Posted on 10/23/2004 9:53:20 AM PDT by freespirited
All a hoax?
We are really gullible these days. What do we know about Powerblog?
Not a thing....
Now is somebody will find a 30 year old DUI of Kerry's, the MSM will go ballistic. NOT!
Yup, looks pretty bogus to me at this point. People were chasing the parody that even had its own post on FR.
I don't think so. It wasn't just powerlineblog (the folks who busted Dan Rather), it was a collaborative effort among some bloggers including Redstates and InDC. Powerline was tipped on the story. The DU has been frantic for the past 30 hours. So, we shall see.
This posting provides an incorrect link. Looks like we have a DUer troll.
No, the Protein thing is a joke the WA Times story is not. But, I don't think that the story is going to be earth moving either. I do think that the Kerry/KLA story is very bad, but I am beginning to agree with some of the people on this thread who say that there is not enough time. One interesting fact that I have uncovered is that the story about the KLA terrorists has already been reported by the Agence France Presse.
This is from a blogger in Australia:
This could be the October Surprise that kills John Kerry by a margin of 50 states.
John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, is being given money by an Albanian terrorist organization known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UCK in Albanian).
The KLA is currently smuggling weapons into Kosovo as part of a plot to attack American and other UN peacekeepers, should the UN Security Counsel refuse their demand for Kosovo's secession from Serbia and Montenegro.
In order to fully understand the significance of John Kerry's involvement with the KLA it is first necessary to understand what sort of an organization the KLA is. The KLA is a terrorist organization with ties to Osama bin Laden and the Iranian government. The KLA's main objective is to break Kosovo, which has been an integral part of Serbia for centuries, away from Serbia.
KLA have prior links to the Democrats and extensive links to terrorism - they invited the KLA leader to attend the DNC. KLA's terrorist activities and one of its members going to a John Kerry fundraiser can be seen through a Dutch documentary that can be seen here. The US Government has labelled KLA a terrorist organisation, and some of their members are facing charges for war crimes. A Washington Times article from 1999 (deleted, but also linked here) outlined the relationship of KLA and Al-Qaeda, plus Clinton's support of the KLA. More articles on the KLA's radical ideology and workings can be found here.
But back to the documentary - 11:08 into the video, we see KLA recruiter and illegal immigrant Florin Krasniqi at a John Kerry fundraiser with a few other KLA members. Then the defining moment - the KLA terrorists are shown, on video, financially contributing to the John Kerry campaign. Shortly afterwards, the video shows Democrats Wesley Clark and Richard Holbrooke having a nice laugh with the terrorists.
A quick check of Fundrace.org found that Florin Krasniqi has donated to the Kerry campaign, and that Florin Krasniqi has raised 30 million for KLA, who we have already established is a terrorist organisation.
This could be devastating to the Kerry campaign, so if you're reading this, I'm begging you - e-mail your favourite blogs, with this information - send them the link to this page and ask them to research it for themselves. And if it breaks in the bigger blogs - LGF, Powerline, Right Wing News, National Review's The Corner, Blogs For Bush and Instapundit come to mind - then we need to get this to people like Drudge, Sean Hannity, Brit Hume etc.
UPDATE: Welcome all Captain's Quarters readers. Captain Ed from that site makes a great point, that should be mentioned: "Does that mean that Kerry actively seeks the support of terrorists and their cash? I highly doubt it, although if true the Kosovars' access to Kerry shows a complete lack of vetting by his foreign-policy staff. Richard Holbrooke should know better than to be taking money from people connected to organizations designated as possible terror groups by the DHS." This is very true - it's not Kerry's fault they donated to support him, but this cannot look good no matter how you spin it.
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Lots of facts and quotes about the president-wannabe at the John F. Kerry Timeline.
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You have the nail on the head. There is a indirect involvement between Kerry and Osama Bin Laden. Why do you all think Osama and the terrorists want Kerry in charge?? It is so that THEY can gain more control and have some more U.S. policies go in their favor and IT will happen! They want the US to turn on Israel, IT WILL HAPPEN with a Kerry Presidency!
http://www.theconservativerepublican.com
I thought you said it wasn't about the KLA ?
I thought you sais it wasn't about the KLA?
ANOTHER BUMP!!!
You know you actually posted to me that it wasn't about the KLA--was that a mistake? Are you trolling?
That's precisely what was earlier and I suspect he/she knows as much as we do.
Looks like it..
Time will settle it. You have your opinions...I have mine.
No Pinetop--I didnt mean that was the October surprise! The story about to come out is NOT about KLA, but I agree that Kerry has some involvement in that.
I will tell you the source of the October surprise. Its the NY Times...Big surprise huh??? Read Mondays edition...
http://www.theconservativerepublican.com
So, is the big story out yet?
I wondered if it was that Kerry wouldn't interview with Woodward,,if so, we have been had. No one cares on the dem side.
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