Who the hell is Retired Rear Adm. William L. Schachte Jr. ?

[PretzelWarrior]

This guy is now the latest trying to puncture the heroism of Kerry by saying he nicked himself with a gredade launcher and then immediately asked for a purple heart.

Who has cross-examined this guy? What are the disputable statements he makes?

This is making me so f*ing mad. Although...yes....Kerry did bring it on himself. Still, he had to. People are still neurotic after 9/11 and want a reasonable facsimile of RAMBO for president.

[DakotaDemocrat]

1. TPM is right on top of it.

Josh Marshall just posted about this guy, with Novak writing that he's an independent that votes on both sides of the aisle, but...

<snip>

"Apparently, he's the kind of independent who gave George W. Bush a thousand bucks in 2000 and in 2004. He's also the new law partner of one of the guys running the Republican National Convention."

</snip>

www.talkingpointsmemo.com


edit: spelling and quotes

[fishface]

2. Another Swiftliar that claimed he was there for Kerry's first

purple heart even though the other two enlisted people in the boat that day say he's full of shit.

[PretzelWarrior]

8. so I don't like it boiling down to he/he said

I want proof this guy is lying, off his rocker, operating with plate in his head or something.

[Trajan]

3. Someone doesnt 'bring it on himself' ....

something akin to blaming the rape victim because she wore a short dress ...

As IF lying is suddenly ok ....

[napi21]

4. You heard this from Novak huh?

I just heard him too. I think old Novak was feeling left out of the current fray and had to come up with something. I wouldn't worry about this one, for a while at least. I still think this will all go away after the convention. For sure, the next several days will be all about shrub and his crowd.

[troublemaker]

5. Is this the same guy that was forced out for fixing defense contracts?

[MoonRiver]

6. Well, * ain't a "reasonable facsimile of RAMBO" by a long shot!

Kerry has been in combat and protected US citizens from the "enemy". I think he qualifies for RAMBO a lot better than chickenhawk/shit AWOL.

[PretzelWarrior]

7. you don't get it. some people eat up the "Bring 'em on"

and the "smoke em out" and being taxid onto an aircraft carrier, etc, etc. That is what I mean by reasonable facsimile. A two-dimensional drawing of the real thing a bit fuzzy but still leaving an impression

[MoonRiver]

9. You mean 'bring em on' Iraqi quagmire?

If so, I doubt many are buying. And * hasn't "smoked anyone out". Osama bin Laden is now officially Osama bin Missing.

:wtf: