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0302 · Seaman Recruit Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 6

That's the title of JIM RASSMANN's OpEd in the Wall Street Journal.
Shame on HIM.

He claims to be a former republican, and not even very "political".
Yet look at the title of his piece:

"Shame on the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush"

Not "Shame on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"

Is this an accident?
Hardly.
He is relentless in his use of the phrase. Even to the point of becoming awkward. Read the final paragraph:

"Ultimately, the American people will judge these Swift Boat Veterans for Bush and their accusations. Americans are tired of smear campaigns against those who volunteered to wear the uniform. Swift Boat Veterans for Bush should hang their heads in shame. "

Again, this is no accident. This is a partisan attempt to invalidate the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth organization's 527 standing.
Though never in any Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ad is there a word that specifically advacates voting for Bush.... that is what is being insinuated by the Rassmann OpEd (and countless other dem pieces).

Bottom line:

Shame on Jim Rassmann for allowing himself to be used in such a manner. Such a "nuanced" use of language is never accidental.

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Edited title to eliminate billboarding Kerry spin. Good topic though!

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lrb111 · Captain Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 508

"Shame on the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush" >>>>>>>

Yeah, that's the way it's listed on Kerry's site. Then they have the standard lightweight attempts at spin. That's where all the talking points for them are enumerated. Sad in a funny sort of way, since they haven't yet grasped the point.
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Marine4life · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject:

I applaud rasy's loyalty to the man he credits with saving his life, but he will never be focused on the truth. He will stand by his savior to death. And to a point it should be that way, except he need's to be quiet about other topics that he can't vouch for. I saved my old boss's life once, she was choking on a piece of roast beef, the same day that she got dentures, I noticed her on her way down to the floor. I grabbed her and performed the H/M on her and it all came up. She was blue when I got there. To this day we have a unique bond between us. I however would expect her to fire me if it would have been necessary. We have to seperate the events from reality. Pat and I will remain bonded by that evening forever as it was equally scary for both of us. I never got my name in the paper or such, it was just between us and a couple of others. I got her friendship forever and that is reward enough for me. Ras needs to put that event in a lock box as Gore would say keep it between him and Kerry as a special moment in both of their lives, it does not qualify Kerry to be the CIC. It is obvious that his view is tainted by this event and he can't be objective. Semper Fi.
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You GottaBeKidding · Rear Admiral Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 692

blarg33,

NOT KERRY.

coldwarvet · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject:

JIM RASSMANN's said "Swift Boat Veterans for Bush should hang their heads in shame."

Bush has nothing to do with this. In fact if Kerry would have risen through the republican ranks an anti Kerry group of some type would have risen up in opposition to him. This is all about correcting the Kerry’s wrongful depiction of the Vietnam record.
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You GottaBeKidding · Rear Admiral Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 692

coldwarvet,

0302 was quoting Rass in his WSJ piece.

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Scott · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject:

John Kerry is running for President almost exclusively on his Vietnam service.

George Bush is not running on his National Guard service.

In discussing Kerry's record and statements about Vietnam, I don't see any comparison with George Bush.
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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

You won't find many Republicans donating to the Communist Party of the USA, or to moveon.org or to ACT.

Does that prove that the Democratic Party supports those organizations?

No, only the contributions from the DNC would do that.

And we don't want to get off the message of the founders of the group - that Kerry is unfit for command - except to debunk the crap slung around by the pro-Kerry propagandists.
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coldwarvet · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject:

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