Kerry Trots Out Cleland
Charles Johnson
Wed Aug 25, 2004 at 9:46 am PDT • Views: 222
John Kerry’s lame maneuvering to avoid answering questions about his service record has reached a pathetic new low, as he dispatches Max Cleland to Crawford, Texas, to “try to deliver a letter” asking Bush to condemn the Swift Boat Veterans’ advertisements: Kerry Takes Fight Over Vietnam Ads to Bush’s Ranch.
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry will dispatch two fellow Vietnam veterans to President Bush’s secluded Texas ranch on Wednesday to press him to condemn television advertisements accusing Kerry of lying about his wartime service.
The move comes one day after it was disclosed that a top lawyer for Bush’s re-election campaign has been providing legal advice to the group behind the ads, the so-called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Kerry is sending to Crawford former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a frequent companion of Kerry’s on the campaign trail and a fellow Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs during the war.
Cleland and former Army Green Beret Jim Rassman, whose life was saved by Kerry during a Vietnam war firefight, will try to deliver a letter protesting the ads to Bush at his heavily guarded ranch, Kerry aides said.
In this article, Reuters repeats a blatant lie about the 2002 Senate campaign:
Cleland lost his 2002 re-election bid after a bitter campaign in which Republicans questioned his patriotism.
Instead of staging ridiculous stunts like this, the obvious way for Kerry to put an end to the speculation over his record would be to hold a press conference and answer questions. Maybe even release his full service records.
Frank says: