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2004-03-24 Fifth Column

Via Lucianne:

A Vietnam veteran who said he remembers John Kerry participating in a 1971 Kansas City meeting at which an assassination plot was discussed says an official with the Kerry presidential campaign called him this month and pressured him to change his story.

The veteran, John Musgrave, says he was called twice by the head of Veterans for Kerry, John Hurley, while a reporter for the Kansas City Star worked on a follow-up piece to a New York Sun article about the November 1971 meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War at which a plot to kill U.S. senators was voted down. Asked by The New York Sun if he felt pressured, Mr. Musgrave said, âIn the second call I did.â Mr. Musgrave said Mr. Hurley said Mr. Kerry had told him âhe was definitely not in Kansas City.â

According to Mr. Musgrave, Mr. Hurley said, âWhy donât you refresh your memory and call that reporter back?â

A spokesman for Mr. Kerryâs presidential campaign, David Wade, last week issued a statement to the Sun, following a week of denials, that said âwe acceptâ Mr. Kerryâs presence in Kansas City as a âhistorical footnote.â

By then, the recollections of six witnesses, along with minutes and FBI records, placed Mr. Kerry at the Kansas City meeting.

But the news of the calls from the campaign to Mr. Musgrave may move the episode from what the campaign is describing as a âhistorical footnoteâ to a matter that involves the contemporary behavior of Mr. Kerry and his campaign....

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-03-24 11:24:40 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's always the denials and damage control that look the worst - Rove must be licking his chops....I'm pleased

Posted by Frank G 2004-03-24 11:28:41 PM|| 2004-03-24 11:28:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Just a link.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-03-24 11:51:13 PM|| [http://voteforusa.com] 2004-03-24 11:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Boris the Spider

You need help. Psychiatric help, to be precise.

Posted by Korora 2004-03-24 11:56:28 PM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-03-24 11:56:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think there is any way for the libs to manage this one effectively. This is truly shocking. Bill Clinton's exploits seem like spit wads in comparison.

If I were Rove, I'd get a Veteran's group to run a negative ad (sans the "I'm PGW and I approved this message") with voice overs the 1960 photos of Jane and John, shots of terror in Saigon and the killing fields and then pictures of him throwing his medals over the wall with a cut to them hanging his office wall. And I'd play it day in and day out.

This incident has it all - a plot to kill US Senators!!! Wow- that will shock even the most jaded Kerry critics. And even if Kerry voted against the killings - he didn't report them. This one will be hard to handwave away.

Posted by B 2004-03-25 8:55:11 AM|| 2004-03-25 8:55:11 AM|| Front Page Top

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