Why is he afraid?
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| Thu, 08-19-2004 - 10:16pm |
By Kevin D. Korenthal
Aug 20, 2004
The Democratic Nominee, Senator John F. Kerry was among those that bullied the president into signing a release to have all of his Air National Guard service records released to the public. You remember the assault: The media went non-stop quoting this Democrat and that Democrat calling on Bush to prove that he did not go Absent Without Leave (AWOL) from the Guard where he served, stateside as a pilot. Democrats that had never served in any branch of the military like DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe were among those screeching the loudest for Bush to release the records but John Kerry; the decorated Vietnam Veteran was over on the side agreeing Bush is not being forthcoming. Not that this issue even matters against the issues. Nonetheless, Bush complied.
Fast forward to today. Senator Kerry’s medals from Vietnam are being challenged by a group of veterans that served with Mr. Kerry in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Among the allegations Mr. Kerry has not fully answered are those that challenge the severity of and the circumstances surrounding 2 of Kerry’s 3 purple hearts, the commendation to those who are significantly wounded in battle. John E. O'Neill who leads the Swift Boat Vets For Truth and is the co-author of Unfit For Duty insists he's only trying to spread the truth about a man who has used his combat record as the centerpiece of his presidential bid. Based on Mr. O’Neill’s words and actions and on his critical comments of Kerry dating all the way back to 1972, we have reason to believe the allegations against Mr. Kerry do have merit.
The need for answers does not stop there. This week the Bush Campaign came out with a television add that blasts the Democrat nominee for missing almost all of the Senate Intelligence Committee meetings while just 2 weeks ago claiming he would “rebuild our intelligence community†after the failures of 9/11 and Iraq. Specifically the Bush ad claims John Kerry missed 70 meetings in a row following the 1st WTC attack in 1993. Today the Kerry campaign in it’s usual spin says that Kerry did indeed miss the PUBLIC meetings but went to the entire closed-door Intelligence Committee meetings throughout his time on that committee. The records from the open committee meetings are a matter of public record and cannot be disputed. But the records of attendance to the closed-door meetings cannot be released on a specific member w/out that member’s authorization. The Head of The Senate Intelligence Committee has said that upon receiving such authorization from Mr. Kerry he would produce the records.
You have heard the Democrats convict the Bush Administration of being “the most secretive administration in historyâ€. The Democrats as we have discussed have had no compunction about demanding The President be 100% forthcoming. But where are the calls from the top Democrats for Kerry to release his Vietnam Medical records that would describe the nature and severity of the wounds he used to obtain 3 purple hearts and thus an early ticket home from Vietnam? Why aren’t the talking heads from CNN, ABC, MSNBC, CBS as well as the editorial writers of The New York & Los Angeles Times calling for John Kerry to give permission for the Chairman of the Select Intelligence Committee to release his attendance records?

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He is doing this because the ads and the book are actually begining to work against Kerry, and he doesnt know what else to do.
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He's doing it because it's all a bunch of lies bought and paid for with slime oil money. Bush is doing what he's always done, tried to look good. In reality He's the coward, smirking up front and doling out cash to get his way in the back. No Bush connection with these ads - get real.
Bush's one-note negative campaign is getting a little old, can you say "Not gonna talk about the war"?
All we need to know about Vietnam is that John Kerry enlisted, then reenlisted. He volunteered to fight for his country. He saved lives, was wounded and earned medals. George Bush ducked out. BTW why aren't people screaming for all the records regarding Bush's DUI's and cocaine use (that's what he was doing while Kerry was being shot at)
O'Neill was a stooge financed by Nixon to try & smear Kerry, it didn't work, Kerry had a long Senate career despite those attempts. Now repubs are dragging O'Neill out again. Why should I listen to him? He says he was in Kerry's boat, yeah he was, AFTER KERRY LEFT Nam. And he's a hired stooge, sheesh.
Bush was no choir boy, ya know.
Two negligent collisions, July & Aug 1962 at Houston TX. Fined.
Two speeding tickets, July & Aug 1964 at Houston TX. Fined.
Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, December 1966 at New Haven CT. Charges were dropped.
Arrested for Disorderly Conduct in New Jersey, in 1967. Cautioned and set free.
Conviction for drunk driving in Maine, pled guilty, was fined and suspended from driving.
These are just the crimes we know about.
See http://www.jfkorgwb.com/other.htm
Then there's the Harken stock fraud & insider trading he got away with. He did that ripoff of american investors while Kerry was a prosecutor putting away bad guys.
Why is the Kerry campaign resorting to threats, (which so far have fallen on deaf ears)?
Why did the book that he wrote suddenly disappear from print?
Why is he trying to silence people that have every right to voice their opinion of him?
This looks to me like he is scared. If he has nothing to hide, then why do all of those stories that are "seared" into his memory suddenly being re-written??????
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I agree again with you here.
Miffy - Co-CL For The Politics Today Board
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