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Originally posted by ronbotx
Going by what has been said by those on this board, these Navy officers are to dismissed as liars, without examining any facts.
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And since you are so interested in the TRUTH, please note this fact also from The N.Y. Times:
"These assertions are garbage," said Gene Thorson, who was part of Mr. Kerry's crew on PCF 94, one of two boats Mr. Kerry commanded during his time patrolling the Mekong Delta.
"These people weren't there with John Kerry. If he hadn't made the right command decisions, in my opinion, we would be some of the names on that wall," Mr. Thorson said.
The ad was produced by Stevens, Reed, Curcio and Potham, the same firm that produced the presidential campaign ads of Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, in 2000.
"I wish they hadn't done it," Mr. McCain said of his former advisers during an interview with the Associated Press. "I don't know if they knew all the facts."
Mr. McCain was one of the lead sponsors of the campaign finance reform bill that Mr. Bush signed in March 2002. But the law has been undermined by the emergence of "527 groups" -- officially nonpartisan under the Internal Revenue Service regulations that govern them -- that have helped Democrats outspend the Bush campaign.
"The president has been on the receiving end of more than $62 million in negative attack ads from shadowy groups," Mr. McClellan said. "The president thought he got rid of this kind of activity when he signed the bipartisan campaign finance reforms into law."
Mr. Kerry's camp says the group is the creation of wealthy Bush supporters and media operatives."
The New York Times reports " Mr. Kerry's aides circulated an 18-page packet discrediting the veterans group and linking its backers to Republicans, noting that a public-relations consultant the group paid $27,000 this spring, Merrie Spaeth, was also involved in a advertising campaign attacking Senator John McCain during his tough race against Mr. Bush in the 2000 primary in South Carolina."