New SBVT Line of Attack: John Kerry's Pet Dog

[indyjones1938]

Since their attacks on Kerry's first Purple Heart, third Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star and Cambodian excursion have all been summarily debunked, and their leaders John O'Neill and Larry Thurlow humiliated and proven as liars on national television, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have been forced to open up a new line of attack: against Kerry's pet dog.

The story begins when John Kerry and the other members of his swift boat bought a small pet dog off Vietnamese villagers. They named it Victoria Charlotte - or "VC" for short - and they adopted the pup as a full member of their crew. The dog even saw combat, when she was thrown from the swift boat following a mine explosion.

Now the Swift Boat Veterans are charging that:

(a) The dog never actually existed, contrary to photo evidence which proves that it did. It was a figment of Kerry's imagination.

and/or

(b) The dog was never actually thrown from the boat. It's yet another part of John Kerry's sinister "master plan" designed to make a name for himself in politics. Yow know...get wounded three times in battle, get an early exit, yadda yadda. The rightwingers postulate that the dog story was hatched by Kerry in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968 as a way to pull in the Humane Society/ASPCA votes when he ran for president thirty years later.


So there you have it. Nearly 1,000 dead Americans in Iraq, a failed war on terror, the economy at rock botom, factories are shutting down, farms are closing up, 3,000,000+ Americans have lost their jobs, the public school system is in ruins, gas prices are sky high -- and the Republicans decide to focus their attention instead on a small dog


Pathetic. Just pathetic. The "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" are becoming the laughingstock of America.

[dave123williams]

1. Pet Dog?

Hell, they're getting ready to re-nominate their own pet dog for the Presidency.

[clydefrand]

3. That would be a helluva improvement over what is there now! n/t

[cheshire]

9. Is Bush the dog you refer to?

[dave123williams]

16. Is Bush the dog you refer to?

Calling Bush a dog is an insult to the intelligence of dogs.

[A_Possum]

2. They'll make themselves laughingstocks

Gee, I hope they pursue this.

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Kerry, the Congressional Record, 1971:

"Mr. Kerry: Well, Senator, frankly it does not appeal to me if American men have to continue to die when they don't have to, particularly when it seems the Government of this country is more concerned with the legality of where men sleep than it is with the legality of where they drop bombs. (Applause.)...

...But at the present moment that is not going to happen, so we are talking about men continuing to die for nothing and I think there is a tremendous moral question here which the Congress of the United States is ignoring...

...But I think if we can talk in this legislative body about filibustering for porkbarrel programs, then we should start now to talk about filibustering for the saving of lives and of our country. (Applause.)

And this, Mr. Chairman, is what we are trying to convey."

[phillybri]

4. Are they seriously bringing this up?

:crazy:

[RobertSeattle]

5. OK, I finally understand it is Swift VETerinarians For Truth

:evilgrin:

[BlueStateGirl]

6. Jesus jumped up Christ, these people are crazy. They want to argue

about a dog that may or may not have existed 35 years ago?

For real?

Thank God there is nothing of real importence going on in the world today. Damn them and everyone of the lemmings that fall for their bullshit.

[Wickerman]

7. I happen to have a few links for this...

forgive the extra stuff, contextually it made sense, but not for this post:

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/news/news_2004_0729.html
One day, they came across 42 sick and starving Vietnamese. Despite orders to leave the villagers, Kerry ferried them to an American base for relief. He told Brinkley, "For an afternoon, it felt good to really be helping the Vietnamese instead of destroying their villages."

Kerry even rescued a puppy, Victoria Charlotte, or VC. His crewmates bought it from villagers who were planning to cook it for dinner. "Once the bullets started flying, he'd put the dog in his flak vest against his tummy," said Sandusky. "In the middle of an ambush, she'd start shaking and she'd pee on him." Until today, the puppy stars in Kerry's war stories. Kerry's daughter, Vanessa, 27, explained: "He wanted there to be a good VC."

http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040819/NEWS/40819001/1001/FEATURES01
"Like every group of American kids far away from home, we adopted a puppy, a squirming little bundle of tail-wagging joy, very likely headed for someone's dinner table. He became part of our crew, and eventually, a pretty good watchdog. When he was still little, when we went on missions, John Kerry would tuck him inside his flak vest to keep him safe. He was just like all the rest of us - a sailor, sitting around, drinking a beer, one of the guys." Del Sandusky, about his time serving alongside Sen. John Kerry.

"Kerry instituted water balloon fights. After a mission we would have water balloon fights. Coming in from an operation it helped you wind down - going out it helped prepare you for what was to come. Still, he commanded respect. I knew a lot of boat officers my two an a half years in Vietnam," said Sandusky. "John Kerry was the last one and he was the best one."

[A_Possum]

8. Glad this is coming out, actually

It's a great story, and will warm hearts. I hope the media picks it up.

[MissB]

10. Where is the link to this?

Where are the Swift Boat Vets claiming this?

It's kinda handy to have the lie produced (via a link) before one wastes time debunking the lie. :eyes:

[A_Possum]

11. It's not the smearvets, here's the link

http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20040825-120324-7732r

It's the loonies. But a freeper was here earlier touting it, so it's making the rounds over there.

It would be great if it gets the story of the V.C. the puppy out there!

On Edit: BTW, the article claim that the story "suddenly" materialized is also false. The dog story is told in Brinkley's book TOUR OF DUTY.

[MissB]

15. Ahhhh... I see. It would be great if the Swift Vets did pick it up (nt)

[indyjones1938]

13. n/t

There are extensive links in the other thread about this: John Kerry with a Dog.

Conservative rag The Washington Times has already picked up on the story.

[kwolf68]

12. Welcome to America

National Enquirer Style News.

Don’t think the billions tabloid magazines and shit journals make didn’t go unnoticed by the “mainstream” media. Goodbye real news.

I expect all the Sunday talk shows to be dedicated to a single Canine, not named Rin Tin Tin. I imagine Kerry has to be thinking the hilarity of it all.

[mumon]

14. A shaggy dog story?

This is the way freepers say, "We got nuthin' left. Nuthin' at all."

[RetroLounge]

17. You mean THIS imaginary Dog?

RL

[DoYouEverWonder]

20. Damn, what a lucky dog

The troops did keep dogs in Vietnam.

A good friend of mine had a dog named FU (for fucked up). Whenever someone got shipped back home, someone else in the unit would take responsiblity for the animal. They were great moral boosters.

[AspenRose]

18. This dog will end up biting them in the butt

They'll wish they hadn't gone there...

On edit: I love that picture :loveya:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Clutching at straws but ending up shooting themselves in the foot.