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 Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject: Conason Loves Swiftvets |
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We must be doing something right...more Conason attention and innuendo...
| Quote: | The hunt is on
The anti-Clinton slime machine is back -- and this time its mud pies are aimed at John Kerry.
By Joe Conason
Salon.com
June 18, 2004 | Whatever doubts I might have felt about the current relevance of "The Hunting of the President" -- the new documentary based on the book of the same name by Gene Lyons and me -- were abruptly dispelled last Tuesday evening, after the movie's premiere screening in Little Rock, Ark.
As I was leaving the auditorium, an older gentleman approached to shake my hand and offer his generous compliments.
"I'm a Vietnam veteran," he said. "I served with John Kerry. I'm supporting him for president, I've campaigned for him -- and I want to tell you, they're trying to do the same thing to him that they did to Bill Clinton." He explained that in recent weeks, a private investigator has contacted many of the vets who served on the Navy's swift boats with Kerry. According to him, the investigator asks insinuating and sometimes outlandish questions about the former lieutenant's wounds, decorations and military operations. Exactly who hired the Kerry-bashing detective is not yet clear, but his queries echo accusations promoted by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a Republican-backed band of Kerry-bashing veterans.
Salon.com |
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