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Topic: Will Swift Boat Veterans reunite to protest a Kerry nomination? |
Will Swift Boat Veterans reunite to protest a Kerry nomination?
Human Events, by Hope Hodge
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 12/23/2012 10:33:41 AM
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| In popular wisdom, one-time presidential runner-up Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is likely to be nominated by President Barack Obama for Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State. But if Kerry does get the nod, a group credited with helping to thwart his presidential bid could re-organize to take him down once again. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group formed of military veterans who served alongside Kerry, worked to bring attention to the senator’s anti-war activities following his military service and to raise doubts about the truth of Kerry’s own accounts of his conduct during the war
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
rburns, 12/23/2012 11:01:11 AM (No. 9080606)
I´m "all in."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Great Caesars Ghost, 12/23/2012 11:02:10 AM (No. 9080607)
In my used-to-be-America someone like Kerry would have been in Levenworth for the past 40 years.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
grampus, 12/23/2012 11:09:14 AM (No. 9080616)
Most of the media and the senate (Democrats and Republicans) actually think this gigolo toad was indeed a war hero.....or they´re too lazy,indoctrinated,stupid,or fearful to consider the truth. He´ll be confirmed with little opposition. What a disgrace.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Coy860, 12/23/2012 11:14:15 AM (No. 9080622)
The Senate is the Good Ole Boy network..they will ALL be tripping over themselves to vote yes. And so continues the rot of a once great America. We are now the serfs doing the bidding of the masters.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/23/2012 11:19:21 AM (No. 9080630)
Will the usual suspects allow the Swiftees into the hearing room to protest.
After all, Code Pinko always manages to disrupt hearings.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Freeloader, 12/23/2012 11:30:34 AM (No. 9080649)
A John Kerry as Secretary of State is what America gets from a United States Senate presently comprised of 75% with no prior military service.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hamrman, 12/23/2012 11:31:15 AM (No. 9080650)
Let us hope so...he reminded me of Frankenstein!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bighambone, 12/23/2012 11:40:22 AM (No. 9080666)
It´s different this time, the Swift Boat Veterans should only fight battles that they can win. They won the last time when Kerry was the liberal Democrat candidate for President. But this time they will be trying to influence a very different animal, weak kneed wimpy Republican Senators, many just pleased as punch to go along to get along with their good friends across the aisle, who will vote for Kerry no matter what because Kerry is a member of their Senate club. The Swift Boat Veterans should not waste their ammunition.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
pineledger, 12/23/2012 11:44:22 AM (No. 9080672)
8´s opinion is mine.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
belwhatter, 12/23/2012 11:44:23 AM (No. 9080673)
The Senate - now there´s a body of old turnips who wouldn´t know one end of a gun barrel from another. How many of them have spent a lifetime or more keeping their seats warm and dissing the rest of the country? if ever there was a case for term limits - two and out. Twelve years is plenty long enough to feed at the country´s trough.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
dr.lakerman, 12/23/2012 11:53:40 AM (No. 9080689)
In the end, Kerry brought about his own loss in 2004. He campaigned with celebrities who spoke for him, while mostly standing silent, like he did with president zero at the appointment announcement. He also paid his band of brothers to travel with him, and that became artificial pretty quickly. In short, he ran a lousy campaign. But the Swiftboat guys made a contribution to his defeat.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
udanja99, 12/23/2012 12:11:26 PM (No. 9080706)
This article is 10 days old. Not sure why it´s in the must reads today. That being said...
"... most conservative senators are more concerned with preventing U.S. Amb. Susan Rice from ascending to the top spot..."
What´s worse, lying to the nation about a video or lying to the nation about one´s fellow troops committing war crimes and negotiating with the enemy with no authority to do so? When do we get to call it TREASON?
I hope the Swifties eviscerate Kerry.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav, 12/23/2012 12:21:25 PM (No. 9080718)
Special Operations Speaks contains Swifty members as well. They are beginning their operations as we speak. either beat the nomination outright or embarrass him with the truth every day of his tenure.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 12/23/2012 12:47:31 PM (No. 9080754)
Maybe the senate is happy to get rid of him.....
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
TinCan, 12/23/2012 12:50:13 PM (No. 9080758)
For the Conservative Phoenix to rise from the ashes (in long term), two things: Closed Primaries AND Term Limits. Just an opinion from an E-8 Ret.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
drkillj0y, 12/23/2012 12:51:11 PM (No. 9080762)
Wait until he´s Sec-O-Something before scuttling his dinghy. Pretty much an easy way to excise him from the Senator For Life gig.
SecOState ? I´m for having this admin offending EVERYONE on the planet as much as possible. He´s a good candidate for that.
SecDef ? Probably on par with Loony Pancetta in term of the amount of damage he can do. We can fix that later.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 12/23/2012 1:00:45 PM (No. 9080772)
Posters 8 & 9 forget that we Americans will be united behind the Swifties. They will not be fighting this battle alone. If the cowards of the Senate are faced with enough constituent opposition, they will cave and veto.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
BreakRight, 12/23/2012 1:11:31 PM (No. 9080785)
I think I must be living in a parallel universe.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
novakid, 12/23/2012 1:15:17 PM (No. 9080792)
I think it´s an Inverse Universe, where good has turned to bad and vice versa. It used to be bad to kill babies.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/23/2012 1:23:07 PM (No. 9080804)
You know,Kerry was still in the reserves after he weaseled his way on getting back home and he never showed up for drills or whatever.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
The Advocate, 12/23/2012 1:38:04 PM (No. 9080820)
Hope the Swift Boat Veterans expose the fraud that is Gigolo John Kerry and the RINOs who vote for him. Treason is not a qualification for SOS. For those who calculate that Scott brown may get in - this is Mass. Watch for the idiots vote in another kennedynmor some such ilk. Expose him and Bork him- the Dem bench is Marxists, liars and frauds- the kakistocracy on display.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
RedWhiteBlue, 12/23/2012 2:45:04 PM (No. 9080888)
Was the john kerry DD214 ever resolved?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
hershey, 12/23/2012 3:24:18 PM (No. 9080920)
Lord, I hope so....
Maybe he could hang out with Jane Fonda instead of being Secretary....she probably went into Cambodia also...
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
rlwo, 12/23/2012 4:25:09 PM (No. 9080982)
It is a waste of money. He already has a lock on it. Very few Republicans will oppose him. He is a good old boy among Republicans.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
bighambone, 12/23/2012 5:33:39 PM (No. 9081064)
Unfortunately this country is past the point where enough people care. These days people only care when it affects them directly, and that will not happen, as Kerry will do his damage overseas in many places that most people cannot even find on a map.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
WinMag, 12/23/2012 9:34:09 PM (No. 9081274)
Just let me know where to send the check. I want Miss Lindsay exposed on this. If he votes for horse face´s confirmation he should get primaried.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
annie xango, 12/23/2012 9:48:06 PM (No. 9081288)
I expect he will be confirmed because those RINOS etc . stick together in "The Club" that trumps all..I sent money to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth once..and I will happily send money again ..I truly hope they do not sit this out..just call attention to this traitor and watch him squirm..even a little, is worth it..there are still legions of people out there who are low information voters..maybe a couple of them will..catch up..
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
foggybottom, 12/24/2012 1:03:01 AM (No. 9081404)
Only if he wears ´the hat´. He has it to this day!
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