Smear Boat Vet: "I was not a witness to these events but my friends were"

[reprehensor]

Honest!

Oregon prosecutor accuses Kerry in ad

Friday, August 20, 2004
NOELLE CROMBIE

A Clackamas County prosecutor and decorated Vietnam veteran who appears in an ad attacking Democratic presidential contender John F. Kerry's war record said he did not witness the events in question and is relying on the accounts of his friends who served with the senator.

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In the ad, French says: "I served with John Kerry. . . . He is lying about his record."

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French said he is relying on the accounts of three other veterans who were friends of his at the time. A fourth veteran with whom French was acquainted corroborated their accounts.

"I was not a witness to these events but my friends were," said French, who was awarded two Bronze Stars during the war. "I believe these people. These are people I served with."

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They are most probably imaginary people. What a load of shit.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. What is with these guys?

But at least they know of someone who served with Kerry in Viet Nam. No one has surfaced who knew of anyone who served with Shrub in Alabama....

[Skinner]

2. These people have absolutely no shame.

It's a fucking disgrace.

[imax2268]

6. Hey skinner...

can we have a Top Ten List of idiots just for these SwiftBoat Frauds for BushCo...?
There's plenty of info out there to dedicate an entire list for them...what do you think...?

These guys are fucktards from the get-go...with all the evidence coming out about ties to BushCo, guys changing their stories, a friend of a friend of a friend told them that certain things happend...blah blah blah...

[alcuno]

11. How about the top ten lies - I'm sure there are at least 10.

1. "John Kerry wrote up the after action report for his own Bronze Star."

Lie - Jim Rassmann put Kerry in that day for a Silver Star fro saving Rassman's life AND Robert Lambert filed the after action report used in the citations.

2. "There was no enemy fire as it states on Kerry's citation for the Bronze Star."

Lie - Jim Rassmann says there was enemy fire, Larry Thurlow's citation says there was enemy fire, Robert Lambert's citation says there was enemy fire, John Kerry's citation says there was enemy fire, the other members of Kerry's crew say there was enemy fire.

ETC., ETC., ETC., I mean how many lies are the limit?

[NC_Nurse]

3. It's appalling

that they have gotten as far as they have with this disgusting sideshow!

How can they live with themselves?

[PA Democrat]

4. It's called hearsay and is inadmissible in a court of law

but apparently for this prosecutor it is OK if you are trying to the destroy the reputation of a presidential candidate.

[annabanana]

5. if the FEC is an admin. puppy...

do you think they'll bother to disallow it?

[PA Democrat]

7. I don't think that the FEC has much actual power

I don't think that the FEC has any power to shut down ads that make false statements. If that were the case, none of Bush's ads would be allowed on the air.

[sundancekid]

9. not to mention slander and libel -- way to be an officer of the court --

total mockery and disgrace of ANY sense of justice ... I hope this prosecutor, along with others who got it coming will have to face the music for these fraudulent comments ... Mike Barnacle was so right when he called the not-so-swift ads: "political pornography"

[Sparkly]

8. It's all hearsay and rumor

which is why O'Neill's continual assertions that there are 240 of them means nothing -- except that 240 idiots choose to believe rumors.

[alcuno]

10. Congratulations guys, you're becoming nationally known liars.

Quite a feat in this country. Wait until they start turning the guns on each other like a bad episode of the Three Stooges,

[JI7]

12. do they call him "Al Freedom"

i wonder if the republicans call him al freedom.