Larry Thurlow is on CNN right now

[rsmith6621]

That lying sack of dodododo is on CNN trying to cover his A$$

[jay-3d]

1. why do they have him on?

they should just dismiss him

[Skittles]

10. it is sickening, jay-3d

the amount of coverage these obvious lying sacks of SHIT are getting. :puke:

[RobertSeattle]

2. Play by play would be appreciated for we cube rats

[annxburns]

3. Trust CNN to do Bush's dirty work for him

Lying bunch of media whores ...

Wolf Blitzer reaction to no WMD's "What, you have never made a mistake?"

[Nightjock]

4. This is great!

For a beautiful 10 minutes CNN has been a real news network.
First they show Kerrys offensive against the Swift Boat Liars-
now they show the public this man is a bitter a-hole!

[chuckhoward]

5. Please!!!

tell those of us who are at work, pretending to be productive, but don't have access to a TV...details please!!!!

[Bluebear]

6. They let him babble on

Now there was fire, first he said there was no fire. Frankly I can't understand what his current story is except that Candy thanked him SO much for his time like he just cured cancer or something, but then she has to wrap it up to focus on Zell Miller's role during the RNC. Why they even give Thurlow airtime is beyond me, he is now a proven liar.

[alcuno]

7. What this guy is saying is idiocy. He thought he got a Bronze Star

for helping? I mean all these years he thought that his citation was for simply stopping to help a boatload of men who had run over a mine. I don't think the Navy would give an award for that unless you did something heroic, right?

Is the Bronze Star for stopping at accidents?

[shockingelk]

20. from the EO

The Bronze Star Medal ... may be awarded ... to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States, after December 6, 1941, distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service ...

(a) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;

(b) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or

(c) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/jfkeo/eo/11046.htm

[TahitiNut]

26. No, it's not. Particularly not with a "V" device.

Without the "V" device, however, it's about more prolonged (and a bit safer) accomplishments.

[liberalnurse]

8. Candy....maybe sharing her Candy......

:puke:

[Democat]

9. Where are Kerry's people - are they on the show too?

Does Kerry have people out there in the media to respond to this specific weasel?

[hatrack]

11. No, no, we can't have THAT!

That would be too . . . too . . . "fair"!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. Don't watch CNN anymore since Monday

but I will bet they followed up or preceded the Thurlow interview with a puff piece on Bush, his family, or his noble "mission". Having Kerry or his defenders on the Conservative News Network would be irrelevant to their new and improved conservatively sanitized image.

[Jon8503]

12. CNN Sucks Anymore

[Jon8503]

13. Except for Lou

[wishlist]

14. He still claims that there was no hostile fire- that Kerry wrote report

even though he admits that Kerry's name is not on the reports. He claims that the reports upon which he and Kerry got their Bronze Stars were based on Kerry's accounts of that day. He mentioned that the reason he is sure Kerry wrote the reports that have other people's signatures, is because the reports place Kerry's boat at the center of the main action. (Which he seems to resent) He admits they were in different boats and admits that Kerry went back and saved Rasmussen and admits that they were all firing back anticipating enemy fire.

Candy Crowley questioned what was the point of the Kerry criticism, if both he and Kerry showed bravery that day? He replied that Kerry had lied and embellished his record. She asked if he had any contacts with Republicans such as the RNC or the White House and he said he did not.

Thurlow's account does not make sense since if there was no enemy fire, how did Rasmussen get shot out of the boat, and why would all boats have been firing at the bank? And it is logical for Kerry's boat to be the focus of report since he made a dramatic rescue of Rasmussen. Candy failed to ask him about reports that he had tried to suppress these records from coming out showing that the boats were being fired upon that day.

[RamboLiberal]

19. I'm not a vet or anything but I've heard multiple guns fired

on the range and can't figure out if the Swift Boats were firing how the hell they could know they weren't receiving return fire? Did VC use tracer ammo, cause otherwise I'd figure you'd have to depend on sound and maybe the sight of rounds hitting the water.

And if they were firing - what the hell were they firing at if enemy wasn't there to fire back?

[janx]

22. Let's see--Kerry wrote the report, but Kerry's name isn't on the report?

Who does he think he's fooling?

[AndyTiedye]

28. About A Third of the Swing Voters

> Who does he think he's fooling?

It doesn't seem to take much, if you own the news.

[Ravy]

23. If I recall, didn't Rasmussen say HE recommended Kerry for the star?

If that is true, it is HIS account that gave Kerry his Bronze star.

[CatWoman]

29. Rasmussen recommende Kerry for the Silver Star

the Navy downgraded it to the Bronze Star.

