RandyMc Wrote:Schadenfreude Wrote:Nothing any 527 has aired remotely compares to the Swift Boat ad.
You got that right....................the Swift Boat vets are honorable and truthful.
George Elliot
During the Vietnam era, raved about what Kerry did for his country.
In 1996, he said of Kerry: "The fact that he chased down an armed enemy down is not something to be looked down upon, but it was an act of courage. And the whole outfit served with honor."
Claims in the ad: "John Kerry has not been honest about what happened in Vietnam."
Told the Boston Globe a day later he recanted what he said in the ad.
Then issued an affidavit a day later recanting his recantation.
Now refuses to talk to the press.
Roy F. Hoffmann
During the Vietnam era, raved about Kerry's service.
In a June 2003 article recalled the actions that led to Kerry's Silver Star, saying "It took guts, and I admire that."
Now claims in the ad:
"John Kerry has not been honest."
Louis Letson
Now claims in the ad: "I know that John Kerry is lying about his first Purple Heart because I treated him for that injury."
But Letson's name does not appear on any medical record for Kerry. The doctor identified as administering treatment is "J.C. Carreon," who is now dead.
Adrian L Lonsdale
At a 1996 Kerry news conference, spoke of the "bravado and courage of the young officers that ran the Swift boats" and said: "Senator Kerry was no exception. He was among the finest of those Swift Boat drivers."
Now claims in the ad: "And he lacks the capacity to lead."
Van Odell
Now claims in the ad: "John Kerry lied to get his Bronze Star. I know. I was there. I saw what happened."
This contradicts Kerrys' Bronze Star citation as well as the citation of another who received a Bronze Star that day (see below). Also, a damage report for another boat present shows it received three bullet holes.
Larry Thurlow
Now claims: Kerry's boat did not come under fire during a mission in Viet Cong-controlled territory on March 13, 1969. Last month, he swore in an affidavit that Kerry was "not under fire" when he fished Lt. James Rassmann out of the water. He described Kerry's Bronze Star citation, which says that all units involved came under "small arms and automatic weapons fire," as "totally fabricated." He claims he "never heard a shot."
But it turns out Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that day. His own military record cites "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units" of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow's Bronze Star citation him for providing assistance to a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him."
Thurlow has had 35 years to turn in his Bronze Star. He never did. Yet now he is criticizing Kerry's Bronze Star.
<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Aug18.html' target='_blank'>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2004Aug18.html</a>
<a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html?hp' target='_blank'>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics...20swift.html?hp</a>
You call all that honorable and truthful?