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August 05, 2004 McCain weighs in on Swift Boat Vets Ad Following the release of the Swift Boat Vets ad condemning John Kerry, Sen. John McCain had this to say when told the same people who had produced his McCain 2000 ads had produced this ad: "I wish they hadn't done it," McCain said of his former advisers. "I don't know if they knew all the facts." Really? I wonder if Sen. McCain is inferring he does? "I deplore this kind of politics," McCain said. "I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served honorably in Vietnam. I think George Bush served honorably in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War." Just as I thought, he doesn't have all of the facts. If he had he'd know that all of the 13 Swift Boat Vets who claim Kerry's version of his Bronze Star action is incorrect were within 50 yards of the man when the supposed action happened. While they weren't right on the boat with Kerry, they were there. And to a man, they say there was no gunfire when Kerry pulled Rassmann from the river. While I can understand the distaste with which McCain views this sort of thing, I think he's ignoring the fact that it wasn't the Swift Boat Vets who put Kerry's Vietnam service up as the centerpiece of his run for the presidency. It was John Kerry. I think it is perfectly acceptable to question what he claims to be true if eyewitness dispute what he is trying to tout as a qualification for the presidency. It wouldn't be the first time a medal had been cobbled up to help an aspiring politician. LBJ also received a Silver Star which has since been found to be based on a "mission that never was". The lesson here is if you volunteer something as a qualification, its fair game for scrutiny. McCain been around politics long enought that he ought to know that by now. |
It gets better.
..."McCain said that's all in the past to him, but he's speaking out against the anti-Kerry ad because "it reopens all the old wounds of the Vietnam War, which I spent the last 35 years trying to heal."
An odd claim to be making, since Kerry managed to change his middle name to 'served in Vietnam' and spent months campaigning on that one point, with nary a peep from McCain. Now suddenly he's concerned?
I'll be backtracking this one.
Posted by: Bithead at August 5, 2004 12:45 PM
The ad, fairly, begins by citing John Edwards remarks to the effect that, "all you need to know about John Kerry is what his fellow vets say about him."
If THAT is the only yardstick, then THIS is a fair measurement.
In court I believe it is called "opening a door" to a line of argument.
Posted by: Pouncer at August 5, 2004 02:07 PM
WHAT I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO KNOW IS WHY RUN A CAMPAIGN ON BEING A VET WHEN WE HAD 8 YEARS OF A DRAFT DODGER. NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE THEN ABOUT WHETHER YOU SERVED OR NOT. KERRY DIDN'T LOSE ANY MEMBERS OF HIS BODY LIKE BOB DOLE WITH HIS ARM AND HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST A DRAFT DODGER AND KERRY DIDN'T SPEND ANY TIME AS A PRISONER OF WAR LIKE MY BROTHER DID. 27 MONTHS IN THE KOREAN WAR. WHEN HE DIED IN 1998 THE MILITARY PUT ON THEIR LITTLE TOMBSTONE AT THE FOOT OF HIS GRAVE THAT HE WAS IN WORLD WAR 2 WHICH HE WAS BUT NO MENTION OF HIS BEING A PRISONER OF WAR PUT THERE. THE FAMILY HAD TO PAY TO HAVE IT PUT ON HIS TOMBSTONE. THEY ONLY ALLOWED US TO HAVE A CHAPLIN TO SPEAK AT HIS SERVICE. NO MILITARY FUNERAL. MY BROTHER WENT TO WAR A YOUNG MAN AND CAME BACK AN OLD MAN. HE LOVED THIS COUNTRY, BUT HE WAS TREATED BAD BY THE VA HOSPITAL. MAYBE IF KERRY HAD BEEN A PRISONER OF WAR HE WOULD HAVE SOME BRAGGING RIGHTS, RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE MUCH WITH HIM OR HIS {BLOW IT UP} RUNNING MATE. WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR SENATE HE ALWAYS BLEW THINGS WAY UP TO MAKE THINGS LOOK GOOD AND THAT IS WHATS HAPPENING NOW. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SOUND OFF. MRS. RUTH G. WALKER DOWN IN BEAUTIFUL BUFFALO SPRINGS ,VA.
Posted by: Ruth G. Walker at August 19, 2004 08:50 PM
Kerry and Edwards, the johnny cake twins;I believe absolutely nothing they say, so I do not like to waste my time listening to either of them. Forget it.I have seen a few people like Kerry and never liked any of them. I do believe the Swift Boat Vets. May God bless them all.
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