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To: LindyBill who wrote (61890)	8/20/2004 2:58:04 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

Everybody is picking up on this. truth laid bear blog NYT Bizarro World August 19, 2004 08:17 PM It has arrived! Yes, boys and girls, buried on Page 5 of 5 on the web edition of an honest-to-betsy real live New York Times news article on the Swift Boat vets comes the following paragraph: This week, as its leaders spoke with reporters, they have focused primarily on the one allegation in the book that Mr. Kerry's campaign has not been able to put to rest: that he was not in Cambodia on Christmas Eve in 1968, as he declared in a statement to the Senate in 1986. Even Mr. Brinkley, who has emerged as a defender of Mr. Kerry [Any particular reason you didn't mention that four pages ago when you were using him to discredit Swifties? Just askin'. -ed.], said in an interview that it was unlikely that Mr. Kerry's Swift boat ventured into Cambodia on Christmas or Christmas Eve, though he said he believed that Mr. Kerry was probably there shortly afterward. It's like peering into some bizarre parallel universe where news reporters actually report the news! If, that is, by 'report', you mean 'bury', and by 'bury', you mean 'ignore until you can't possibly do so any longer and then stuff it in paragraph 61 of 65'. 'Course, the entire rest of the piece is focused on finding every possible way to discredit the Swifties, but you didn't expect any less than that, did you? Update: More comments from Roger Simon. PS: "This week, as its leaders spoke with reporters, they have focused primarily on the one allegation in the book that Mr. Kerry's campaign has not been able to put to rest..." So, according to the Paper of Record, every single other allegation in Unfit for Command has been "put to rest" and bears no further investigation? I feel so much better now! truthlaidbear.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (61890)	8/20/2004 1:51:58 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

The USA Today article is a big one as it is delivered to every upscale hotel in the country. This article was on the Front page and I think is quite favorable for the Swift Vets, as it has John Kerry acting like a whining politician and has President Bush above the fray. It introduces the facts that are being disputed so that anyone who has an open mind can investigate further, with the two inside stories: usatoday.com Kerry blasts TV ads on war record Accuses critics of lying, ‘dirty work' By Jill Lawrence and Andrea Stone USA TODAY Democrat John Kerry, countering weeks of claims by political opponents that he exaggerated his Vietnam combat record, accused them Thursday of lying and said President Bush is using them to “do his dirty work.” Kerry also released a TV ad featuring Jim Rassmann, the former Green Beret who says Kerry saved his life in Vietnam. Kerry, now a Massachusetts senator, earned a Bronze Star for the rescue. The incident is one of several contested by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, an independent group that opposes Kerry and that has received substantial funds from Bob Perry, a Bush backer in Texas. The group says it will release a second ad today; the first started Aug. 5 in three states. “They're not telling the truth. They didn't even exist until I won the nomination for president,” Kerry told a firefighters convention in Boston. “They're a front for the Bush campaign. And the fact that the president won't denounce what they're up to tells you everything you need to know. He wants them to do his dirty work.” Kerry was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts as a Navy swift boat commander in the Mekong Delta. Until Thursday, he had left it to others to defend him, even as some Democrats urged him to respond. The campaign had hoped to save money this month but decided to show the new ad in three states. “Sen. Kerry knows President Bush has called his service in Vietnam noble,” Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said. Bush says he would like independent ads to stop but refuses to criticize Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Members of the group who served in Vietnam, but not on Kerry's boat, are furious that Kerry opposed the war when he returned home. In some cases, their credibility has been damaged by conflicting accounts of war incidents and changing views of Kerry over the years. Kerry has faced questions about a claim that he and his crew spent Christmas Eve 1968 in Cambodia. Kerry and his crew said he rescued Rassmann under heavy enemy fire. Larry Thurlow, who commanded another boat that day, and others say there was no shooting. On Thursday, The Washington Post posted on the Internet Thurlow's own Bronze Star records from that day. They refer several times to “enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire” and “enemy bullets flying about him.” Both citations were based on “fraudulent” information provided by Kerry, Thurlow claimed in an interview with USA TODAY. Inside stories: Fog of war, partisanship cloud Kerry's Vietnam record usatoday.com Dispute could hurt both sides Lobs at Kerry may backfire in the war on his character usatoday.com