[stevielizard]

15. she let him sound like a bitter liar-

and the scrolling said something like- "Thurlow refuses to release his records"- but she should have asked him-"If you are saying that Sen. Kerry didn't deserve his Bronze Star- then aren't you also saying that YOU didn't either?" Also- she asked if he was connected with the Rep. Party (he said no)- she could have followed with - "Are you SURE? Because here we have some documents with your name and Corsi and M. Spaeth and O'Neill and it sure looks like your hatred of Kerry's protesting has been borrowed or bought by these people with a bigger agenda. "

Well she could have said that.

[kwolf68]

16. Of course

Thurlow isn't connected to the Republican Party...Hell, I bet he votes Green. :eyes:

[Zorra]

17. But the Washington Post has his records:

Records Counter a Critic of Kerry
Fellow Skipper's Citation Refers To Enemy Fire

By Michael Dobbs
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 19, 2004; Page A01

Newly obtained military records of one of Sen. John F. Kerry's most vocal critics, who has accused the Democratic presidential candidate of lying about his wartime record to win medals, contradict his own version of events.

In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who commanded a Navy Swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has strongly disputed Kerry's claim that the Massachusetts Democrat's boat came under fire during a mission in Viet Cong-controlled territory on March 13, 1969. Kerry won a Bronze Star for his actions that day.

But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to "enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire" directed at "all units" of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that day, and the citation praises him for providing assistance to a damaged Swift boat "despite enemy bullets flying about him."

As one of five Swift boat skippers who led the raid up the Bay Hap River, Thurlow was a direct participant in the disputed events. He is also a leading member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a public advocacy group of Vietnam veterans dismayed by Kerry's subsequent antiwar activities, which has aired a controversial television advertisement attacking his war record.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Aug18.html

"Larry, mommy and daddy know you are lying. Now tell the truth like a good boy, and don't lie anymore. Because when you lie, people will no longer believe you even when you do tell the truth."

[stevielizard]

18. his asinine claim now-

the citation had to have been written by Kerry! dontcha see. :eyes:

[DoYouEverWonder]

21. So in other words

Thurlow didn't deserve his bronze star either? Especially, since he got it based, on what he is saying, is now a false report? Why didn't he say anything at the time? Instead he took his star and ran?

[74dodgedart]

27. I haven't said anything for 30+ years, there is no evidence\documentation

to support my claims, but believe what I say because I'm such an honest guy...

By the way, all the reports and other eyewitnesses that dispute my version of the story are false..

[Zorra]

25. Here is the citation:

(PDF)

http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/Bronze_Star.pdf

[kskiska]

31. If the WaPo has Thurlow's records

you can be damned sure they've got all the other guys' records, too. Maybe they're going to leak them out one day at a time, drip-drip-drip, to make them squirm.

[sundancekid]

37. from your lips to God's ears ... drip, drip, drip --an updated version of

that other pesky "plumbers" "third-rate burglary" affair from another desperate Republican presidential campaign that the WaPo gave us long ago and far away ... Rove trained during the Nixon campaign -- hope he gets the same results for his boy George

boy, do I ever think the Kerry camp played this one JUST PERFECT in terms of just enough silence, just enough denouncing of attack ads, just enough crescendo to critical mass when print journalism gets in the picture, and also today -- just enough push back directed right at * -- it seemed like a scene right out of "The American President" when Douglas challeges his opponent! Yea!

[richmwill]

24. No thanks

I prefer to not listen to lying Republican shills.

[Ilsa]

32. So he's had his Bronze Star all these years, and didn't know why?

Yeah, I bet.

[Ripley]

34. I think the most damning part is...

from what I read on a story in LBN this morning...he said he "lost" his Star 20 years ago.

Gee, I guess he respects his medals from the war he loves so much that he "lost" one.

But he didn't seem to want to give it back for the 14 years or so that he had it.

Nut.

[Ripley]

36. Here's the info...

In a telephone interview Tuesday evening after he attended a Swift Boat Veterans strategy session in an Arlington hotel, Thurlow said he lost his Bronze Star citation more than 20 years ago. He said he was unwilling to authorize release of his military records because he feared attempts by the Kerry campaign to discredit him and other anti-Kerry veterans.

Nut discreditor claiming he fears attempts to discredit him!

[bushisanidiot]

33. Boil Ass Limbaugh and all the right wing idiots have hooked themselves up

to this guy's train.. and he's gonna take them all over the cliff. How many times do the swift boat liars have to keep sticking their feet in their mouths until they completely consume themselves?

[Hobarticus]

35. Giving up his Bronze Star?

After all, he got his under the same circumstances as John Kerry, and he doesn't think he should have one either.

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