Kerry went to Viet Nam to avoid serving in the Alabama National Guard

[kodi]

KERRY WENT TO VIETNAM TO AVOID SERVING IN ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD

Guard-Dodging Charges Haunt Campaign

A new Republican-financed negative ad is accusing Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry of fleeing to Vietnam to avoid serving in the Alabama National Guard.

The ad, airing in most of the so-called battleground states, attempts to contrast Sen. Kerry?s alleged guard-dodging with the storied Alabama National Guard heroism of the Republican nominee, President George W. Bush.

In the ad, a narrator asks, "When the Alabama National Guard called young Americans to serve, where was John Kerry? Thousands of miles away, in Vietnam."

The commercial ends with a black-and-white freeze-frame of Mr. Kerry, over which the narrator asks, "John Kerry... reporting for duty?"

The attack ad is hitting the airways just as an organization of Mr. Kerry's former swift boat comrades is holding its first annual anti-Kerry convention in San Diego.

The organization, The Anti-Kerry Boatmates of America, is believed to number over ten thousand members, all of whom openly despise the Democratic nominee.

A spokesman for the Kerry campaign attempted today to discredit the group, saying, "There were a lot of people on John?s boat who hated his guts, but not enough to fill the San Diego convention center."

Such criticisms aside, the organization is moving ahead with plans for negative ads of their own, including one in which they claim Sen. Kerry's swift boat was neither swift nor a boat.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Wrong person, right idea.

DUMBASSES!

[kiahzero]

2. Pretty sure this is satire (n/t)

[Hepburn]

3. LMBO!!!

This is one of the funniest things I have ever read! :toast:

[Hawkeye-X]

4. Imagine if it was Anti-Bush instead, it'd look like this..

BUSH FLEES TO AVOID SERVING IN ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD

Guard-Dodging Charges Haunt Campaign

A new Democratic-financed negative ad is accusing Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush of fleeing avoid serving in the Alabama National Guard.

The ad, airing in most of the so-called battleground states, attempts to contrast Pres. Bush's alleged guard-dodging with the storied Alabama National Guard heroism of the Republican nominee, President George W. Bush.

In the ad, a narrator asks, "When the Alabama National Guard called young Americans to serve, where was George W. Bush? He was nowhere to be found."

The commercial ends with a black-and-white freeze-frame of Mr. Bush (in a deer-in-a-headlight look), over which the narrator asks, "George W. Bush... reporting for duty?"

The attack ad is hitting the airways just as an organization of Mr. Bush's former fighter jet comrades is holding its first annual anti-Bush convention in San Diego.

The organization, The Anti-Bush Jetmates of America, is believed to number over ten thousand members, all of whom openly despise the Republican nominee.

A spokesman for the Bush campaign attempted today to discredit the group, saying, "There were a lot of people on George's jet who hated his guts, but not enough to fill the San Diego convention center."

Such criticisms aside, the organization is moving ahead with plans for negative ads of their own, including one in which they claim Pres. Bush's fighter jet was neither fighter nor a jet.

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How's this?

[mitchum]

5. LOL!!!

nice work :)

[Cyrano]

6. Having spent a year in Alabama one night, I can relate to Kerry's choice.

[jedicord]

7. Forwarded to my Repub Friends!

Thanks! I love this stuff!

[neuvocat]

8. He also went to Nam to avoid being called a draft-dodger.

You'd think he'd be a real man and stand up to all those baseless attacks, but nnnooooooo....

</sarcasm off>

[ilovenicepeople]

9. I would love to see this ad on TV

Could you imagine people trying to argue that Kerry was a draft dodger hiding out in Vietnam.DON'T LAUGH it would happen.:eyes:

[lnmike]

10. So would I !

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[newyawker99]

13. Hi Inmike!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Merlin]

11. This is EXCELLENT!

I got money says you write for the Onion. Great job. Satire is the highest (and most difficult) form of humor.

[kodi]

12. love to take credit. but this is also posted on du home page

it was on a site i frequent called abuzz.com.

i would like to see jon stewert do this on TDS