Not since Dorothy threw water on the Wicked Witch of the West has anyone witnessed such a fun meltdown as with John Kerry's Vietnam problems. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are Kerry's Dorothy, splashing a bucket full of truth into his face. And Kerry is slowly melting because of it.
Kerry is responding to it in typical fashion. He sends out his hacks & mouthpieces to defend his "honor" & uses proxies to slander & distort. He accuses the Bush/Cheney campaign of colluding with the Swift Boat veterans. He files complaints with the FCC about the t.v. ads the Swift Boat veterans have been airing, seeking to have those ads pulled. And as is typical of "freedom loving" liberals, he demands that the publisher of the Swift Boats veteran's book, "Unfit For Command", withdraw the books & publish no more of them. Ah - censorship & denial of First Amendment rights.
But the one thing Kerry has
not done is to address the issue in the Swift Boat accusations. Compelling proof was set forth that Kerry lied about being in Cambodia in Dec '68. But the only response from Kerry's staff was to answer that Kerry was
near the Cambodian border or that Kerry had a mismemory or that, well, he was really on a secret mission to Cambodia in Jan '69. Kerry himself has not addressed this, nor has Kerry himself addressed the accusations that he lied about his medals & the circumstances surrounding them. The mainstream media, which overwhelmingly supports Kerry, has not been forthcoming in publishing the issues. They prefer withholding from publishing the accusations or burying them on a back page or rising & denouncing the Swift Boat veterans in their editorials.
If Kerry's Vietnam exploits are truthful & accurate as he claims, then it is time for him to personally speak out & counter the accusations. If he doesn't, then all the name calling & complaints filed by him are not going to settle the issue in his favor. If Kerry's truth
is the truth, then he can also sign Form 180 to release
all his military & war-related medical records. It is that easy - a simple signature. But he hasn't & won't. That might be because the Swift Boat veterans may just be right. The media could help Kerry by questioning him directly & challenging him to demonstrate the truth. But they haven't & they won't. That might be because the Swift Boat veterans are right.
And so the meltdown continues - it is showing in the polls. We are not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
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