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Default Media Matters distortions [[ Swift Boat Liars]]


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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:58:31 -0400, DSK wrote:

Karl Denninger wrote:
These are the same people who have tried to remove Rush Limbaugh from

the
Armed Forces Radio Network, charging that there are no "liberal voices"

on
AFRN.


You have to be a right-wing whacko to think that NPR is left-wing. It is
as balanced and unbiased as any media can get.

Of course you think otherwise, the voices on right-wing hate radio tell
you so. But they don't tell you that NPR carries many of President
Bush's speeches, interviews with General Tommy Franks, etc etc. Boy talk
about a leftist agenda!

DSK



Update on Swift Boat liars:


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...cism_of_kerry/

An excerpt:

But yesterday, a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former
commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions. Lieutenant
Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a
''terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did
not deserve the Silver Star -- one of the main allegations in the
book. The affidavit was given to The Boston Globe by the anti-Kerry
group to justify assertions in their ad and book.

Elliott is quoted as saying that Kerry ''lied about what occurred in
Vietnam . . . for example, in connection with his Silver Star, I was
never informed that he had simply shot a wounded, fleeing Viet Cong in
the back."

The statement refers to an episode in which Kerry killed a Viet Cong
soldier who had been carrying a rocket launcher, part of a chain of
events that formed the basis of his Silver Star. Over time, some Kerry
critics have questioned whether the soldier posed a danger to Kerry's
crew. Crew members have said Kerry's actions saved their lives.

Yesterday, reached at his home, Elliott said he regretted signing the
affidavit and said he still thinks Kerry deserved the Silver Star.

''I still don't think he shot the guy in the back," Elliott said. ''It
was a terrible mistake probably for me to sign the affidavit with
those words. I'm the one in trouble here."





So? What does any of his 4 months in service 30+ years ago have to do with
his ability to serve the Country as POTUS and why is Kerry making it the
foundation of his campaign?

Seems that his record as Senator over the past 20 years is more
important...but he seems to skip over that.

Very telling.