Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

"Friends"
:30 second ad Sept. 22, 2004


[Music] Male Announcer: Even before Jane Fonda went to Hanoi to meet with the enemy and mock America, John Kerry secretly met with enemy leaders in Paris. 

Though we were still at war and Americans were being held in North Vietnamese prison camps. 
 
Then he returned and accused American troops of committing war crimes on a daily basis. 
 
Eventually Jane Fonda apologized for her activities, but John Kerry refuses to.
 
In a time of war, can America trust a man who betrayed his country? 
 
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On the Screen: 1. B&W footage of Jane Fonda in Hanoi (July 1972).  2. Montage, B&W, Kerry speaking, a wide shot of protesters is in background, and text: "John Kerry secretly met enemy leaders."  3. B&W photo of American POW.  4. B&W photo of American POW.  5. B&W photo of Kerry testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (April 22, 1971) and text "...they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads."  6. B&W clip of Jane Fonda.  7. Kerry, in an unidentified setting, speaking to the camera, and text "John Kerry refuses to apologize."  8. Two quick clips of plane taking of from the deck of an aircraft carrier.  9. B&W photo of Kerry testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and text "Betrayed His Country."  10. Disclaimer.
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