posted on August 24, 2004 12:24:47 PM new
a Kerry campaign spokesman has acknowledged on Brit Hume's Fox news show that John Kerry's wound on 2 December 1968 came from an unintentionally self-inflicted wound -- an accident, in other words.
GARRETT: And questions keep coming. For example, Kerry received a Purple Heart for wounds suffered on December 2nd, 1968. But an entry in Kerry's own journal written nine days later, he writes that, quote, he and his crew hadn't been shot at yet, unquote. Kerry's campaign has said it is possible his first Purple Heart was awarded for an unintentionally self-inflicted wound.
Score another one for the Swiftvets, and another retreat for Kerry, this time on a key contention for both a medal (which some, including me, felt were too difficult to argue effectively) and for his truncated tour of duty. Without that first Purple Heart, Kerry would have had to stay on the Swiftboat assignment past March 17th and remain in combat. Now that the Kerry campaign seems to have retreated from Kerry's citation, the fact that Kerry pushed this award weeks later up a different chain of command takes on a great deal more significance. Instead of bravely taking on combat, he now looks desperate to get out ahead of everyone else and willing to falsify records to do it -- which is exactly the impression that his later assertions have given us.
posted on August 24, 2004 12:40:00 PM new
Wonder how many more issues he's going to back down on....claims the Swift Boat Vets have made. Your article mentioned above...and the one about spending Christmas Eve in Cambodia when they were 50-55 miles from the border.
I saw this story on the Drudge Report this morning...but the links weren't working....glad you found it elsewhere.
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From the Drudge Report Home Page - today :
FLASH: 'SWIFT BOAT VETERANS FOR TRUTH' RAISED $1,764,000 IN DONATIONS ON WEBSITE IN PAST 2 WEEKS, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE...
Kerry's campaign now says is possible first Purple Heart was awarded for unintentional self-inflicted wound...
Kerry received Purple Heart for wounds suffered on 12/2/68...
In Kerry's own journal written 9 days later, he writes he and his crew, quote, 'hadn't been shot at yet'... Developing...
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BARNES & NOBLE Says UNFIT Sellout Not Its Fault...
People upset they're selling the SBVTs book...and other people upset that they've run out of them.
[ edited by Linda_K on Aug 24, 2004 12:43 PM ]
posted on August 24, 2004 09:55:14 PM new
Doesn't look to me like many folks give a crap....
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Our `neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon
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posted on August 25, 2004 10:02:46 AM new
There are polls and then there are polls. If Moveon.org conducts a poll outside a Boston crackhouse or from people who visit their website, you get 1 set of results.
National scientific pollsters like Gallup have shown themselves to be consistantly accurate, in many cases being within TENTHS of the final results. Considering Kerry just had a convention, I don't see the liberals' optimism from the poll numbers.
posted on August 25, 2004 06:35:11 PM newI don't see the liberals' optimism from the poll numbers
Really? Bush is only given the lead in three out of nineteen polls listed above, and none of those leads is beyond the standard MOE, which is usually 3 to 5 points. Bush's "leads" are in reality statistical ties.
Kerry on the other hand has the lead in sixteen, and of those sixteen, fully half are beyond the margin of error.
You bet I'm optimistic.
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Our `neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon
and evil as Hell." --Edward Abbey
People upset they're selling the SBVTs book...and other people upset that they've run out of them.
