Joe Conason (NY Observer): Assault on Kerry dishonors G.O.P.

[Dudley_DUright]

The attack on John Kerry's war record is a standard Republican "gray propaganda operation," created and financed by the Texas G.O.P. machine so that the White House can deny complicity, however implausibly. The attackers lack credibility, not only because of their partisan motives but because their most important witnesses have contradicted themselves or recanted their own prior statements, while offering no substantial evidence to support their grave accusations about whether Mr. Kerry earned his battlefield honors.

The Navy's official record -- including numerous documents signed by senior officers now leading the assault on Mr. Kerry -- shows that he conducted himself with exemplary courage and honor in Vietnam. That official record is confirmed by the men who served in the boats he captained, as well as by other veterans now stepping forward to speak on his behalf after many years of silence.

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Worse still, former Senator Bob Dole publicly (and inaccurately) endorsed the attacks on television. He dishonored himself and proved that he will never rise above the role of partisan assassin.

At a moment when the country needs its old war heroes to defend common patriotic values, both of them have failed.

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17531

[wurzel]

1. Has Bush Sr. commented on the "Swiftie Liar" ads?

[Dudley_DUright]

2. To my knowledge no

and I am a class 1A newsjunkie so I think I would have heard something if he had.

[wurzel]

4. Maybe someone should ask him.

[Catfight]

3. Dole is a Dolesgrace to America...strip HIM of his medals, he hasn't

bleed enough or served honorable for this country. Smear his face in the feces at Abu Graeb where he can rot in hell. What a piece of crap he is to turn his back on a brother who fought for our country.

[Raster]

5. Thank you Joe. I have one question, folks. What do these lying...

...sacks of shit hope to gain? Is it money? Is it power? What would cause a person, a veteran no less, to sell their soul and lie blatantly about something they know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is the truth?

Perhaps another question is what does someone have on them. Hey, if you have no problem allowing 3,000-plus innocent persons to be murdered, there probably isn't much you wouldn't do.

[indepat]

6. Almost everything the GOP does dishonors itself, our Republic, its

Constitution, its ideal and founding principles, and its people. So do most of the mainstream media.