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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (141924)	7/29/2004 2:04:40 PM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Speaking of the credibility of Drudge... In "World Exclusive," Drudge dredged up discredited charge that Kerry filmed reenacted combat scenes for future political career On July 28, Internet gossip Matt Drudge revived and expanded on a discredited charge about Senator John Kerry (D-MA). On his highly trafficked website, The Drudge Report, Drudge reported that Kerry reenacted combat scenes on videotape during his service in the Vietnam War in order to enhance his future political ambitions. Drudge cited a 1996 Boston Globe article and two books by known Kerry-bashers: retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson and anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth founder John O'Neill. On September 7, 2002, The New York Times' current executive editor and then-columnist Bill Keller took up the issue of Kerry's wartime films and debunked the reenactment charge, which he wrote that he believed at first: "[R]elying on a report in the usually dependable Boston Globe, I mocked him for pulling out a movie camera after a shootout in the Mekong Delta and re-enacting the exploit, as if preening for campaign commercials to come." Simply not true, Keller found after sitting through 40 minutes of footage in Kerry's office. Contrary to Drudge's assertion -- which apparently quoted O'Neill's upcoming book -- that Kerry would "reenact combat scenes where he would portray the hero," Keller wrote: The first thing to be said is that the senator's movies are not self-aggrandizing. Mr. Kerry is hardly in the film, and never strikes so much as a heroic pose. These are the souvenirs of a 25-year-old guy sent to an exotic place on an otherworldly mission, who bought an 8-millimeter camera in the PX and shot a few hours of travelogue, most of it pretty boring if you didn't live through it. Keller also wrote that, according to the Swift Boat Sailors Association, "a group of veterans who manned" the kind of riverboat that Kerry commanded, "lots of enlisted men did the same." Former Senator Max Cleland (D-GA), a strong Kerry supporter who lost three limbs in Vietnam, told Keller that he has hours of film from his service in Vietnam, which, Keller wrote, "he has had edited into a three minute meet-the-senator video." As Media Matters for America has noted, both Patterson and O'Neill have a history of issuing false claims about Kerry. Patterson, author of the new book Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undermine Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our National Security (Regnery Publishing, 2004), severely distorted Kerry's record on defense spending, intelligence spending, and veterans' pay in two recent appearances on the FOX News Channel. Patterson also asserts in his book that "every terrorist" is "hoping" the Democrats win the upcoming U.S. election. O'Neill's group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, was founded to discredit Kerry's record during and after his service in Vietnam. His book Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry is forthcoming from the conservative Regnery Publishing. As Media Matters for America has noted, O'Neill has long-standing ties to the GOP establishment, and O'Neill's own p.r. adviser has described O'Neill as sounding like "a crazed extremist." MMFA also noted O'Neill's participation in Republican efforts to smear Kerry, dating back to the Nixon administration. Later in the day on July 28, FOX News Channel's chief political correspondent Carl Cameron repeated the Drudge story on FOX News Channel's Special Report with Brit Hume; he reported a "controversy" over Kerry's video footage from Vietnam, which "critics" charge showed Kerry and his crewmates "re-enacting Kerry's heroism for future political use." After quoting from the same 1996 Boston Globe article that Drudge cited, Cameron noted that the Kerry campaign "adamantly den[ies] there was any re-enactment." Cameron failed, however, to provide key details that support the campaign's denial. — A.S., M.K., & K.B.

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (141924)	7/29/2004 6:13:07 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I think that the Drudge Reports are similar to the ones done by the American Spectator when Clinton was in office. Facts are made into fiction. The fiction is written and rewritten until it becomes believable. (Blinded by the Right, David Brock who wrote the fiction for years and now tells in his book how, why and who financed it all ) Rush,Hannity,G.Gordon and the other radio talk host propagate the fiction..I listen to Rush and he is most convincing. Yesterday his take was against Ron Reagan...He said there is something strange about that man... He went on to talk about Stem Cell not being viable for Alzhiemers,quoted some study...and then minimized it's use for anything. Said he was surprised at Nancy Reagan for taking her position as Stem Cell could not have done anything for her husband.... He talked about what wonderful men Rumsfeld,Cheney and the others were. THey would not hurt America. They are kind,sincere and have a great job to do. You know at the end of the program, had I not tried to enlighten myself as to the fact vs. fiction I would probably be in Rush's pocket. He could have convinced me. (These talk shows are the only ones on the only station where I am currently living... every afternoon.) This is what he does everyday to the uninformed... I have house guests at the moment. One believes Rush,Neal Borch...I think that is his name. Will not vote for anyone but BUSH since he is the one who is leading the war on the terrorism and protecting us. Sources: Rush,Neal and the others. How does one combat that... Now a book out on Kerry and from the DRUDGEREPORT. How believable is this ? Tell me.