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08-06-2004, 07:00 AM
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HUMAN EVENTS has obtained a copy of a letter (see below) which lawyers for the Democratic National Committee and John Kerry have sent to television station managers attempting to suppress the blistering anti-Kerry TV spot created by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (click here to view the ad) and first reported here on HumanEventsOnline.com. The letter claims the ad is "false" and "libelous" and suggests, in not-so-subtle terms, that TV stations should use their "legal authority" to refuse any requests for advertising airtime, stating that "because your station has this freedom [to refuse the ad], and because it is not a 'use' of your facilities by a clearly identified candidate, your station is responsible for the false and libelous charges made by this sponsor" (emphasis added).
As their first piece of evidence of the ad's supposed lies, the DNC/Kerry lawyers claim that the veterans in the ad "purport to have served on Senator Kerry's SWIFT Boat in Vietnam" but, "in fact, not a single one of the men who pretend to have served with Senator Kerry was actually a crewmate of Senator Kerry's." The problem is that none of these men claimed to have served on Kerry's SWIFT Boat. They simply said they "served with John Kerry" -- and they did. The letter goes on to make several more misleading statements about the advertisement, in an attempt to protect Kerry's "war hero" record. Read the full text below.
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08-06-2004, 07:14 AM
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What do you expect, you take away Vietnam and Kerry has nothing to go on. His voting record in the senate stinks and he has flip-flopped on just about every issue available.
I am glad all this information is finally coming out. I have said all along that Kerry was a phony and used the Vietnam war for political expediency. Back in the 60s he was an anti-war radical. Today he is trying to be a Vietnam hero. I have said all along that his time in 'Nam and the fact he went was commendable. It's the stuff he did when he got home that was above board. Now he is paying for it and I am glad that justice is finally being served and that the other side is having their say.
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08-06-2004, 07:15 AM
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08-06-2004, 07:41 AM
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none of these men claimed to have served on Kerry's SWIFT Boat. They simply said they "served with John Kerry" -- and they did.
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that seems a bit misleading too doesnt it, i had assumed from the way it was portrayed that these men were actually kerry's crewmembers too. I imagine those who would watch it on tv would assume the same and that is what the ad is HOPING would happen, so what exactly is the problem here? they are politicians, and they dont want a misleading, mudslinging ad to run on the air? did bush not go to greater extents to stop some of the moveon.org ads? or are we not talking about him right now.
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08-06-2004, 07:42 AM
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He didn't resort to anything like this even when a moveon.org ad compared to him to Hitler
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08-06-2004, 10:03 AM
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Puck you, NCAA
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Looks like the Michael Moore 'truth' tactics are catching on.
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