On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:50:54 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well, what could he have done? Ordered a counter strike? alerted the
> Pentagon/ ("Hey did you guys know that the WTC was hit by two jumbo jets?") ordered
> our air defence to scramble? What did Republican senators do? There was NO
> action he could have taken. He had no information. Had he been president he
> would have gotten info and made decisions with his advisors.
I agree. I'm just not sure what Bush could have done in that 7
minutes that would have mattered, either, though. (Though, admittedly
I haven't seen the footage to know the full context)
> This is weak even by your standards. By the way, what do you thinl of the
> attack adds by vietnam vets claiming that Kerry lied, did not do what he was
> decorated for doing and/or was not as injured as he claimed he was? Signed in
> a way that knew him personally or served with him (all not true). Shouldn't
> Bush's people have disavowed these scurilous adds?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040805/pl_afp/us_vote_ads_040805184948
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http://tinyurl.com/3kots
White House repudiates anti-Kerry ad
Thu Aug 5, 2:49 PM ET
COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) - The White House distanced itself from
a commercial by a controversial veterans' group that accuses
Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry (news - web sites) of lying
about his service in Vietnam.
"We have been very clear in stating that, you know, we will not and we
have not and we will not question Senator Kerry's service in Vietnam,"
spokesman Scott McClellan said as US President George W. Bush (news -
web sites) made a campaign stop here.
The advertisement by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth accuses Kerry of
exaggerating his bravery in the Vietnam War, lying about the first of
his three Purple Hearts and lying to get his Bronze Star. Kerry was
also awarded a Silver Star.
The group also charges that, by testifying against the war when he
returned to the United States and alleging that US soldiers had
committed wartime atrocities, Kerry betrayed US forces still in
Vietnam.
With national security issues atop the agenda for the November 2
election, Kerry has been touting his service as the skipper of a
patrol boat known as a "Swift Boat" in an implicit contrast to Bush,
who did not go to Vietnam and faces questions about whether he
completed his National Guard service.
His former crewmates have aggressively campaigned on his behalf,
appearing at his side at political rallies and telling audiences
stories about Kerry's exploits during the war.
Senator John McCain, a former Vietnam prisoner of war who challenged
Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, has denounced
the group.
And the Kerry campaign has branded the allegations as "garbage,"
noting that none of the men levelling the accusations served on
Kerry's boat.
The group attacking Kerry does not have formal ties to Bush's
reelection campaign, and benefits from a loophole in campaign finance
restrictions that enables it to spend as much "soft money" as it wants
on its political message.
The groups -- the best known of which, MoveOn.org, has fiercely
attacked Bush -- are known as "527s," a reference to the tax-code
provision that grants them special status.
McClellan coupled his comments about the ad to a broader call for
closing the loophole that allows the groups, most of which are hostile
to Bush, to operate.
"The president deplores all the unregulated soft money activity," he
said, calling the ad "another example of the problem with the
unregulated soft money activity that is going on."
"We hope the Kerry campaign will join us in calling for an end to all
this kind of activity," said McClellan.
The group pulls no punches in its 60-second spot, which is running in
the up-for-grabs states of Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin and
features 13 veterans attacking the senator from Massachusetts.
One of the veterans says Kerry's "account of what happened and what
actually happened are the difference between night and day."
Another says: "When the chips were down, you could not count on John Kerry."
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