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JohnH wrote:
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Harry Krause wrote:
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Doug Kanter wrote:
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YEA!!!!!!!!!!


Hillary is fine by me, but I think Mark Warner of Virginia will be the
nominee, and the next president


Hillary will never be POTUS. Her job right now is to look lke she
*might* run and draw all the acrimonious sneers, jeers, and vicious
hate speech away from the real prospects.
Following the incredible success of the Swift Boat lies in 2004, the
groundwork is already being laid for a re-run of that tactic should she
contend for POTUS in '08. It's one heck of a heavy hammer for the RW-
how does anybody prove they're *not* gay? You have to believe that
maybe the sister of the doctor who claimed he treated Kerry's Purple
Heart wounds (but whose name appears nowhere in the Navy medical
records) will step forward and claim that she slept with Hillary at
Wellesley. By the time the story is debunked, (or not?), the damage
will have been done. Even if she were the best candidate, (she's not),
she cannot be elected in the current political and social climate.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/conten...a_talk_remnick

The Swift Boat folks weren't lying.

Enough politics for today.

This isn't about politics. It's about the truth.

For the most part, the Swift Boat Veterans for "truth" didn't lie. They
did, however, misrepresent, spin wildly, and omit pertinent facts when
it suited them. The end result was less than the whole truth, regarding
a variety of incidents involving Kerry.


You know what's terribly sad? The fact that in today's society we now
differentiate
between "misrepresenting, spinning wildly, and omitting pertinent
facts" and actual lying.
No judgement on you as an individual intended- just a general social
observation.

Point taken.

The reason I differentiate is because if I don't, I get called on it.
"Show me one lie" is what they have said.

Bottom line is that the book is a dishonest, shameful smear of Kerry,
and those who were close to him. It avoids the truth at every turn.

And the wedge that has been driven between many VN vets by a few
spiteful men, is, well, pititful. . . . just pitiful.

In my 'VN vet' opinion, Kerry and Fonda can stand on the same pedestal.
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'Til next time,

John H

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