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Could
There Still Be More to the Story?
EDITORIAL
Frank Salvato
August 9, 2004 |
The mainstream media and the liberal-left
never cease to amaze me, yet I am always surprised as to the depths of spin
and deceit to which they stoop. The recently released advertisement by the
Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth, an ad that brings to question John
Kerry’s activities during his abbreviated tour of duty in Vietnam, is now
squarely in the crosshairs of the mainstream media, the liberal-left and the
"McAulinista” spin-doctors. Further, these three organizations, as tightly
knit as the New York Cosa Nostra on a good day are doing their best to suck
the Bush campaign into the fray because, once again, they like to accuse
their opponents of the practices that they use themselves.
Since the ad questioning Kerry’s activities in Vietnam was released, the
vitriolic cry from the left has been, "How dare anyone question John Kerry’s
hero title!” It has been suggested that because none of the men, none of the
250 plus veterans who knew John Kerry; who served with John Kerry; who
interacted with John Kerry (sometimes on a daily basis) actually served on
the same swift boat as John Kerry, it would have been impossible for any of
them to have known about the heroic actions of John Kerry.
Susan Estrich, a FOX News contributor from the left side – remember they are
a shill station for the right – whose voice is chillingly reminiscent of
Lucille Ball’s in her later years, repeatedly asked members of Swift Boat
Veterans for the Truth whether or not they actually served on the same boat
as John Kerry during Kerry’s four months of military service. Offering the
American public the illusion that serving on the same boat makes every
difference in the world, Estrich drilled these men – veterans who actually
completed their full tours of duty and who were honored with some of the
very same commendations and medals as Kerry received – as if they were
common criminals; her disdain for their accusations thoroughly displayed on
her face and in her voice.
The disingenuousness of Estrich’s line of questioning was never more evident
than in the infomercial about John Kerry, which aired during the Democratic
National Convention. It would seem that because he can’t sell himself, he
had to turn to a minion of Steven Spielberg’s in order to get that job done.
The infomercial showed multiple swift boats performing their duties in tight
and close proximity. This effectively illustrates that one does not have to
serve on the very same swift boat as another in order to witness heroics as
well as atrocities.
Aside from the spin that Estrich and her liberal media cohorts tried to
perpetrate upon the American people, the mainstream media has allowed their
outlets to be used by the liberal-left, the "McAulinistas” and the liberal
talking-heads in an all encompassing effort to drag the Bush campaign into
complicity with Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth. They attempt to do this
simply because a wealthy Texan who wants to see George W. Bush re-elected is
a heavy donor to Swift Boat Veterans for the truth.
If one is to use this argument of complicity, as offered by the left in this
matter, it would have to mean that every commercial and every ad issued
forth by MoveOn.org; America Coming Together; and all of the other
Bush-hating, liberal bomb-throwing organizations of the fascist type would
have to be complicit with the Kerry Campaign. If the American public is to
take Kerry and his surrogates at their word that they have no part of the
MoveOn.org crowd, even though a former Kerry staffer is one of the
higher-ups at the 527, then the American public would have to take the Bush
Campaign at their word that they have no influence and no part of the Swift
Boat Veterans for the Truth 527, especially because both entities have come
out to denounce such a complicity. Once again, it could be argued
convincingly that the Democrats are screaming too loud about a tactic they
charge is unethical and illegal, but a tactic that they use liberally
nonetheless.
Perhaps the most disturbing thing to come of this is a notion that comes
directly from John Kerry’s own website.
"In a recent interview, Kerry dismissed the current questions about his
first Purple Heart as partisan politics. He also said he left early because
he had turned on the war. One of his crewmates, Michael Medeiros, said Kerry
ensured that his men were given a non-threatening assignment before he left
Vietnam.”
Now maybe this doesn’t raise question for some but I couldn’t help but
wonder, how does a Lieutenant (jg) arrange to have an entire combat crew
rotated out of combat before their time was up? That’s a pretty tall order
to fill, especially for an officer who admits he has turned on the war. It
wouldn’t seem logical that Lt. Kerry’s higher-ups would be willing to
embrace his pacifism given the fact that they and the crew that Kerry was
trying to rotate to non-threatening duty would remain in country unless
there was political pressure asserted.
Another question that was generated was this: what would you do to help out
a guy who got you rotated out of life-threatening duty in Vietnam?
There are some very interesting questions generated by the screaming of the
liberal-left on the topic of Kerry’s Vietnam in-country activities, but
these questions don’t include whether George W. Bush had anything to do with
the ad in question, his military service or anything else about the
president. Why? Because the questions are all about John Kerry, no matter
how much Susan Estrich contends otherwise.
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