Swift Boat Writer Lied on Cambodia Claim ... Yahoo AP

[fearnobush]

Please Keep this rated high - give it 5's

O'Neill lied about being in Cambodia, he was their too.

By ELIZABETH WOLFE, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The chief critic of John Kerry (news - web sites)'s military record told President Nixon in 1971 that he had been in Cambodia in a swift boat during the Vietnam War — a claim at odds with his recent statements that he was not.

"I was in Cambodia, sir. I worked along the border," said John E. O'Neill in a conversation that was taped by the former president's secret recording system. The tape is stored at the National Archives in College Park, Md.

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040825/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_critic_swift_boats>

[MallRat]

1. See that word in the headline? "LIED."

That is a huge milestone, folks. When the media starts using the word LIE to characterize someone's story, the game is over.

-MR

P.S. Mods should really move this to LBN, if it's not there already.

[fearnobush]

3. It was, but pulled by same story with a lame headline.

It would do the people good to have this better headline as LBN. Oh well rules are rules.

[DU9598]

4. Finally

It is about damn time that the media ran with this. I looked online all day and all that was available on this story was the CNN Transcript from last night. That was not enough to convince FREEPER friends of O'Neill's lie. They will have a nice story in their email inbox tomorrow morning.

BTW - why don't we all here on DU send a nice note to the people hosting this website - ?

<http://www.powmiafamiliesagainstjohnkerry.com/cambodia/cambodia.htm>

[LTR]

2. Drudge even has a link on his site

:wow:

I'm shocked, I tell ya, shocked.

[LostInAnomie]

5. Just rated it a 5

I love the "LIED" in the title. It is about fucking time.