Posted on 05/27/2006 10:22:00 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Kerry Pressing Swiftboat Case, Long After Loss By KATE ZERNIKE
John Kerry starts by showing the entry in a log he kept from 1969: "Feb 12: 0800 run to Cambodia."
He moves on to the photographs: his boat leaving the base at Ha Tien, Vietnam; the harbor; the mountains fading frame by frame as the boat heads north; the special operations team the boat was ferrying across the border; the men reading maps and setting off flares.
"They gave me a hat," Mr. Kerry says. "I have the hat to this day," he declares, rising to pull it from his briefcase. "I have the hat."
Three decades after the Vietnam War and nearly two years after Mr. Kerry's failed presidential bid, most Americans have probably forgotten why it ever mattered whether he went to Cambodia or that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth accused him of making it all up, saying he was dishonest and lacked patriotism.
But among those who were on the frontlines of the 2004 campaign, the battle over Mr. Kerry's wartime service continues, out of the limelight but in some ways more heatedly — because unlike then, Mr. Kerry has fully engaged in the fight. Only those on Mr. Kerry's side, however, have gathered new evidence to prove their case.
The Swift boat group continues to spend money on Washington consultants, according to public records, and last fall it gave $100,000 to a group that promptly sued Mr. Kerry, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, for allegedly interfering with the release of a film that was critical of him.
Some of the principals behind the Swift boat group continue to press their claims.
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ROTFL!...Exactly
Whiner. He'll never grow up.
The question remains.
"will the democrats back him"
Ive seen a ton of them at the DUmp turn on him for being a loser
If Kerry wishes to continue to support his "history of lies".....the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth will have a LOT more money this go around ---- since MANY of us will NOT contribute to the GOP if the Immigration Amnesty and some other insane bills go through....
ALL my contribution budget will go to the Swift Boat Veterans..
Semper Fi
Im glad some one remembers Larrys little meltdown L0L
What a freakin' buffoon!
Actually, he didn't sign a Form 180 releasing ALL his records to all interested parties, only a limited subset to a few pro-Kerry writers.
The brilliant investigative reporter of the NY Times accepts every thing Kerry willing, no wants, to show them.
But the NY Times never ever ask for or even question things Kerry doesn't want to show them....
Man o Man! that just some of the damm finest investigative reporting there I've ever seen!
The timing of this attempted confrontation is telling, trying to get it out and over with early. Clearly, he still doesn't understand the scope of his opposition.
That is probably true. He has been basking in this phony story as a war hero who figured out how to bug out in less than five months from Vietnam. He has used his war hero status to get elected again and again. Who else would have a personalized license plate, PH3? His entire identity has been blasted to pieces along with his legacy. It is similar to Clinton's impeachment.
I notice that the NYT story never mentions that Mr. Schachte was an Admiral. The whole story is so biased against the SBVFT. The only thing missing are the facts to refute the SBVFT charges. Also, it is Kerry who is suing the swiftees.
This is why john kerry will never sue the Swiftboat Vets. All his records would have to be made available to the defense, and his career would be ended in disgrace. No, the coward kerry will attempt to try this in the friendly press.
He doesn't stand a chance with Chris Dodd throwing his hat into the right! (Can you believe it?????)
>>>>A Magic Hat.
Or Mad Hatter.
Thank you for your service.
Giving out hats is common. We have a PA State Police--Trooper hat given to my husband years ago by a dive budy. Means nothing, but if you leave it on the dashboard where it is visible from the window, people will leave the car alone, even w/a "W--still the President" sticker.
He has worn it and certain teen age thug types then settle down in his presence.
I'll never forget it. It's the only time I've seen Buchanan at a loss for words.
what a self centered (rice) ass
Reputedly. And she IS Mrs. Heinz again. Dropped the "Kerry" designation like a hot potato.
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