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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (19996)	10/18/2004 6:03:05 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 27181

Kerry riding the Hanoi Express, Jane, yells YEHAWWWW, as Jane rats out the POWs..... shame on them both

To: American Spirit who wrote (19996)	10/18/2004 6:36:31 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

The SmearVets continue to be discredited... Swiftboat Veterans for Untruths and quotes taken out of context oldamericancentury.org WHO IS REALLY BEHIND THE SMEARVETS...? swiftvets.eriposte.com FACT Some of the key players behind SBV are listed below (click on the links below for more details - and see this handy chart from the New York Times that provides a brief summary). In addition, I have a separate section covering SBV members or backers who have direct or indirect connections to the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign. 1. Jerome Corsi: Ultra right wing, rabid hater of Democrats, Catholics, Muslims and God-knows what else. Expressed a desire that a plane should have crashed into the set of the West Wing, which had Martin Sheen acting as President. Expressed the belief that a lot of people he didn't like were Communists and that the Pope is senile. And so on. Recently flip-flopped and claimed to "apologize" in light of these revelations, but the fact is that he has made countless racist or bigoted statements. 2. John O'Neill: Protégé of Watergate felon Chuck Colson and Richard Nixon (the former President), who set him on the then-anti-war Kerry to attack Kerry's high credibility - and has been a strong Kerry-hater since. His law firm has strong connections with the Bush White House (e.g., one of his partners was the former (scandal-involved) general counsel to Bush Jr. in Texas). Formerly clerked with now Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who was Nixon's favorite. Also, Bush Sr. had considered O'Neill for a federal judgeship. 3. Merrie Spaeth: Highly connected Republican communications executive who once worked to build propaganda pieces for Ronald Reagan - and wife of O'Neill's late law partner. She was a coach for Kenneth Starr in the Clinton impeachment hearings, via Ted Olson (until recently Bush's Solicitor General and a participant in the dirty tricks campaign against the Clintons). She was also responsible for creating the egregious, false smear ads against John McCain in 2000, when he ran against Bush. 4. William Franke, Lewis Waterman and Stephen Hayes (of Gannon International): Franke, a major Bush supporter, has longstanding ties to John Ashcroft and the Missouri GOP. All of these people are part of the firm Gannon Intl. which has had profitable dealings with Vietnam, especially thanks to Kerry's efforts to normalize relationships with Vietnam. The irony! 5. Bob Perry and the Crow Family: Generous supporters of Bush and the Republicans, Perry has given them millions of dollars. Perry is a key sponsor of SBV. Karl Rove has "carefully cultivated" donors like Perry. Harlan Crow is a trustee of the George Bush Foundation. 6. Robert Hahn: Runs the Free Republic Network, part of which is the right-wing hate-mongering, extremist website Free Republic which Corsi frequently contributes to.