August 25, 2004
ONCE YOU START SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY...:
Kerry Makes Illegal Phone Call to Swift Boat Veteran (NewsMax, 8/25/04)
Kerry's latest faux pas: calling Vietnam veteran Robert "Friar Tuck" Brant and asking if he knew about that awful group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth."I said, 'I am one, John,'" Brant said.
The Massachusetts Democrat failed to note that Brant had appeared at a news conference announcing the group in May.
"There was a moment of hesitation, and he said, `I appreciate your honesty.' He said, `Well, why are you?'"
Brant reminded Kerry of his depiction of veterans as war criminals. "I said, `You know that's not true,'" Brant recalled to the Associated Press. "That's been simmering in me about 35 years."
The New York Post reported today: "Sean McCabe, a spokesman for the 264-member organization, said it plans to send a cease-and-desist letter warning Kerry 'to stop calling our members,' because it's an independent '527' group and it's illegal for campaigns to contact them."
The senator was breaking the law and should have immediately ended the call when Brant said he was a member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" reported this morning.
Nothing new for a guy who negotiated with the North Vietnamese illegally. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 25, 2004 10:24 AM
Perhaps the people of the former South Vietnam should send a letter, too.
Posted by: jim hamlen at August 25, 2004 1:41 PMDoes Michael Moore know about this? He'll be outraged.
Posted by: Genecis at August 25, 2004 2:17 PMIs this the first time we've had politician lobby a constituent?
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 25, 2004 2:43 PMAha! Senator Kerry HIMSELF has witnessed that the 527 group "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" is talking with a political party. This alone is reason to shut down the SBVT bastards!
The law has been violated. SHUT DOWN the SBVT !! They broke the law! - - the 527 group BROKE the law!!