barbaraann (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-25-04 07:23 AM
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Kerry Takes Fight Over Vietnam Ads to Bush's Ranch
By Adam Entous
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) will dispatch two fellow Vietnam veterans to President Bush (news - web sites)'s secluded Texas ranch on Wednesday to press him to condemn television advertisements accusing Kerry of lying about his wartime service.
The move comes one day after it was disclosed that a top lawyer for Bush's re-election campaign has been providing legal advice to the group behind the ads, the so-called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Kerry is sending to Crawford former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a frequent companion of Kerry's on the campaign trail and a fellow Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs during the war.
Cleland and former Army Green Beret Jim Rassman, whose life was saved by Kerry during a Vietnam war firefight, will try to deliver a letter protesting the ads to Bush at his heavily guarded ranch, Kerry aides said.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=5&u=/nm/20040825/pl_nm/campaign_ads_dc My, my. This is quite a dramatic tactic! Kerry is more of a fighter than I knew.
ON EDIT -- Think I'll post it here in GD2004 --