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2004-08-25 Home Front: Politix

Veterans reject Bush appeal to end Kerry blitz

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-25 01:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Newsmax has a story called: Brit Hume Exposes Media's Hypocrisy on Kerry and Bush. I saw a show Sunday or Monday where Brit and Juan Williams were nearly yelling at each other about the issue.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-25 1:27:27 AM|| 2004-08-25 1:27:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This happens virtually every Sundy, Brit trying to talk sense into Juan. Brit can't do much when he is the Special Report moderator.

Posted by Capt America 2004-08-25 1:58:24 AM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-25 1:58:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Kerry isn't even treated to a whitewash in an OpEd article by Roger Franklin posted on MSNBC website: Why Kerry's War Record Matters

If he can't get preferential treatment on MSNBC than he may be down to only, Move-on, DU and Indymedia. His forces are dwindling like al Sadr's

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-25 2:17:22 AM|| 2004-08-25 2:17:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Newsmax has laid another mortar round on Kerry's position with: Cambodia: All You Need To Know About John Kerry

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-25 2:48:16 AM|| 2004-08-25 2:48:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 So he's bracketed - will they fire for effect?

Posted by .com 2004-08-25 2:51:48 AM|| 2004-08-25 2:51:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 On the way.

Shot OUT!!!

Posted by RN 2004-08-25 7:55:48 AM|| 2004-08-25 7:55:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Think about it SH. Both Kerry and Sadr surround themselves with sycophants who tell the emperor what the emperor wants to hear. No wonder both are being taken down by outnumbered members of the American armed forces and their thinly stretched resources. Sun Tzu wrote that if you do not know who you are or who your opponent is, you will always fail. Both individuals are incapable of effective self evaluation and are simply motivated by lust of power and prestige. Their opponents however, do know who they are and they do appear to have Kerry's/Sadr's number.

Posted by Don 2004-08-25 8:56:53 AM|| 2004-08-25 8:56:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 SPLASH!

Fire For Effect!

Posted by OldSpook 2004-08-25 9:39:59 AM|| 2004-08-25 9:39:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Yazoo 15 on station...what have you got for me?

Posted by RN 2004-08-25 9:43:32 AM|| 2004-08-25 9:43:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't understand why Bush is saying that the independent 527's should not exist--anyone?

Also--interesting that Kerry is falling back on his" sell 'em out to the North Vietnamese" buddy, John McCain, in his counter-attacks to the SwiftBoat Vets for Truth ads.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-08-25 10:00:22 AM|| 2004-08-25 10:00:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Wonder if they are setting Kerry up for a TOT strike.
Absolutly devastating use of arty.

Posted by raptor 2004-08-25 10:21:56 AM|| 2004-08-25 10:21:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 I love the article about the content of the phone call and its legality. Skerry called someone who he thought wasn't one of the SVFT turned out that he was one (surprise). Also sending that nutball Cleland and Ramassen to crawford is a pure political stunt. They just want a photo op of them sitting OUTSIDE the ranch gate looking sad. If Bush invited them inside they wouldn't know what to say. That's because they can't use that rantful talk when they are talking to the President. I would have the whole thing taped so the whole country can see what nuts this pair are. Yazoo one five your target is 500 meters Northeast of point catsup, make your run North-South, target is painted.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-08-25 11:57:02 AM|| 2004-08-25 11:57:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Bush is taking the high road by denouncing ALL 527s. If he didn't include the SBVT ad, the MSM would scream louder than the Krakatoa explosion. He also knows there is NO WAY the Swifties will pull their ad.

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-08-25 12:11:04 PM|| 2004-08-25 12:11:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Cyber Sarge made me think of something Kerry said in 1971 during the hearing where he talked about atrocities he committed.

He mentioned the term harassment and interdiction, an army term for simple map fire, what gun bunnys know as general support arrtillery fire, where points on a map are targeted to prevent enemy movement, to engage soft targets like supply points/depots, HQs, GHQ type units, redeploying troops using road movement to name a few, or to harass a stalled enemy.

Kerry used the term in a disparaging way as if the US Army invented the doctrine of harssment and interdiction fire just for the Viet Nam war. I would certainly like to see a journalist ask him about this particular term, just to see how he would respond to it.

I guess another question of mine was why wasn't Kerry publically challeneged then for these words. Any sufficiently knowledgible O6 coulda had his socialist ass in a brace for making it sound like some sort of scandal.

