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Those Vile Swift Boat Veterans
Veterans for truth, eh?
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artma...ter_5012.shtml CHB Investigates. . . Slur-Slinging Anti-Kerry Author's Rants Welcomed on Right-Wing Bulletin Board By WILLIAM D. McTAVISH Capitol Hill Blue Staff Writer Aug 10, 2004, 23:50 Jerome Corsi, co-author of the anti-Kerry book that is drawing fire for its inaccuracies, claims his homophobic, anti-Catholic, anti-Muslim and anti-Semetic comments on the right-wing FreeRepublic bulletin board were jokes but a close review of his long history of nastiness on the board reveal a pattern of hate, intolerance and bigotry. “I considered them a joke,” Corsi told the Associated Press after he was questioned about the comments Tuesday. “I don’t stand by any of these comments and I apologize if they offended anybody.” An avalanche of email received Tuesday after Capitol Hill Blue, with the help of Media Matters for America, cataloged an extensive list of Corsi’s anti-religious slurs, homophobic insults and right-wing attacks, showed many people did not find Corsi humorous. And an even closer review of Corsi’s postings since 2001 on FreeRepublic reveal his comments could not, by the wildest stretch of imagination, be considered jokes but were – in fact – consistent with the often homophobic, bigoted, hate-filled right-wing extremism of the bulletin board. “We will use this forum of Kerry's campaign to repudiate this traitor and expunge the Hanoi Kerry poison from our lives once and for all,” posted a FreeRepublic member who calls himself "Chieftan" Tuesday night. “Oh Geez, Colmes is bringing up freeper author. Smarmy bastid,” wrote another, called "arbee4bush" in reference to Fox Talk Show host Alan Colmes asking Corsi’s co-author, John O’Neill, about Corsi’s posts on the bulletin board. Such language is typical on FreeRepublic which founder Jim Robinson says believes “in our continuing fight for freedom, for America and our constitution and against totalitarianism, socialism, tyranny, terrorism, etc., Free Republic stands firmly on the side of right, i.e., the conservative side.” For many of FreeRepublic’s members, this means gay-bashing, racism, anti-Semitism and slurs against anybody deemed as an enemy. Corsi’s slurs, which he now claims were “jokes” fit right into FreeRepublic’s style. “Corsi is one of us,” bragged poster Chad Fairbanks Tuesday night. “He made a post...supposedly as a satire...where he made some remarks he now regrets. References to "ragheads", saying disparaging things about Islam, and an un-funny (by his own admission) Catholic joke were part of it. The left is now trying to nail him on it. I'm willing to forgive him,” posted hoagy62. What hoagy62 is willing to forgive is a lot more than “some remarks.” Since 2001, Corsi has posted hundreds of hate-filled screeds to FreeRepublic. A few examples: “Islam is a peaceful religion as long as the women are beaten, the boys buggered, and the infidels killed.” (11/22/2002) “Let's see exactly why it isn't the case that Islam is a worthless, dangerous Satanic religion? Where's the proof to the contrary?” (04/24/2004) “JaneFondaKerry is being heavily funded by Iranians -- check out how Gore was funded by the Chinese in 2000. May not come out until after the election but when it comes to JustForKerry the old rule applies in every aspect of his life – “FOLLOW THE MONEY.” (03/02/2004) “The Rats better think twice about the bogus charge that the President went "AWOL." Looks like John F*ing Kerry went traitor.” (02/04/2004) “John Commie-Kerry has voted for decades to dismantle the US military.” (02/01/2004) “The only way to beat this bitch is to nail her on the issues.” (Talking about Senator Hillary Clinton on 06/08/2003) “Let the FAT HOG run!!!” (Again about Hillary Clinton on 08/30/2003) “And now we get Pooh-LEFTY pushed on us by the RATS as Minority Leader in the House -- here come the SanFrancisco liberals -- hope the RATS go back to focusing the debate on gay marriages and other pro-choice topics close to Pelosi's heart.” (Comments on Nancy Pelosi posted 11/18/2002) (Complete listing of Corsi's posts on FreeRepublic) A number of FreeRepublic posters defend Corsi’s remarks. “I still don't see the connection between someone making comments about Muslims and the veracity of typed words spoken by true war heroes,” said "nuffsenuff." “Jerome R. Corsi is/was an active Freeper who used some questionable terms for Arabs and had some harsh words about Clinton and Kerry. IMHO, they were rather benign, but they were taken out of context in order to keep the character assasination machine alive,” posted “APFel” Tuesday. “Frankly, I don't think he has anything to apologize for.” “As far as I am concerned he told the truth and has nothing to apologize for,” posted by “sport.” The Kerry campaign called Corsi's Web chat postings disgusting. "President Bush should immediately condemn this sleazy book written by a virulent anti-Catholic bigot. It says something about the smear campaign against John Kerry that it has stooped to enlist a hatemonger," said campaign spokesman Chad Clanton. Terry Holt, a spokesman for the Bush-Cheney campaign, said neither the president nor his campaign has ever questioned Kerry's military service. "It's shameful for the Kerry campaign to suggest so by falsely associating use with this effort," Holt said. Neither the Bush campaign nor the White House, however, has distanced themselves from Corsi or the book. © Copyright 2004 Capitol Hill Blue
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08-11-2004, 09:29 AM
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Did he post these comments before or after he burned the white cross on my lawn?
