swiftboating Murtha
exactly as they did Kerry.
Taylor Marsh:
According to Kerry himself, the part of the Swiftboat argument he was prepared to defend was his Senate testimony and antiwar stance after serving in Vietnam. What blew him out of the water was the slanderous attack on his actual service and heroism.
Besides, as I've written about for years, Republicans like their soldiers serving, silent and standing for photo ops, not talking back. When a vet speaks out he's targeted. Murtha is just the latest.
The real issue for me, like with John Kerry, is that the Marine Corps awarded Murtha's medal, which he received with honor. He's trusted by many soldiers and military men throughout the civilian and Pentagon establishment. Republican war horse, Senator John Warner, backed Kerry's service and his medals. Warner signed off on Kerry's Silver Star. I believe the Marine Corps when it comes to Murtha, as well as the many, many people, including soldiers, who stand behind him.
But does anyone really believe it's a coincidence that Snesko and his wife are attached to Duncan Hunter's office? I would like to know if yet another Republican is involved in the swiftboating campaign of yet another veteran. Is Duncan Hunter, who was part of the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers and served in Vietnam, or his office, involved with this latest campaign to swiftboat Jack Murtha? Ask him. Or is this just a coincidental chain of people reaching back to the Swiftboat for Smears that targeted John Kerry? Frankly, I'm not a big believer in coincidences, but that's just me.
If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend reading the whole story
very carefully. There is a ton of info to digest in there about the tight web of nastiness that the Swifties are built inot.
And their formal (that;s right,
formal ties to the republican party.
Plus there was
this a few days ago:
Profile In Treason: John Murtha
By Dave Gibson on Jun 23, 2006
Though the left-leaning John F. Kennedy Library Foundation recently gave Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) their Profile In Courage Award, there is little doubt that the former president whose name adorns the award was spinning in his grave when the seditious John Murtha was named as a 2006 recipient. Murtha, who has been giving encouragement to the insurgents in Iraq since his call for U.S. withdrawal last November, chose the side of our enemy when he recently characterized U.S. Marines as murderers...
...ormer Congressman Don Bailey (D-PA) has said many times that Murtha admitted to him in the 1980’s that he did not really deserve his two Purple Hearts. In January, Bailey told Cybercast News Service: “(Murtha) is putting himself forward as some combat veteran with serious wounds and he’s using that and it’s dishonest and it’s wrong.” Bailey is a Vietnam veteran serving in the Army’s 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. He was awarded three Bronze Stars and one Silver Star.
Congressman Murtha just as Sen. John Kerry has refused to sign form 180, which would release his military medical records. Apparently, Murtha has something to hide which may be the ultimate motivation behind his attack on American Marines in Iraq. Perhaps, in his persecution of current combat soldiers he is exorcising his own demons.
Deja vu all over again, isn't it??
The site heading is rich: "News By Us, not news bias:
commentary, News Analysis and Opinion without a hidden agenda"
UPDATE: Crooks and Liars is all over the story too. I find the ease with which the story is spreading to be very good news.