Kerry's Lies Continue to Wound America, September 20, 2004
Mark Steyn, as usual, nails it in his Chicago Sun-Times reflection on the "wounds" of Vietnam, as inflicted on America by John Kerry. No excerpt - read the whole thing....
Vietnam Vet: Kerry Made Me Lie About Atrocities, September 15, 2004
A veteran who testified to John Kerry years ago about atrocities he committed in the Vietnam War is now claiming that the Kerry coerced him to tell lies.Steven Pitkin, an Army combat veteran, told FOX News that Kerry coached him and others to say they had witnessed war crimes, even after Pitkin told Kerry that he had not. "Before they started the camera, they told me, 'We need you to speak about the atrocities that happened over there.' The whole company line that I initially came out and said, I was coached to say that over and over again," Pitkin said.Kerry collected the testimony in preparation for his now-legendary appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 in whihc Kerry accused the U.S military of commiting widespread atrocities against Vietnamese civilians. Lies always catch up with you eventually, Sen. Kerry....
The Dog Days of August, August 24, 2004
John Kerry is having a horrible month because of his inept handling of questions surrounding his Vietnam service record, and the story isn't putting the Big Media in the best light, either. The Chicago Sun Times' John O'Sullivan dissects the mainstream media's attempts to protect John Kerry against the allegations of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and how the "freelance journalists" of the Internet (read: bloggers) pushed the story ahead anyway. Here's an excerpt, followed by my comments about the media's performance on this story, and the larger issue of John Kerry's Vietnam and post-Vietnam record.... |