Doesn't he know in order for something to be a joke, it has to be funny? Well, most Republican humor is like that I guess. lol
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08-11-2004, 09:42 AM
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 He also called Hillary a "lesbo" and said that the pope approves of boy-buggering.
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08-11-2004, 09:48 AM
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Let me just post this flambaying article about those non-partisan swifty swift boat vets that are hopefully reduced to a mention on Rush "I swear I did not sell those 10,000 illegally obtained pill so WHY are you prosecuting me [ I am not a criminal even though I no longer have the pills - I took them - yea that's right ALL of them - that's the ticket" L.'s show  Posted 8/8/2004 10:41 PM Updated 8/9/2004 7:57 PM Anti-Kerry vets say 'lies' drove them to act By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY They call themselves Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, but they are no "band of brothers" to John Kerry. Last week, the group launched a scathing 60-second TV ad accusing the Democratic nominee of lying about his Vietnam War record. This week, the group releases Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry. On Sunday, the book was already No. 3 on Amazon.com's best-seller list. The attack on one of Kerry's chief arguments for replacing President Bush as commander in chief — that he was tested under fire in Vietnam and served with distinction — has become harshly controversial. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who chairs Bush's campaign in Arizona, says the ad is dishonest and has called on the president's campaign to disavow it. Retired Army general Tommy Franks, who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, told ABC's This Week on Sunday that Kerry is "absolutely" qualified to be commander in chief. Who are these men who say Kerry didn't deserve the medals he received as a swift boat commander, a view sharply at odds with that of men who served under him? And why are they telling their stories now, more than 35 years later? On its Web site (www.swiftvets.com), the group calls itself "non-partisan." But public records show that two of its three main backers are longtime GOP contributors: Bob Perry, a Texas home builder who gave $100,000, and Harlan Crow, a Dallas real estate executive, who gave $25,000. The third major backer is John O'Neill, who put up $25,000 and is co-author of the group's book. The Texas lawyer was closely tied to Bush when he was Texas governor. In 1971, O'Neill, a swift boat veteran who didn't serve with Kerry, was picked by the Nixon White House to counter Kerry's anti-war stand in TV debates. The group's chairman and founder, retired rear admiral Roy Hoffmann, says the veterans were angered after reading historian Douglas Brinkley's book about Kerry's service, Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War. Hoffman says the biography is "replete with gross exaggerations, distortions of fact and outright lies." As for waiting until a news conference this May to come forward, Hoffmann says, "When (Kerry) was in Massachusetts, that was Massachusetts' problem." Things changed, he says, "when he announced his candidacy to be the commander in chief." Brinkley accuses the group of "a smear campaign." He interviewed at least seven of the men, some of whom he portrays harshly. Hoffmann, the Navy's top swift boat commander in Vietnam, is described in the book as "blood-thirsty" and "egomaniacal." Like Hoffmann, none of the 13 men in the TV ad served on either of the two swift boats — small, lightly armed patrol craft — that Kerry commanded. Of the group's 254 members — out of 3,500 swift boat sailors who served in Vietnam — only one served under Kerry. The rest who did serve on Kerry's boats back his record. Many of Kerry's critics commanded boats that went out on missions with Kerry. Others never met him. Most are still angry about Kerry's leadership of Vietnam Veterans Against the War after he returned home. Among those criticizing Kerry: • George Elliott, who came to Kerry's defense during his 1996 Senate campaign when questions were raised about his Silver Star. Kerry received the award after beaching his boat to chase a Viet Cong guerrilla who was firing from shore. Kerry jumped ashore and killed the guerrilla. As Kerry's commander, Elliott approved the award and gave him glowing marks in fitness reports. But in an affidavit last month, Elliott said he "was never informed that (Kerry) had simply shot a wounded, fleeing Viet Cong in the back." Last week, Elliott recanted that affidavit in a statement to The Boston Globe, saying he had made "a terrible mistake." But the Swift Boat Veterans group has since issued a statement reaffirming Elliott's affidavit. Elliott was not available for comment Sunday, but in an interview with USA TODAY earlier this year, he said that while he strongly disagreed with Kerry's anti-war activities, "I don't know how anyone would have taken the risks he took in combat just for the glory of running for office." • Adrian Lonsdale, who in 1996 called Kerry "among the finest of those swift boat drivers." He says he changed his mind after reading Brinkley's book. Lonsdale, who outranked