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bastardsword: Kerry, Part LXVII
I actually read this whole artice. Even though our mainstream press will never do this type of work (which means the issue will fade soon) it's worth reading. Despite my claims that this issue won't be important in the election it is very interesting. At best, it seems Kerry has an exaggeration problem. That is the character flaw that may live on.
Posted by Tim at August 23, 2004 09:35 PMI think the Kerry war topic is part rope-a-dope and mostly time delay. They knew this was a tricky issue with hazy details. The end game is to wait until the last minute to talk "issues."
That in turn will not leave enough time for the public to ask which ACTIONS a Kerry White House would take in order to ACHIEVE or PAVE THE WAY to the utopian world they think Bush fell short of.
We know darn well that Marxism isn't going to do it so they need to avoid real discussion. But that doesn't necessarily stop them from using their Marxism propaganda playbook.
Lets assign a probability of truth to the swift boat stories. Even Left leaning pundits like Juan Williams admit now that some of it is true, namely the exaggerations surrounding the Christmas in Cambodia. Lets put it at 10% and rising (I'd guess [I wasn't in Vietman], that 80% is true based on the number and credibility of vets depositions).
Even if just 10% is true, just finding a few inconsistencies or unverifiable tidbits should not be enough for the media or public to dismiss the issue so quickly. I think the media needs to get to work cross referencing and diagraming the accounts and giving the Pro Kerry vets a chance to approapriately refute.
Where Tim leads: What else will he exaggerate? The state of the economy? Terrorism? The definition of sex?
Posted by: Glenn at August 24, 2004 11:55 AM
