Can Kerry Match The Comeback Kid?

Washington Post ^ | September 7, 2004 | By E. J. Dionne Jr.

[Paul_B]

> the oxymoronically named Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

The most idiotic statement imaginable. I join others in asking how this shill keeps his job. What a disgrace.

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[uncbob]

Kerry's views were easily parodied by Republicans in New York because voters are still not clear on what Kerry stands for and what he would do for them.

Maybe that's cause Kerry doesn't know himself

[Smokin' Joe]

I read the article and noticed that most of the Kerry data was not from official documents, but, instead, had been sanitized through the appropriate Kerry Camp filters.

Even the sidebar fails to note that the M-79 shrapnel? wound was treated by picking the splinter out and applying a band-aid.

Where in the official documents does it note that Kerry's boat could (theoretically) make it to Cambodia in 2-3 hours? ALthough the time/ distance assumption is like assuming you could make it through a mile of Washington D.C. in 2 minutes (30 mph).

The point of the piece is to subtly diminish the impact of the SwiftVets statements and take the heat off of Kerry. I will give the writer credit for being less blatantly biased, but the bias is still there.

It seems pretty obvious to me that Kerry was just another ticket-puncher, he didn't make the full ride, just made sure he had the t-shirt.