August 20, 2004
REMIND US AGAIN WHY HOWARD DEAN WAS UNACCEPTABLE?:
Kerry Ads Underscore His Vietnam Service (DAVID ESPO, 8/20/04, AP)
Cutter sought to turn the argument over presidential readiness back on the White House. "Mr. McClellan needs to understand that John Kerry is not the type of leader who will sit and read 'My Pet Goat' to a group of second graders while America is under attack," she said.
Say this for the Senator, his very public displays of PTSD the past couple days may not be very presidential but he is willing to do his own dirty work. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 20, 2004 8:47 PM
Speaking of Howard Dean, take a look at his latest op-ed column:
http://www.caglecartoons.com/previewColumn.asp?columnID={164AD899-E91F-4E98-8A80-9B3D20F97D38}
Will Kerry step up to the plate and say something similar? When pigs fly.
Posted by: Joe at August 20, 2004 9:49 PMThe Dems really need to find someone besides Michael Moore to do their thinking for them.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 20, 2004 10:18 PMDidn't Kerry shoot and eat goats in Cambodia?
Posted by: ratbert at August 20, 2004 11:16 PMI gotta say, I was pretty skeptical of the SBV stuff but this ad is pretty devastating. It is devastating because of John Kerry's Congressional testimony. Kerry richly deserves this because he chose to make Vietnam the focus of his life at the Democrat convention.
Posted by: pchuck at August 21, 2004 10:53 AMJOHN KERRY'S WAR RECORD
Swift boat skipper: Kerry critics wrong
Tribune editor breaks long silence on Kerry record; fought in disputed battle
By Tim Jones
Tribune national correspondent
August 21, 2004
The commander of a Navy swift boat who served alongside Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry during the Vietnam War stepped forward Saturday to dispute attacks challenging Kerry's integrity and war record.
William Rood, an editor on the Chicago Tribune's metropolitan desk, said he broke 35 years of silence about the Feb. 28, 1969, mission that resulted in Kerry's receiving a Silver Star because recent portrayals of Kerry's actions published in the best-selling book "Unfit for Command" are wrong and smear the reputations of veterans who served with Kerry.
Rood, who commanded one of three swift boats during that 1969 mission, said Kerry came under rocket and automatic weapons fire from Viet Cong forces and that Kerry devised an aggressive attack strategy that was praised by their superiors. He called allegations that Kerry's accomplishments were "overblown" untrue.
Posted by: patriot1955 at August 21, 2004 12:48 PMI think this "patriot1955" is a troll. This is the second thread in which I've seen him post the article entire, without (as etiquette requires) a link back to the original source.
Posted by: Joe at August 21, 2004 3:19 PMOho! You're right. I didn't think to hold my cursor over the ID until just now, but I see what you mean. OK, Kos: why do you think you need to hide behind a different moniker?
Posted by: Joe at August 21, 2004 4:22 PM