Bush Adminstration Still Has Not Denounced The Swift Boat Ads

[DrFunkenstein]

White House repudiates anti-Kerry ad

COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) - The White House distanced itself from a commercial by a controversial veterans' group that accuses Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry of lying about his service in Vietnam.

"We have been very clear in stating that, you know, we will not and we have not and we will not question Senator Kerry's service in Vietnam," spokesman Scott McClellan said as US President George W. Bush made a campaign stop here.

Senator John McCain, a former Vietnam prisoner of war who challenged Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, has denounced the group.

McClellan coupled his comments about the ad to a broader call for closing the loophole that allows the groups, most of which are hostile to Bush, to operate.

"The president deplores all the unregulated soft money activity," he said, calling the ad "another example of the problem with the unregulated soft money activity that is going on.

"We hope the Kerry campaign will join us in calling for an end to all this kind of activity," said McClellan.

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Do you notice the difference between McCain's position and the Bush campaign? McCain denounced the ad, McClellan denounced 527's and merely said that they, themselves, won't question Kerry's service.

The Kerry campaign absolutely should go after them on this, pointing out that the Kerry campaign denounced the infamous Moveon.com "Hitler" ad, while Bush turns a blind eye to these pricks.

[CarolynEC]

1. Hope the JK campaign demands a Bush comment

Insist that the great orator himself denounce this ad.

Doubt he has the character, but it'd be fun to watch a little bit of repug-style fake frenzy develop.

Plus, if he does denounce it, and then someone digs up evidence that he OK'd personally... well, that'd make the whole stupid affair worth the price of admission!