Swift
Boat Veterans for Truth
"Sellout" Stevens, Reed, Curcio and Potham
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John Kerry: “They had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads. . .” Joe Ponder: “The accusations that John Kerry made against the veterans who served in Vietnam was just devastating.” John Kerry: “. . . randomly shot at civilians. . .” Joe Ponder: “It hurt me more than any physical wounds I had.” John Kerry: “. . . cut off limbs, blown up bodies. . .” Ken Cordier: “That was part of the torture, was, uh, to sign a statement that you had committed war crimes.” John Kerry: “. . . razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Ghengis Khan. . .” Paul Gallanti: “John Kerry gave the enemy for free what I, and many of my, uh, comrades in North Vietnam, in the prison camps, uh, took torture to avoid saying. It demoralized us.” John Kerry: “. . . crimes committed on a day to day basis. . . ” Ken Cordier: “He betrayed us in the past, how could we be loyal to him now?” John Kerry: “. . . ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam.” Paul Gallanti: “He dishonored his country, and, uh, more, more importantly the people he served with. He just sold them out.” Announcer: “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is responsible for the content of this advertisement.” |
On the Screen: B&W photos of Kerry testifying with excerpts from his testimony run in white text on top alternate with clips of veterans commenting. Disclaimer. |
Notes
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Observations: > The ad was announced on Aug. 20; the Kerry campaign issued a statement on what it termed the "Swift Boat Veterans for Bush Ad": Kerry Campaign Statement on New Swift Boat Veterans for Bush Ad Washington,
DC – Kerry-Edwards campaign spokesman
Chad Clanton released the following statement today about the new Swift
Boat
Veterans for Bush ad: > Soon after the release of this ad Col. Ken Cordier (USAF, ret.) was revealed to be a member of the Bush-Cheney '04 National Veterans Steering Committee; the campaign asked him to resign from that position. |