ads on the air. Donate to the Swiftvets.
( and watch their latest ad, if you haven't seen it yet)
http://www.swiftvets.com
Cool, the Wash Post is reporting about the ad. That'll do just fine
His first meeting in Paris was end of May, 1970. His testimony before the Senate committee was April 22, 1971. He then met with the North Vietnamese in Paris sometime in the summer of 1971. He's never admitted to that meeting as far as know, and it only came to light with Nicosia's review of FBI docs. Newt mentioned a third visit, but we don't have record of that one, as far as I know.
Umm, This ad is not targeted toward the civilians of the US. It is targeted to the Nam Vets, to stir up their feelings towards Jane, and associate it with sKeery. Great move.
Afterward, not before!
Apparently those morons at WAPO don't know that Kerry met with the VietCong delegation in Paris, but NOT with the American delegation (nor did he tell the American delegation he was even in town).
I think the Kerry campaign should focus the next 6 weeks exclusively on hard-hitting ads showing that Kerry's negotiations with the enemy in Paris really weren't "secret" and that he actually voted against the assassination plot in Kansas City. That would show his "fighting mood," and I'm sure a majority of voters would flock to his side.
You're right. IIRC, when the Walt Disney Company went about buying up much of central Flordia, they setup hundreds of companies. They didn't want to have the owners of the land reap the benefits they might have if Disney had announced, in advance, that they wanted tens of thousands of acres. After the act, of course, they could fess up.
The previous year, actually. Kerry met with North Vietnamese and Vietcong leaders in Paris in late May or early June of 1970. His infamous testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was on April 22, 1971.
"Home to War" author Gerald Nicosia wrote that a second Kerry confab in Paris is documented in the VVAW FBI files, but I haven't found any indication when that occurred or where that reference is...
I wonder... Did he vote for the assassination before he voted against it? Hm....
Senator, I will say this. I think that politically, historically,the one thing that people try to do, that society is structured on as a whole, is an attempt to satisfy their felt needs, and you can satisfy those needs with almost any kind of political structure, giving it one name or the other. In this name it is democratic; in other it is communism; in others it is benevolent dictatorship. As long as those needs are satisfied, that structure will exist.
To him there is not much difference between communism and democracy as long as you satisfy peoples needs. It is now clear to me why he has no idea what the President's vision is, freedom and democracy really aren't the issue to John Effin Kerry.
Fathers,Mothers,Sisters,Brothers,Sons,Daughters,Cousins,Friends of those who served then and are serving now will see these ads,and they vote.
Donation given . . . and it felt REAL good.
Wasn't Kerry still an officially commisioned naval officer at the time he met with the NV delegation? That alone poses lots of juicy issues...
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