McCain Truth Squad defender was Swift Boat Vet member

[BlueStater]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — One of the members of John McCain’s new Truth Squad — which his campaign says was launched to respond to unfair attacks on his record of military service –- was a member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and appeared in an attack ad for the group in 2004.

The group was created to attack 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry’s military service record.

"How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?" asked former Air Force Col. Bud Day, who was a prisoner of war with McCain in Vietnam, in a 2004 Swift Boat Vets spot.

McCain has said that he opposed the group’s efforts.



Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccain-...

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Fuck Bud Day and fuck John McCain.

[fascisthunter]

1. John McCain is a Hypocrite

[tanyev]

2. Sounds more like a Truthiness Squad.

[Tempest]

3. Oh, the irony

"How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?" asked former Air Force Col. Bud Day, who was a prisoner of war with McCain in Vietnam, in a 2004 Swift Boat Vets spot.

Someone should feed Day a big fat shit sandwich of hypocrisy.

[daleo]

4. A shit sandwich is too good for him. n/t

[mcollier]

5. McCain provides the shit in the sandwich

[maddezmom]

6. McCain Supporter Defends Swift Boat Attacks

McCain Supporter Defends Swift Boat Attacks
Laura Meckler reports on the presidential race from Harrisburg, Pa.

A group of John McCain’s supporters came together today to defend McCain against charges that he was overstating the importance of his military service. Many remember how Democrat John Kerry was wounded by attacks in 2004 on his military record, and the McCain campaign does not want to let any charge go unanswered. More important, the spat gives the McCain campaign a reason to talk about his military service, a topic that serves him well.

The conference call with reporters took an odd turn when the supporters were asked if the anti-McCain comments, including one issued Sunday by retired Gen. Wesley Clark, were analogous to charges issued by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the group that attacked Kerry in 2004. The group was condemned in many quarters, and today its very name — swift boat — is used as a synonym for a slimy political attack. Even McCain condemned the Swift Boat group in 2004.

But one McCain supporter, retired Col. Bud Day, who was held prisoner with McCain in Vietnam, said the attacks on McCain were nothing like the swift boat attacks. He helped produce those attacks against Kerry, which were true, he said. The attacks against McCain are not, he added.

more:http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/30/mccain-support... /

[UpInArms]

7. kickin' this back to the top so more people can see what a lying

hypocrite this assclown really is.

[Supersedeas]

8. CNN Campbell Brown apologized for leaving it at that--saying he also served with Free Ride