Swift Boat Veterans for Truth convention Orlando, 1/26-27

[paineinthearse]

Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/P...9&date=20041219

Anti-Kerry group meets to decide on future role

By Bill Lambrecht
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON — The end of the 2004 presidential election campaign doesn't spell the end of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the well-funded alliance of former servicemen that remains dedicated to preventing John Kerry from becoming president. The group, which recently changed its name to Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth, plans to convene next month to celebrate its successes and to consider speaking out further about Kerry's military service, his anti-war activities afterward, and other issues, says William Franke, who ran the organization's day-to-day operations. In his first interview about his role in the anti-Kerry group, the Navy veteran said his group succeeded in its mission to discredit Kerry and may help distribute a controversial film attacking the Massachusetts senator.

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"They have called us rag merchants and liars and scum and every name under the sun. But what he has never done is respond substantively to our accusations," Franke said. He said the group might issue more "statements" about Kerry, but he wasn't specific.

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One of the legislation's main sponsors, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has vowed further efforts to rein the groups in. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth raised $27.2 million, most of it in a three-month period starting in July, Franke said. Houston home builder Robert Perry, a longtime GOP contributor, gave the group $4 million. That money fueled some of the campaign season's most aggressive and memorable television ads.

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Franke referred to his group as "a substantive organization" and said it had a 150,000-strong donor list. He said it would be considering proposals related to veterans issues when members convene Jan. 26 in Orlando, for two days.

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Caveat. I am not sure this is still on. The article is a few weeks old. I googled for the group and all I could find in way of a website was a blog - http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/index.php

There is no mention of a convention in their "events" area.

Their "latest news" is dated November 30:
"November 30, 2004 -- Migrated the site to a single server, consolidating all pages, TV ads, mini-documentaries and forums in one place. Old links starting with "swift*.he.net" no longer work, but all previous content is still available."

[Arkana]

1. Corsi, one of their stooges, is coming to MA to run against Kerry

for Senate. Those morans just don't give up. They're like stalkers.

[Darkhawk32]

2. Kerry is still the #1 threat to the neocons and these Swift Boat...

Fuckers still have to earn the money they've been paid.

[paineinthearse]

3. Florida DU'ers, please keep an eye open.

DU this event.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. OK floridians you know what your job is...and vets for kerry you too!

[ComerPerro]

5. Sleazebags

These people should have been hit with some massive lawsuits. And, shame on everyone in the media for giving these scumbags even a shred of credibility.

I mean, I know it is shocking that a group of conservative shitheads would do something as shocking as to lie. I am sure their motivations had nothing to do with their book deal, the fact that they could help Bush, or the fame they would get.

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[CBHagman]

8. Plaster the town with "NIXON SHILLS" stickers.

John O'Neill deserves, till the day he dies, to be linked for the number one exhibit for corrupt presidents. Nixon recruited him, Bush used him, and he and his ilk want to proceed with their vindictive crusade.

Let's show the country what they are and at which trough they feed.

[Turbineguy]

7. If they handle that

with the same veracity they used on Kerry, they will arive in Orlando only to discover the party is in Cleveland.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. Ha ha! YES! like the river in Vietnam where Kerry rescued Rassmann

The one vet stpped forward and said: "what river were they on? we were definitely being fired at!"

[pk_du]

10. Still on according to here.....shower needed after viewing

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306182/posts

[paineinthearse]

13. You'd think they'd keep their blog up to date

Idiot freepers.

[paineinthearse]

14. thanks, pk_du

I've started a parallel thread in the Florida area.

[paineinthearse]

11. Corsi suggests US pre-emptive strike on Iran.

From http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=297645

CHENEY SOUNDING THE WAR DRUMS: In December, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth leader Jerome Corsi spoke out in favor of a pre-emptive strike on Iran. Corsi said, "either the U.S. alone or the U.S. plus Israel or Israel alone will seriously contemplate a pre-emptive strike, and I'd be in favor of it." Now, Vice President Cheney seems to be on board. In an interview before the inauguration, Cheney said, "If, in fact, the Israelis became convinced the Iranians had a significant nuclear capability...the Israelis might well decide to act first." Cheney added that "We don't want a war in the Middle East, if we can avoid it." His boss may be on board as well: On Monday, Bush said he supported a diplomatic settlement of Iran's nuclear program but said, 'I will never take any option off the table.'"

See http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41908

[AntiCoup2K4]

12. Did anybody ever investigate whether John ELLIS O'Neill was related to....

...the Bushes? As in John Ellis of FAUX News (who called the 2000 "election" in Florida for his cousin) and John Ellis Bush (a.k.a. Jeb) who is the mini-dictator of Florida?

Seems a damn big coincidence that a guy with a Bush-like name, tied to the family organiztion since the early 70's....

I can't believe nobody's asked the question.

[mtnsnake]

15. Why is it that we have no "attack dogs" like this beating on Bush?

As rotten to the core as the swift boat fuckers are, isn't it about time we fought fire with fire? We flat-out stink when it comes to smearing the ones who deserve it like the chimp.

[paineinthearse]

16. There certainly is a lot of crap we could use

See the recent posts about Corsi in the Massachusetts forum, esp those by ROX.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=158&topic_id=2676&mesg_id=2701&page=