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August 24, 2004

More Swiftboat Analysis

Posted by Bill

... that has me bobbing my head, this time from Rich Lowry:

Kerry's defenders argue that in 1971 he was only repeating stories told by other veterans. These stories should have been incredible to anyone with the least bit of respect for American soldiers, especially someone who had just served with them. But Kerry repeated the stories anyway in order to cast the war in the worst possible light. Even now he won't disavow them. Pressed on Meet the Press about the testimony, Kerry said, "I'm not going to quibble, you know, 35 years later that I might not have phrased things more artfully at times." Phrased more artfully?

Posted by Bill at August 24, 2004 11:13 AM | TrackBack (0)

Comments

Yeah. "in manners reminiscent of Ghengis Khan" wasn't artful enough.

Posted by: Nathan at August 24, 2004 02:02 PM

I made a similar point in my article in the Daily Star in Lebanon.

Posted by: Jane at August 24, 2004 05:58 PM

Lets try that again:

my article. Sorry.

Posted by: Jane at August 24, 2004 05:59 PM

Kerry spoke about Ghengis Khan? I thought it was his ugly younger brother, Jenjis Khan.

Posted by: Boyd at August 24, 2004 07:29 PM

Kerry was, is and will always be a pretender. He manufactures whatever images, recollections and "facts" sounds good at the time. The only problem is that his imaginary history fails to convince only other pretenders.
Once a phony, always a phony. He's been getting away with it for years but running for President makes it harder to remain consistent with all the disinformation he has spewed throughout the years. Now people care if he is a liar. Thankfully.

Posted by: Mark at August 26, 2004 01:33 PM