Reply #5: BUMP.

[CBHagman]

I read Novak's column today and was repulsed by his omission of a number of details which would suggest "Unfit for Command" is simply another right-wing screed. For example:

*Novak goes out of his way to suggest that John O'Neill is not aligned with the Bush camp and that indeed O'Neill planned to support John Edwards. But wasn't O'Neill recruited by the Nixon White House to debate with Kerry? Why does Novak leave that out?

*Isn't it true that none of the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" served with John Kerry? And isn't it true that neither Corsi nor O'Neill, the "Unfit for Command" authors, served with Kerry?

*Novak refers to Regnery Publishing simply as "conservative," ignoring the fact that it's the source for some of the wackiest, most paranoid right-wing rantings of the last 10 years.