The third retraction?
GARRETT: And questions keep coming. For example, Kerry received a Purple Heart for wounds suffered on December 2nd, 1968. But an entry in Kerry’s own journal written nine days later, he writes that, quote, he and his crew hadn’t been shot at yet, unquote. Kerry’s campaign has said it is possible his first Purple Heart was awarded for an unintentionally self-inflicted wound.
Also: “FLASH: ‘SWIFT BOAT VETERANS FOR TRUTH’ RAISED $1,764,000 IN DONATIONS ON WEBSITE IN PAST 2 WEEKS, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE… “ who also claims a “world exclusive” with this:
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE AUG 24, 2004 11:09:31 ET XXXXX
KERRY PHONES SWIFT BOAT FOES
**Exclsuive**
Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry personally phoned anti-Kerry swift boat vets, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Kerry reached out to Robert “Friar Tuck” Brant Cdr., USN (RET) Sunday night, just hours after former Sen. Bob Dole publicly challenged Kerry to apologize to veterans.
Brant was skipper of the #96 and # 36 boat and spent time with Kerry in An Thoi. Kerry and Brant slept in the same quarters, and Brant used to put Kerry back to bed at night when Kerry was sleepwalking.
Brant received a call from Kerry at his home in Virginia while he was watching the Olympics on TV.
The call lasted 10 minutes, sources tell DRUDGE.
KERRY: “Why are all these swift boat guys opposed to me?”
BRANT: “You should know what you said when you came back, the impact it had on the young sailors and how it was disrespectful of our guys that were killed over there.”
[Brant had two men killed in battle.]
KERRY: “When we dedicated swift boat one in ’92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn’t talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans.”
Kerry then asked if he could meet Brant [“You were one of the best”] — man to man — face to face.
Brant declined the invite, explaining that Kerry was obviously not prepared to correct the record on exactly what happened during Vietnam and what happened when Kerry came back.
Developing…
Off topic but did you see the Alice Cooper quote on LGF yesterday?
I heard about the quote on the radio, and then spotted it somewhere else later on.
Speaking of which, there’s been some side discussion lately about the absense of Republican supporters in the entertainment industry.
I think Alice’s comments sum it up – the personality traits that go along with having a conservative viewpoint don’t lead them to believe that the applause they recieve for their performances is a qualification to enter the public political debate.
It’s like… “Dude, I stand in front of a camera and read other people’s words. Why do you care what I think?”
“I was talking about all the rest of the veterans.”
Oh yah I’m sure THAT’S comforting. It’s not you, it’s just ALL the Vietnam vets that WEREN’T on a Swift Boat.
Is this what you’re talking about?
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/Entertainment/2004/08/20/593192.html
Wait until you get a load of the Swift boat ad scheduled for October. (chuckle, chuckle)