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John Kerry: The Scott
Peterson of Politics
By Frank Salvato |
October
26, 2004
- There is one thing John Kerry is consistent on: his
propensity for manipulating the truth. From Vietnam to the floor of the
senate to the halls of the United Nations, Kerry has stretched and
exaggerated to create "the truth” and has done so without compunction. His
latest "over the top” invention is his "two-hour meeting with the entire UN
Security Council.” The crafting of this tale should tarnish his image in the
eyes of his supporters, if not we should consider their intelligence highly
suspect.
Throughout his campaign he has embraced the mantra "Bush lied.” Starting
with weapons of mass destruction and snowballing to include every talking
point on every issue. It matters not what the subject is; healthcare, Bush
misled, tax cuts, Bush deceived, the economy, Bush wasn’t being honest with
the American people. On issue after issue, according to Kerry, Bush lied,
lied, and then lied again. The truth be told, Kerry is the one who has the
problem with telling the truth.
A lie is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as a false statement
deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood, something meant to
deceive or give a wrong impression. The key word in that definition with
regard to Kerry’s biggest allegation, that President Bush "lied” about WMD
in Iraq, is "deliberate.” With every intelligence service on the planet
believing Saddam Hussein had WMD, including the UN Security Council, anyone
who still believes "Bush lied” makes Tommy Chong look like a Nobel Laureate.
250+ swift boat Vietnam veterans have once again put themselves in harms
way, incurring the scorn of millions of Kerry supporters, in order to bring
the truth to light. Compared to the handful of vets claiming Kerry is a hero
the shear one-sidedness of the matter should indicate where the truth lies.
Compound that with the fact Kerry won’t sign his Form 180 to allow the
American people the opportunity to see his full military record , the
intelligent voter is asking, "What does
this guy have to hide?” The only
conclusion is Kerry has lied about a great many things regarding his
military service including his honors and his discharge.
Kerry himself admitted that the accusations he made during his testimony
before Congress in 1971 used words that were "over the top.” After calling
the majority of 58,000 American fighting men baby-killers and rapists it’s
safe to say recharacterizing his "words” as "over the top” is quite an
understatement. I believe the word ‘lies’ is appropriate here.
Then we have the present day issue of Kerry saying he "sounded the alarm” on
lax security at Boston’s Logan Airport prior to September 11th. Retired FAA
Security Specialist Brian Sullivan tried for months prior to the attacks to
get Kerry’s office to do something about the security problem at Kerry’s
hometown airport. Reports were sent to his office with videotapes but all
Kerry did was forward the information to the same agency that was guilty of
having the lax security in place. When questioned about this Kerry claimed
he "sounded the alarm” and that the Department of Transportation – the
agency in question – was conducting an "undercover investigation.” Neither
statement is true. I should remind you that Logan Airport was one of the
embarkation points for the September 11th terrorists. This lie is truly
despicable.
Now comes the revelation that Kerry lied about meeting with the entire UN
Security Council prior to his vote approving the use of military force in
Iraq. Throughout his campaign for president Kerry has repeatedly stated, "I
went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we
voted.” In a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations in 2003 Kerry
said he understood the UN’s readiness to take serious action because he met
"with the entire Security Council, and we spent a couple of hours talking
about what they saw as the path to a united front in order to be able to
deal with Saddam Hussein." According to several UN Security Council members
this meeting never took place. This should be the lie that ends John Kerry’s
career.
To Kerry’s supporters who walk around, anger in hand and eyes wide shut, I
say wake up! John Kerry has lied all of his life and is still lying today.
He’s lying about the security and well being of this nation. If you still
choose to support John Kerry after the exposure of all his lies then I beg
you not to go to the polls in November. You are either filled with
politically created hatred or you are too stupid to vote.
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