Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
the single best thing for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is that Kerry denounced them....
if he had ignored them, or sent his minions out to bad mouth them..in two weeks it would have all been over (does anyone even remember Richard Clarke's book anymore?). Nobody is talking about Moore's film anymore either.
by "rising to the bait" and denouncing the Swift Boaties himself, Kerry has legitimized the story for the "liberal media" and has prolonged the newscycle of this event.
You may be in for a rude shock on that score.
Larry Thurlow's
credibility has been thoroughly thrashed.
In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who commanded a Navy Swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has strongly disputed Kerry's claim that the Massachusetts Democrat's boat came under fire during a mission in Viet Cong-controlled territory on March 13, 1969. Kerry won a Bronze Star for his actions that day.
But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units" of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that day, and the citation praises him for providing assistance to a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him."
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A document recommending Thurlow for the Bronze Star noted that all his actions "took place under constant enemy small arms fire which LTJG THURLOW completely ignored in providing immediate assistance" to the disabled boat and its crew. The citation states that all other units in the flotilla also came under fire.
I watched Thurlow last night on Hardball. Chris Matthews asked him if he had
ONE piece of hard evidence to support his allegations.
He admitted HE HAD NONE! All he has is "what he knows," but what he "knows" is not supported by a single piece of documentation. Meanwhile, Kerry's wounds and subsequent awards have been fully documented for the last thirty years.
Why should anyone believe politically motivated bullsh8 from this prick with no evidence, then or now? :roll:
Lt. Cmdr George Elliot, Kerry's former commanding officer, has flipped and flopped at least four times. As reported in
The Boston Globe:
- In 1996, Elliot praised Kerry for his bravery defended Kerry, saying he deserved the Silver Star.
- Elliot appears as one of the Swift Boat Vets denouncing Kerry, claiming he questions whether Kerry should have been given some of his combat medals.
- Elliot tells Boston Globe reporter, Michael Kranish, he had made a "terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit suggesting Kerry did not deserve to be awarded the Silver Star.
- Elliott released another affidavit yesterday backing away from his comments this week to the Globe, saying the reporter, Michael Kranish, misquoted him.
- Globe Editor Martin Baron released a statement saying "the Globe stands by the article. The quotes attributed to Mr. Elliott were on the record and absolutely accurate."
Dr. Louis Letson, the doctor who
claims to have treated Kerry's wound that won him the first of three Purple Hearts, has similar credibility problems. Letson's name does not appears on the records of Kerry's medical treatment for that wound. Did he treat Kerry? Was he even in the same building? There is NO documentation to confirm his statement. Why should anyone believe him?
With any luck, at least some part of the American electorate will recognize these frauds for what they are,
pissant lying weasels with a petty political agenda! :|
to "put this to rest" Kerry should authorize the release of all his military records...
this "should" vindicate him and silence the Swift Boat dudes.....
i wonder why he hasn't done that yet???
Great idea. And while we're at it, let's get all of Bush's military records out, too. Maybe the sniveling little chickenhawk really did show up at summer camp and fly airplanes, instead of flying the coop. So far, nothing in his military records support that. :shocked:
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