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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MrLucky who wrote (4995)	3/12/2004 10:18:18 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Kerry 60%, Bush 39%, Nader 1%. That's where it's headed. Bush doesn't have a single issue to run on except those which appeal to the far right. Even his "war on terror" is full of holes, deceit, diversion, pork barrel spending and conflicts of interest.

To: MrLucky who wrote (4995)	3/12/2004 10:20:37 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Kerry's pal Presumed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry says his credibility was not affected by his previous association with a man who fabricated his military credentials while serving as executive director of a prominent antiwar group that included Mr. Kerry, CNSNews.com reports. Al Hubbard appeared with Mr. Kerry in 1971 on NBC's "Meet the Press," was introduced as a former decorated Air Force captain who had spent two years in Vietnam and was wounded in the process. In reality, Mr. Hubbard had lied about his military rank and other issues, as later investigations revealed. At the time, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Hubbard and other members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War were charging that U.S. troops were committing widespread atrocities against Vietnamese civilians. Mr. Kerry even testified about the issue before a congressional committee around the same time he and Mr. Hubbard appeared on "Meet the Press." "I think our credibility was tremendous," Mr. Kerry told CNSNews.com's Marc Morano during a news conference on Capitol Hill yesterday. Mr. Kerry was surrounded at the news conference by Democratic members of the U.S. Senate. "I think that was one of the most moving and important weeks in an effort to end a war that needed to be ended, and I'm proud of the role that I played in helping to do that," Mr. Kerry said, referring to his television appearance with Mr. Hubbard and congressional testimony. "I think people all over this country joined together in trying to get our servicemen home," Mr. Kerry added. CBS News reporter William Overend, a writer for the network's anchorman Walter Cronkite in 1971, investigated Mr. Hubbard's war claims and discovered that there was no record of Mr. Hubbard having ever served in Vietnam. In addition, Mr. Hubbard was not shot down as he said and did not receive a Purple Heart for injuries suffered during battle.