Kerry, recalls meeting him only once at an officers club. "The only thing I remember is he whined a lot about the lack of air support," he said. • Charles Plumly, a retired Navy captain who was Hoffmann's chief of staff. He says Kerry "required a lot of supervision" and "did things without permission." Asked in an interview for examples, he said, "I can't give you exact specifics." • Van O'Dell and Jack Chenoweth, who are among those who say Kerry lied about an incident on March 13, 1969, for which he received a Bronze Star and a third Purple Heart. Kerry was cited for pulling Army Special Forces Lt. Jim Rassmann from a river during a firefight, despite an arm injury. O'Dell says there was no enemy fire and Kerry "fled the scene." Chenoweth says that Kerry's arm was not bleeding and that the official reports were "completely different than" what he saw. Rassmann has dismissed such accounts as "pure fabrication." Del Sandusky, Kerry's boat driver, says, "I saw the gun flashes in the jungle, and I saw the bullets skipping across the water," adding that the contrary accounts are "part of the Republican slime machine." • Louis Letson, a doctor who says he treated Kerry. He says Kerry didn't deserve his first Purple Heart because he "inadvertently wounded himself" and "there was no hostile fire." Medical records, however, note that Kerry was treated for shrapnel by J.C. Carreon, not Letson. Bill Zaladonis, who was on Kerry's boat at the time, says the men believed they were shooting at Viet Cong. FactCheck.org, a non-partisan group that monitors political ads, says Letson's story is "based on hearsay, and disputed hearsay at that." It concludes, "There is reason to doubt" the Swift Boat Veterans' ad because of its funding and because of the discrepancies in memory between Kerry's defenders and attackers. Contributing: Mark Memmott and wire reports http://www.usatoday.com/news/politic...rry-vets_x.htm
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Someone hacked into the Amazon website a few days ago and replaced the cover of the book with a new one that said "Fit For Command." 
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"I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there," Keyes told the frat boys at Fox News on March 17, 2000. "So I certainly wouldn't imitate it." Here is his explanation of why his moving to another state to participate in an election is okay  CROWLEY: Mr. Keyes ... you criticized Hillary Clinton for going to New York, and we have to at least discuss the carpetbagger issue. You have said, look, I don't know what the issues are in Illinois, I'm going to listen. But is that ... this close to an election, really a bumper sticker you can run on? KEYES: Well, I think I have addressed the issue of the very deep differences between what I am doing and Hillary Clinton. She used the state of New York as a platform for her own personal ambition. I had no thought of coming to Illinois to run until the people here in the state party decided there was a need. Just as people faced with a flood, or people in the case of 9/11, would call on folks, firefighters and others to help them deal with the crisis that they were faced with. The people in Illinois have called on me to help deal with what they regard as a crisis. But from the point of view of my own personal principles, I believe in federalism. And I had to think this through based on my respect for the principle of state sovereignty. But I think when you have a candidate like Barack Obama who has turned his back on the principles of our national union, you have to stand in defense of those principles just as Lincoln did in the run-up to the Civil War. He understood that our respect for state sovereignty must be limited by our commitment to defending the principles of our national union. And that's what I am doing. And I am doing it on behalf of Illinoisans who deeply believe that we should not abandon those principles, on abortion, on our respect for traditional marriage, on our respect for true self-government as the basis of our approach to education and to our economy. These are folks who have stood with me over the years, who have seen me as someone who speaks for their hearts and now I will be offering them a choice in Illinois. http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...eyes.illinois/
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 You should have seen him on Insanity & Colmes the other night. For once, Colmes went after a right-winger and almost drew blood. I was stunned.
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They truly ARE vile. And then there's the spokesman for Bush-Cheney who is upset because they are being associated with this, instead of condemning the smear campaign. That makes me almost as angry as the rest of it.
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Or is it because he refused to pay back any of the debt that it caused? Or, is it because he wrote $20,000 in bad checks to his creditors? Oh, maybe it's because he still owes $200,000 for his failed 2000 presidential bid! Or it could be because he said gays were the cause of Nazism and communism.
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 This whole business is going to backfire so badly on Bush.
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