Swift boat co-author ponders Senate bid

[MadisonProgressive]

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050125-123609-9018r

Swift boat co-author ponders Senate bid
Published 1/25/2005 12:53 PM

BOSTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The co-author of a book accusing Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry of embellishing his war record plans to run against him for U.S. Senate.

Jerome Corsi, who, with retired Navy Lt. John O'Neill, is credited as the co-author of "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," said he plans to move to Massachusetts later this year as the first step in his 2008 campaign for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Kerry.

"I'm going to do it," Corsi said. "I've got serious political aspirations now."

The book, described by Publishers Weekly as a "heated critique" of Kerry's military record and anti-war activities, spent weeks as a best seller and is credited with causing considerable damage to Kerry's presidential aspirations.

[demnan]

1. Just when you think the Republicans could sink no lower

They set new standards for the ability to lie their way into office.

[Yupster]

25. Yeah and Alan Keyes

was hoping this would be the race he would win.

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[Ms. Clio]

33. something does

sniff, sniff

[LynnTheDem]

40. WHEW

I can still smell the stench.

[livetohike]

2. Well he better be ready for scrutiny

and smear tactics. Should be interesting to see what happens.

[Coastie for Truth]

13. See my append at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=100752&mesg_id=100765

Corsi may be able to dish out "Buddy Focker" lies --- but can he survive the real real scrutiny of what the founders and leaders of the self-anointed "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" participated in and covered up ----

Friendly fire deaths

Friendly fire death cover ups

I knew Jerry Phillips family. I later met Ross Bell.

Corsi is unfit for anything but whoring, he is funded by the lowest scum of the naval service -- "Buddy Fockers"

Read all about the "Swift Boat Veterans for the Cover up of Friendly Fire Deaths of Jerry Phillips and Dave Brostrom" (at least two of the leading lights of Corsi's and O'Neil"s group were involved in the killings of Brostrom and Phillips --- and the subsequent cover up) -

1. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Point_Welcome.html
2. http://www.aug.edu/~libwrw/ptwelcome/PointWelcome2.html
3. http://www.usni.org/navalhistory/Articles98/NHwells.htm

Corsi is a "Buddy Focker" like O'Neil and Hoffmann.

The "Coastie for the Truth" never forgives and never forgets

[livetohike]

15. Thanks and I'll check it out

scum - all of them.

[Isere]

28. LOL! This is the Joke of the Day!

Bring him on !!!

If he throws his hat in the ring maybe someone in the somnolent press will actually scrutinize his anti-Kerry claims and expose him for the fraud that he is.

Maybe.

[sniffa]

3. we're very excited for his campaign

he's going to get eaten aLive here. :evilgrin:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x2676

[MadisonProgressive]

5. What is this fool thinking? He'll get 5 percent of the vote!

[sniffa]

6. no, no - he'LL get about 30

we've got our own share of freepers here. it wouLd be 40, but even freepers hate carpetbaggers.

[MadisonProgressive]

9. I was exagerrating when I said he'd only get 5 percent

but I think you are too high. 30%?? I would be shocked if the puke got that much.

[sniffa]

11. based on past eLections, yes

usuaLLy, the repubLican votes here are anti-dem votes. he'LL probabLy get those votes.

if you toss in some baLLot question about gay marriage....

[NYC Liberal]

32. In the 2002 election, the Republican

didn't even get enough signatures to be on the ballot. The Libertarian candidate got 19% of the vote.

[SoCalDem]

37. Will there be "vapor-voting" machines??

If so, look for lots of polling/media reporting how "well" he's doing/and more "revealing" articles about Kerry..

he "could" get in..:(

Kerry dared to challenge doofus.. "defeating" him was not enough. The *² family holds grudges, and never fails to mete out punishment.
The Bush family will not stop until Kerry is destroyed...one way or another.

[seriousstan]

4. I guess there really is no such thing as bad publicity

[genieroze]

7. I sure the scum will move there and make sure they have plenty of

Diebold voting machine with no paper trail to go around. Mass better do something about this garbage.

[Tracer]

17. As far as I know ...

... there aren't any Diebold machines in Massachusetts.

My town has used fill-in-the-dot scanners forever.

[genieroze]

35. Make sure it stays that way. eom

[nibbana]

8. Corsi..The bigotted mouth piece from Free(nazi) Republic..

[rox63]

10. He hasn't got a chance

He will go down in flames here. He won't get past the primaries. This will be more fun than Alan Keyes was in Illinois. :evilgrin: :bounce:

[JI7]

12. this is an attempt to raise money again

to get money for appearances and other crap.

