On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:23:36 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Wouldn't it be something if it were discovered that those memos were
faked?

This is not a comment on the authenticity of those documents, I'm not
making a judgment on them, just this election. There is so much
contradictory information out there, that everybody can select their
"truth". While it is not a surprise, we all knew this would be a hard
fought, dirty, campaign. Throw some mud, maybe it will stick. Cloud the
waters with disinformation. The Truth is absolute, but not in this
devolved election system.

"thunder" wrote in message
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There is so much
contradictory information out there, that everybody can select their
"truth".


Which is precisely why Bush would rather make this election about each
candidate's actions or voting records as elected officials...not about
sketchy recollections and hearsay (and potentially forged documents) from 30
years ago.

For this reason, the Swiftboat guys were wrong to air the "John Kerry lied"
ads. It's their word against Kerry's and his supporters. However, the
Swifties are certainly entitled to replay Kerry's derogatory comments about
our troops. That's something that is part of the public record, and they
simply stated that he was wrong in making such comments.

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:52:31 -0400, NOYB wrote:


Which is precisely why Bush would rather make this election about each
candidate's actions or voting records as elected officials...not about
sketchy recollections and hearsay (and potentially forged documents) from
30 years ago.

I don't believe it. IMO the Swiftboat's for Truth were a stalking horse
for Bush.

http://www.vendio.com/mesg/read.html...&thread=225375

For this reason, the Swiftboat guys were wrong to air the "John Kerry
lied" ads. It's their word against Kerry's and his supporters. However,
the Swifties are certainly entitled to replay Kerry's derogatory comments
about our troops. That's something that is part of the public record, and
they simply stated that he was wrong in making such comments.

I agree with McCain on this, *both* candidates did what their country
asked of them. The Swiftboat episode is an example of what I was
referring to. One could almost predict which "truth" each of us would
select.