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Doc Farmer
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 Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:48 pm Post subject: Veterans reject Bush appeal to end Kerry blitz (Media Slant) |
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(Highlights in Red are from Doc Farmer to denote errors or possible political slant)
| Quote: | Veterans reject Bush appeal to end Kerry blitz
Date: August 25 2004
By Stewart Powell
A group of Vietnam veterans bankrolled by George Bush supporters has rejected an appeal by the President and is vowing to continue a controversial series of TV ads criticising the Vietnam combat record of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry.
Roy Hoffmann, a retired admiral and founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, said his organisation of more than 250 Vietnam veterans would continue to raise questions about Senator Kerry's combat service.
The anti-Kerry veterans planned a second week-long wave of campaign ads beginning yesterday in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Nevada. The ad, highlighting Senator Kerry's congressional testimony about alleged atrocities by American GIs after his return from combat, appeared on the veterans' website on Friday.
Mr Bush, speaking to reporters at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, said Senator Kerry "served admirably and he ought to be proud of his record".
The President's appeal came in the form of a broad request for all so-called "527" political organisations to cease campaign advertising. The privately funded organisations take their names from the section of the tax code regulating their activities.
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is one of the groups, as is the anti-Bush organisation MoveOn.org. "I don't think we ought to have 527s," said Mr Bush. "I think they're bad for the system."
Asked if he was calling on Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to cease their onslaught, Mr Bush replied: "All of them. That means that [Kerry] ad [and] every other ad."
The Democratic vice-presidential candidate, John Edwards, accused Mr Bush of ducking responsibility for his allies' campaign attacks, which questioned whether Senator Kerry faced enemy fire in an operation for which the young US Navy skipper won the Bronze Star.
"The moment of truth came and went and the President still couldn't bring himself to do the right thing," Senator Edwards said in a statement. "Instead of hiding behind a front group, George Bush needs to take responsibility and demand that the ad come off the air."
A senior Kerry campaign strategist, Tad Devine, told reporters that Republican allegations against Senator Kerry would backfire on Mr Bush because "the allegations are not true and the President is behind them".
The Bush campaign and Admiral Hoffmann have denied any co-ordination, which would be illegal under US law.
The Kerry campaign has fought back against Admiral Hoffmann's group with two new TV ads in Ohio, Wisconsin and West Virginia. One Kerry ad accused Mr Bush of similarly smearing John McCain, the Republican senator, four years ago in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, saying: "Now he's doing it to John Kerry."
Senator McCain, a career navy pilot and former Vietnam prisoner of war, lost to Mr Bush in the hard-fought South Carolina presidential primary after Bush supporters distributed windshield leaflets accusing the senator of opposing legislation in Congress that would help veterans. Senator McCain, who beat Mr Bush in the New Hampshire primary, never regained his momentum.
In a speech due to be delivered in New York late yesterday, Senator Kerry was expected to accuse Mr Bush of weakening the middle class, many of whom fear losing their jobs.
More than 1.1 million jobs have been lost since Mr Bush entered the White House and there is growing public concern over the number of jobs going to low-wage countries such as China and India.
Hearst Newspapers, Reuters |
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2004/08/24/1093246530171.html
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You GottaBeKidding
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Doc,
The group is anti-Kerry. I don't see that as an error or a political slant. Had they said "pro-Bush", that would be both an error and political slant.
The paragraph about what Mr. Bush said also appears to be accurate and not slanted, as is the "broad request" statement. |
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Sgt.James
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You GottaBeKidding
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think Bush will ask that these specific ads be stopped, and I'll be disappointed if he does. |
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GenrXr
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work highlighting the words for any Kool-Aid drinkers who happen to be foaming at the mouth slobering on the keyboard trolling.
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Dragoro
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| You GottaBeKidding wrote: | Doc,
The group is anti-Kerry. I don't see that as an error or a political slant. Had they said "pro-Bush", that would be both an error and political slant.
The paragraph about what Mr. Bush said also appears to be accurate and not slanted, as is the "broad request" statement. |
That article is blatently slanted against Bush. |
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