[candice]

14. Can't wait...Corsi and the Swift Boat Liars will be eaten alive

Corsi is a bona fide racist fruitcake. As Douglas Brinkley, the author of the book (Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War) that instigated the Swift Boat Liars said in a C-SPAN book interview, Corsi isn't someone that respectable people can expose to the light of day. Tour of Duty is the book that Rasmussen--the man whose life Kerry saved--saw in a bookstore, which caused him to reconnect with Kerry (and helped Kerry win Iowa (one of those critical primaries). A less than favorable mention of one of the commanding officers (Admiral Hoffman) in this book brought him into the Swift Boat Liars fold.

From the Raving Atheist's web site: A book critical of John Kerry's war record was written by "a virulent anti-Catholic bigot," the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign has charged. Jerry Corsi, co-author of "Unfit for Command," has also been forced to apologize for anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks he posted on a right-wing online forum. The Kerry campaign called Corsi's Web chat postings "disgusting," and spokesman Chad Clanton said that "t says something about the smear campaign against John Kerry that it has stooped to enlist a hatemonger."

[Pam-Moby]

16. He'll fit right in with the rest of them repug liars,cheats, and thieves

Bush probably will have him within his administration before not to long. He doesn't even need to trained to lie!!! He is already good at it !!!

[kalibex]

18. Feel free, Corsi...

....we're waiting here in MA with bated breath, to.... welcome you....yeah...'welcome' is the operative term.... :evilgrin:

[Cats Against Frist]

19. No, he's not insane. None of those swift vets are INSANE...

1. Uh, Massachussets ain't gonna elect a far-right-wing crazy freeper.

and

2. Does he not remember his Free Republic posts that were made public??????

[yellowcanine]

20. Can we recruit Alan Keyes to run also? It is closer to Maryland than

Illinois and it would be entertaining. Do you think he would run if DU would raise some money to pay his expenses?

[newscott]

23. We got a guy named, Jack E. Robinson

He's our version of Alan Keyes.

Thanks though.

[jukes]

21. grandiosity

AND unreasonable resentments.

2 primary symptoms...

[Alizaryn]

22. He does not stand a prayer of getting any Catholic or Muslim

(r sane person for that matter) votes with these quotes. maybe they need to be thrown around now?

http://mediamatters.org/items/200408060010

[olddad56]

24. The people in Mass aren't as stupid as other parts of the country

It should be interesting to see if the RNC can buy him a seat in the Senate.

[Azathoth]

26. Go for it Jeri!

Perhaps you could take some of your collected rantings on FR and publish them in your biography. I'm sure the good people of Massachussets would be delighted to learn about your political views. Your revelations about Muslims, Catholics, and homosexuals would be a particular hit.

[LynnTheDem]

27. yeah DO IT Corsi. Then the ENTIRE WORLD MEDIA will be INVESTIGATING

YOU.

Oh yeah, gonna be good.

[Rainscents]

29. I'm looking forward to it!!!

I can't hardly wait! lol

[LynnTheDem]

39. Me too!

LOL!

This is gonna be FUN!!!

[NYC Liberal]

31. You do that, Corsi.

I am going to have mighty fun watching this guy go down harder than Alan Keyes did - and that's saying something. In 2002, Kerry won with 81 percent of the vote. The Republican candidate didn't get enough signatures to even make on the ballot! And the Libertarian challenger, Michael Cloud, was so desperate he went on a hunger strike to try and get attention.

Oh my, I hope this guy knows what he's in for! Wait...no I don't. I hope he actually thinks he has a chance. That way, his loss will be even MORE satisfying.

[LTR]

34. Read all about this scumbag here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2165539

A poster on the Bartcop forum did the research, and we all spread it around the web. The Bartcop and DU links were posted at Media Matters, and it even made national news.

Behold, the power of DU!

[njdemocrat106]

36. You go do that, Corsi.

John Kerry will unleash the ass-kicking of your life, the one his campaign advisors restrained him from doing upon you during the presidential election. Mr. Corsi, I'd call you a piece of shit, but that's giving shit a bad name. You are a traitor to true American principles, much like everybody else in the fraudulent, illegitimate Bush* administration.

[AuntiBush]

38. Not on my Watch!

I'll pack the dog and kitty's (hey, MASS has great Universities) and move up there just to vote "No!" But, I hardly think I'd have to because LOLOL, in Massachusetts... "I Don't Think So!" Here that Repuks! It's laughable. I'd have to see that one!

Laughable. Really funny!
:wow:

[PurityOfEssence]

41. Please, please, PLEASE run!

Selfishness, ugly bigotry and primitive hatred ARE the heart of Republicanism; it's best to see this out in the clear light of day.

[hollowdweller]

42. The DNC needs to put some $$ into investingating and ruining him for good

[MadisonProgressive]

43. Yeah, but probably no more than $50 or so...