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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (41524)	8/8/2004 5:15:40 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Like everyone else associated with the Smirking Chimp, the so-called Swiftboat veterans are thoroughly corrupt and compulsive liars. The Bush administration makes that of Nixon look positively saintly in comparison.

To: KLP who wrote (41524)	8/8/2004 5:17:06 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

...that if they sue the Vets, Kerry's papers will be subpoenaed. And why don't you think that Kerry wants those papers to come out exactly that way for impact? Why do you think Kerry is the one with the Pet Goat mentality. After all wasn't he the one who showed how he can think on his feet, ordered the Swiftbaot turned around in spite of enemy fire to pick up his shipmate Mr. Rassmann and not sit around and read Pet Goat when he was called to make a split second decision. Kerry is extremely smart and so are his handlers. Kerry knows how to close in for victory. Hold your breath for things to unfold. It will be swift and on the morning of November 3rd the Bushies will say "Hey what happened here." Before Bush thinks of taking on the Al Qaeda for the next 4 years, he will have to think of how to take on the Kerry folks.

To: KLP who wrote (41524)	8/8/2004 5:26:31 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Tommy Franks Come To Kerry's Defense Against Smear Campaign: WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. Tommy Franks, producer of the early military successes in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites), said Sunday that criticism of John Kerry (news - web sites)'s war record is political hyperbole and Kerry is "absolutely" qualified to be commander in chief. A year into retirement, Franks also said he has not decided whether to endorse President Bush (news - web sites) for re-election. "I don't know yet. I'm leaning in that direction," he said on ABC's "This Week." Franks, whose hometown is Midland, Texas — where Bush keeps a ranch — has been making television appearances in recent days to publicize his just-published memoirs, "American Soldier." "Do you think Senator Kerry is qualified to be commander in chief?" Franks was asked. "Absolutely!" he said. But like the criticism of Kerry, the retired general said the Democratic nominee's recent harsh words about the war plan Franks created in Afghanistan was motivated by politics and his failure to capture al-Qaida network leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites). "I think a presidential election year is a marvelous thing. I think Senator Kerry is a patriot. And I think what ... what we're doing is, we're seeing an attempt to sort of draw the lines between the two parties in this country. And I wouldn't have it any other way," Franks said. The characterization of Kerry as a coward and liar who did not earn the medals awarded him for his Vietnam service came in a television ad sponsored by a group that fashions calls itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Kerry was skipper of one of the small Mekong River boats and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for valor and three Purple Hearts for wounds. "I really work hard to stay away from hyperbole," Franks said. "People ask me all the time about `Fahrenheit 9/11' and then others will ask me about some equally vitriolic view at the end of the continuum on the conservative side." "I believe that life really is someplace between the two," Franks said, "and so I am not a fan of hyperbole, whether it is for or against Senator Kerry or George W. Bush." "Fahrenheit 9/11" is the anti-Bush film by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. Franks said he also has not decided whether he would want to speak at the Republican National Convention. "I'm a fiercely independent kind of guy and rather proud of it," Franks said.