August 17, 2004

LOTS OF TRANSCRIPTS -- Swift Boat veterans discuss John Kerry on TV & Radio. These include transcripts from the Sean Hannity show, the Hugh Hewitt show, CNN, MSNBC and other programs.

UPDATE: Regular correspondent Bill Modahl reports on last night's "Scarborough Country":

It was an absolutely devastating job by O�Neil tonight on MSNBC�s Scarborough Country. Scarborough raised the 3 Purple Hearts, the Silver Star, and the Bronze Star one by one, O�Neil summarized the contradictions to the awards citations, the absence of certain essential documentation, i.e., witness statements re the Silver Star, and contradictory statements by Kerry in Brinkley�s Tour. Hurley was reduced to nasty remarks about the Swift Boat vets, and to simply reading from the official statements supporting the awards, which O�Neil pointed out were based only on Kerry�s own false representations. He didn�t rush ashore against �numerical superiority� on February 28, there were a bunch of Swift Boats with troops aboard and a lone wounded fleeing kid, who Kerry shot in the back � not the stuff of Silver Stars, and completely contrary to the citation. All boats did not flee the scene on March 13, there was not 5000 yards of hostile fire on the banks, there was no return fire, and only Kerry fled. O�Neil cited and named his witnesses to the above. Kerry�s shrapnel wound in the buttocks was from that morning, not from the encounter, as shown by his own words in Tour (pages cited). His arm �wound� was a minor contusion, i.e., bruise, which was treated with�.a cold washcloth. Damage to Kerry�s 94 boat (blown out windows) was actually from the day before, not the 13th March, as shown in Tour (pages cited).

O�Neil finished by saying Kerry was caught, it was over. Stunning.

Evidently there will be a Swift Boats vets event Tuesday in Washington, DC. Their web site has nothing new on their "Latest News" page since August 10 and no new press releases since August 6. The Swift Boaters could really use some Soros money. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack