September 21, 2004

UNTANGLING THE WEB (via Bill Martin):

Kerry Campaign Touted Forged Doc Info in April (NewsMax, 9/21/04)

The Kerry campaign made an explicit reference to information in at least one of four forged military documents broadcast 14 days ago by CBS's "60 Minutes" - in a detailed campaign press release attacking President Bush's National Guard service dated months before the Sept. 8 "60 Minutes" broadcast.

Appearing in Kerry campaign literature on April 27, 2004, under the headline "Key Unanswered Questions on Bush's Record in National Guard" was the reference to "verbal orders" to recommend Bush's suspension from flying because he missed a physical - issued by Bush's commander, Lt. Col. Jerry Killian on Aug. 1, 1972.


It'd be great if it turns out that they were the ones who got the documents to Bill Burkett in the first place.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 21, 2004 3:49 PM
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Slightly OT - some discouraged Dems I'm talking to are seeing a repeat of '88. Not just the outcome but the method of the Bush win - by smearing the Dem candidate and playing gutter politics. In their mind the Swift Vets and even this whole Guard/Burkett/CBS thing is the 2004 equivalent of the Willie Horton ads. To me this signals the Dems will once interpret a loss in 2004 as being solely due to the candidate and not the result that their policies are out of step with most of America.

Posted by: AWW at September 21, 2004 4:16 PM

If they keep losing, what's the big deal? For us conservatives & Republicans, anyway? Eventually they'll become a party like the LaRouchies or Libertarians. And the Repubs will split off into the second party.

Posted by: ray at September 21, 2004 7:30 PM

>It'd be great if it turns out that they were
>the ones who got the documents to Bill Burkett
>in the first place.

alert all media.
doubleplusungood refs unevents.
doubleplusungood refs undocuments.
doubleplusungood refs unpersons.
memhole.

Posted by: Ken at September 21, 2004 7:34 PM

I hope it can't be proved to go back to Kerry's campaign. Lets NOT give them a reason to pull a Torch.

Posted by: some random person at September 21, 2004 7:48 PM

> Willie Horton ads

How many were there?

Ah, the legend grows and grows...

Posted by: Bob Hawkins at September 21, 2004 8:45 PM

In '88, Al Gore was the first person to bring up Willie Horton...

The Bush campaign just ran with it.

Posted by: Michael Herdegen at September 22, 2004 5:24 AM
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