Swift Boat Vets Story Debunked
ABC News Nightline's Andrew Morse went to the Vietnam hamlet on the river where the fighting occurred for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star. They have quite a lengthy article about it on the web. The villagers definitely remember the fighting that occurred because their village was all but leveled from all the gun fire. There's a lot of details in the article. The bottom line is that the villagers basically corroborated Kerry's story and refuted what the Swift Boat Vets have said about he event.
Read about it here.
And the villagers said somebody identifying himself as a Swift boat veteran visited them about 6 months ago with a cameraman and they told him the same story. So the Swift Boat Vets apparently knew the truth, yet went ahead with what they published.
MARY CHENEY
The Republicans are making a thing about Kerry's mention that Dick Cheney's daughter is gay. I was a bit surprised when Kerry said it, but after reflecting on it a while, I think he was justified and that it was quite appropriate. First, because Mary Cheney is managing her father's campaign, as the Director of Vice Presidential Operations for Bush-Cheney04 and thus she's fair game. Second, because it points out that Bush's Vice President will not support the President's position on the gay rights issue. Third, because Cheney himself has openly talked about it and even thanked Edwards for his kind words about it during the VP debate. Fourth, because Mary herself is very open about it.
So I certainly wish the Cheneys would quit politicizing it.
Besides, even if it was questionable (and it's not), this wouldn't even come close to the things Karl Rove has done in previous campaigns he has managed. A week or so ago, I mentioned an article about Rove by Joshua Green in Atlantic Monthly. It is now available free on line. It's an eye-opening read.
And speaking of Karl's dirty tricks, would you look at what has turned up in Tennessee?
ABC News Nightline's Andrew Morse went to the Vietnam hamlet on the river where the fighting occurred for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star. They have quite a lengthy article about it on the web. The villagers definitely remember the fighting that occurred because their village was all but leveled from all the gun fire. There's a lot of details in the article. The bottom line is that the villagers basically corroborated Kerry's story and refuted what the Swift Boat Vets have said about he event.
Read about it here.
And the villagers said somebody identifying himself as a Swift boat veteran visited them about 6 months ago with a cameraman and they told him the same story. So the Swift Boat Vets apparently knew the truth, yet went ahead with what they published.
MARY CHENEY
The Republicans are making a thing about Kerry's mention that Dick Cheney's daughter is gay. I was a bit surprised when Kerry said it, but after reflecting on it a while, I think he was justified and that it was quite appropriate. First, because Mary Cheney is managing her father's campaign, as the Director of Vice Presidential Operations for Bush-Cheney04 and thus she's fair game. Second, because it points out that Bush's Vice President will not support the President's position on the gay rights issue. Third, because Cheney himself has openly talked about it and even thanked Edwards for his kind words about it during the VP debate. Fourth, because Mary herself is very open about it.
So I certainly wish the Cheneys would quit politicizing it.
Besides, even if it was questionable (and it's not), this wouldn't even come close to the things Karl Rove has done in previous campaigns he has managed. A week or so ago, I mentioned an article about Rove by Joshua Green in Atlantic Monthly. It is now available free on line. It's an eye-opening read.
And speaking of Karl's dirty tricks, would you look at what has turned up in Tennessee?
posted by Larry @ 8:20 AM
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