Kerry needs to answer these questions. Enquiring minds wanna know.

Posted by badanov 2004-08-25 12:13:18 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-08-25 12:13:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I watched Hardball the night before last. The guests were Brinkley (Kerry biographer) some Vietnam era jounalist whose name escapes me and Pat Buchanan. When Buchanan brought up the Cambodia at Christmas lie, Mathews actually waved his hand and dismissed the repeated falsehoods as poetic license! I almost put my foot through the TV. Mathews is revealing himself as a complete hack now. It was incredible to see. Not unexpected, just incredible because it was so blatant.

Posted by remote man 2004-08-25 12:22:54 PM|| 2004-08-25 12:22:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 #10-Kerry is falling back on his" sell 'em out to the North Vietnamese" buddy, John McCain, in his counter-attacks . I'm being straight here-what do you mean? That John McCain sold out to the north Vietnamese? I don't understand.

#15-Matthews is the new fatwa king of America, given this and his treatment of Michelle Malkin the other night. If he doesn't believe something, no one else can, nor can their ears even be assailed with the info.

Posted by jules 187 2004-08-25 12:35:13 PM|| 2004-08-25 12:35:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 "Get 'em in their holes and keep 'em there, Hangdog six. Linebacker is at IP and beginning our run..."

Posted by mojo 2004-08-25 1:31:51 PM|| 2004-08-25 1:31:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 If Kerry crashs and burns, does the USS Democrat sink or does Flipper's replacement save the day? Would it be better to face a sinking Kerry or a freshly launched Hillary? Just asking...

Posted by john 2004-08-25 3:07:35 PM|| 2004-08-25 3:07:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Roger Hedgecock, subbing for Rush said there was a report that Kerry had asked Meet the Press and 60 Minutes for time to "apologize" to the vets for some of his 1971 Senate hearing remarks. Anyone else hear this? It was on about 11:40 Pacific Time.

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-25 3:59:40 PM|| 2004-08-25 3:59:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Roger Hedgecock, subbing for Rush said there was a report that Kerry had asked Meet the Press and 60 Minutes for time to "apologize" to the vets for some of his 1971 Senate hearing remarks. Anyone else hear this? It was on about 11:40 Pacific Time.

Doesn't really matter. The only way his apology can possibly be sincere is if he resigns his candidacy. That would be the first right thing Kerry would ever do in his life.

Posted by badanov 2004-08-25 4:08:10 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-08-25 4:08:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I agree badanov. If he does do this "apology", he will appear the most cynical bastard ever. This "apology", if sincere, should have come long ago.

Posted by BigEd 2004-08-25 4:12:50 PM|| 2004-08-25 4:12:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 All the jackasses who demanded Bush & Rumsfeld & others "apologize to the country" for 9-11 should be asking Kerry to apologize. Right?

Posted by Crikey 2004-08-25 5:19:59 PM|| 2004-08-25 5:19:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 YEAH! What Badanov and BigEd said.
If aKerry does go before the cameras he should remember what Hillary said, "if you can't be sincere, fake it."

Posted by GK 2004-08-25 7:32:24 PM|| 2004-08-25 7:32:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 I wonder how Kerry will spin his apology into an attack on Bush? You know he is going to do it, the question is how. Any Viet Vets out there going to take his apology serious?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-08-25 7:36:40 PM|| 2004-08-25 7:36:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 Hopefully, most veterans will see it as another flip-flop for Kerry...just the other day his surrogate was saying he stands by what he said in 71.

Posted by AF Lady 2004-08-25 9:06:38 PM|| 2004-08-25 9:06:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 A sincere apology was not a possiblity that I would have thought was possible. It will be a late several nights for his handlers. They must be pretty capable. I wonder how much tweaking will happen in the focus groups.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-25 9:18:19 PM|| 2004-08-25 9:18:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 30+ years later, when he wants to be President ("It's my right! I planned for this all my life! I sought Public Office so I could suck the Public Tit and keep people from being able to question me! I wanna be President! Waaaaaa!"), he wants to say "I'm sorry. Just kidding, heh!" or whatever? Bwahahahahaha, I'd love to see him grovel, but I'm not banking on it. If it does happen, it will prove that desperation has set in. We shall see.

Posted by .com 2004-08-25 9:27:17 PM|| 2004-08-25 9:27:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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