Bush advisor quits after appearing in swift boat ads

[Blue_Roses]

Bush adviser quits after appearing in swift boat ad
Kerry has accused group of illegally working with campaign

Sunday, August 22, 2004 Posted: 1:12 PM EDT (1712 GMT)


ROANOKE, Virginia (CNN) -- A volunteer adviser has quit President Bush's re-election campaign after appearing in a veterans group's television commercial blasting Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's involvement in the Vietnam-era antiwar movement.

A Bush campaign statement said it did not know that retired Air Force Col. Ken Cordier had appeared in an ad by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The Kerry campaign has accused the group of illegally working with the Bush campaign.

As a so-called 527 group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is barred from coordinating efforts with an election campaign.

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Before his departure, Cordier -- who spent six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam -- was a member of the Bush-Cheney campaign's veterans' steering committee, campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said in a written statement issued Saturday night.Cordier appeared in a commercial launched Friday by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which has accused Kerry of lying about his Vietnam service. In it, he and other Vietnam veterans accuse Kerry, a decorated Navy officer, of selling out his old comrades by joining the antiwar movement upon his return home.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/21/edwards.swiftboat/index.html

[Frances]

1. So the men who were actually there are stepping up to the plate

for Kerry.

Why aren't people stepping up to the plate to say that Bush was a hero in Alabama?

As I was writing this post, I kept getting angrier and angrier.

One thing this smear has done is energize Kerry's base!

[murielm99]

2. Tonight on ABC news,

they called Cordier a "low level campaign worker."

I was offended.

[UnderPaidMinion]

3. What about Zach Exley?

Since he works for Kerry and moveon.org is he in danger of the same treatment?

[Skittles]

4. ZACH IS NOT A LIAR

MOVON.ORG DOES NOT LIE

[UnderPaidMinion]

7. It's not about the lies

It's the connection between 527s and the campaign staff.

[Skittles]

8. I think it IS about the lies

I don't care what any freaking 527 says as long as they are NOT LYING

[Blue_Roses]

5. got a link?

backing this up...

[UnderPaidMinion]

6. Backing what up?

Everyone knows this.

Click here for details...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Zach+Exley%22+%2Bdnc+%2Bmoveon&btnG=Search

[Moderator]

9. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=767891