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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:38 AM Original message |
Why is John Kerry attacking "SwiftBoaters" now?? |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. at some point they've got to be stopped or they will attack everyone |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They have to go on the offensive against O'Neill... |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. That is what John Kerry needs to do if he plans on being a credible candid |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. for the sake of history, I want to see the record set straight, at least |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 05:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. By your logic, |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Which one do you trust to open the books on BushInc? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. and Kerry won in 2004 |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. whether he runs or not is immaterial |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Kerry is and was credible. The Swift Liars are liars. |
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mazzarro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If All Were Done Before - Then They Were Ineffective |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. They have to be discredited, but the role |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Kentuck was at DU in 2004 |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Wrong... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
104. Exactly |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. it's timely since dem vets are running for office now |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. 1) It's Memorial Day |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. As the "swiftboaters" go, so goes the Republican Party |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. because now it's safe |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
73. No. It's because he had a team collect every scrap of archival evidence |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Not every scrap has been collected |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. How do you know what Kerry is using to refute the lies? It's only been |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. I don't know what he is using |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I said we don't know -if Kerry and his team gathered all the evidence they |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Please re-read my earlier post |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Brinkley had the access - what he used was mostly his decision. He didn't |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. He did give access to all of it to Brinkley |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. Not every scrap has been collected |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
91. You're right, but not in the way you meant it |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. LIttle late John. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. It's never too late |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. He did something, a lot! You must have missed it! |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. IF PEOPLE WERE STILL ATTACKING YOU, YOU WOULD ATTACK BACK |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
81. Glad he is fighting back now. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Kerry fought back then too -- but media BURIED IT while giving freebies |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
83. He did - media certainly made people believe he did nothing. |
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Jigarotta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. maybe he's just a little behind that news thingie maboob |
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neoblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. Slow Reflexes... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. Kerry is right to highlight the pattern and speak about himself. It is |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. OK, my "Kerry is a Chess Master" theory...He's doing it for Dems '06 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The Patriot Project |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Thank you, I like that.. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Or perhaps it is because |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. The rumors ARE discredited. Only some freepers left and right refuse |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. And by "some freepers," you mean most of AM talk radio's audience |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. There is no changing those opinions. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
56. I mis-wrote. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Controlling the message is important |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
93. The 29% backwash is NEVER going to support |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. The sad thing is that the SBVT are only interesting for the Democrats |
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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. Is it ever too late to defend your honor or dignity? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
94. He did - before a large crowd of firefighter supporters |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. It doesn't matter that he's "too late"... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. He's trying to convince us.. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Trying to convince you? Nah! You can go on believing the lies. n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. They aren't lies.. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Like I said, continue believing them. Be happy! n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I believe my own eyes and ears.. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. We'll see who is "fit to run." Kerry set the bar at 59 million votes! n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Against a moron.. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Still the bar is set at 59 million votes! Do you deny that too? n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. No.. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Then Kerry set the bar at more than 59 million votes! |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
89. A moron who had more media protection than Ronald Reagan had in 1984. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
95. Do you realyze that there were no previous Presidents |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. "If his message did not get out, he HAS ONLY HIMSELF TO BLAME" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Still ignoring the facts, heh! |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Are you kidding me? You call that defending himself? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. You're the one kidding yourself! |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
90. The firefighters speech was expected to be televised - it would've been if |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I forgot to add the, what did you call it, "herioc efforts." |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Obviously he's not trying to convince you |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
37. I would welcome discussion of SBLT if it were part of an overall effort |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Distraction from the truth? It's his record and his right to defend it! |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I didn't say "distraction from the truth" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. It's important |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
96. Consider that this could be step 1 |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. It is a logical step one...that's fine |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Kerry has connected dots on misdeeds better than the men you mentioned |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. BECAUSE THESE YO-YOs ARE SUING HIM AND ATTACKING HIM STILL |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
46. KENTUCK - read this -- SWIFTIES ARE SUING KERRY |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Perhaps he should counter-sue ?? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Here information on that |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
51. Because he finally "got it" two years too late. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
53. Let's get one think perfectly straight. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Agree and good point that should be applied to other issues. nt |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. With the media complicit, I might add |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
54. Because there's no risk of it causing him to win the election now. |
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fedupinBushcountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. Answer me one question |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
55. I don't know if this is "why", but it's good that he is before the '06 |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
62. Start a suit, file an injunction |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
97. Kerry and his brother are both considered excellent lawyers |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
63. I have a couple of theories |
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Gothmog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. It may be too late to sue the Swifties |
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BOHICA06 (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
67. He can't get it behind him ..... |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. He should have pushed his record |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Except that our friend here is talking about Kerry's testimony |
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BOHICA06 (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. If you or I sat down and testified about the horrors of ... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Before you continue spewing RW talking points, |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Or so Nixon and company would have you believe |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
98. Except for three facts |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. That's hardly why he lost |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
80. It's only just made the papers NOW |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
103. Some folks won't understand till the same tactic, same media complicity |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
85. Same as it ever was |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
99. Kerry and many of his vet friends had been fighting back... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
105. Kerry made two huge mistakes. This was one of them. |
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