Comments on: Records Contradict Swifty Charges

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:56:30 +0000

Ooh, nice.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:15:01 +0000

But you can preside over a trial, Kang.

By: QandO

QandO — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:35:07 +0000

The Media Plays Defense
I'm having a bit of trouble piecing this Washington Post story together....(alt: here) Newly obtained military records of one of Sen. John F. Kerry's most vocal critics, who has accused the Democratic presidential candidate of lying about his wartime...

By: In Search of Utopia

In Search of Utopia — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:07:18 +0000

Spin, Spin, Spin.....
Last night I am reading the Washington Post on my Palm when I come accross this story. I save the story intending to Blog on it this morning. I start to think to myself, "Hmmmm, what I have been saying...

By: Kang A. Roo

Kang A. Roo — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:48:43 +0000

This political rhetoric makes my head spin and me happy that marsupials have not yet been given the right to vote.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:20:45 +0000

I always thought that, "And there I was...", was followed by, "at twenty thousand feet with nothing between me and the earth but a naked blond....".

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:09:52 +0000

Tactically, Bush loses if it's about Vietnam. Kerry went; he didn't. Substantively, it's rather unlikely that the Silver Star was approved simply because Kerry put himself in for it. A Bronze Star, frankly, isn't that big a deal (I've got one myself) and a Purple Heart can either be a huge deal (posthumous, limbs blown off, scarred for life) or relatively minor ("a flesh wound"). It's not a fight worth getting into unless there is serious reason to believe fraud occured. Kerry's anti-war activities,especially in contrast with his current hero mongering, is certainly fair game under the circumstances. As is his Senate career--which is where I'd focus most of my attention, were I running the Bush campaign.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:59:50 +0000

My own reaction? It strikes me as interesting that the the Times Corp can come up with records for the Swiftees but can't, within that same timeframe, come up with John Kerry's records. we're still just taking Kerry's word that what he's released is the whole story. As for Thurlow, it sounds to me like a lot of what was going on was recorded creatively. And, in both cases, given Kerry's propensity to lie, it seems based on the record that it becomes a matter of he said/he said, and thus Kerry, whose word we cannot trust, loses. Joyner seems to think that the official record of the event should end the discussion, just as Mr. Bush's honorable discharge should end that discussion. James, there's a major difference you're missing, here. Bush didn't make his military service the central part of his qualifications for the office. Kerry did. That, by it's nature opens the subject up to serious scrutiny. Too bad WaPo doesn't agree.