John Kerry Chooses Weapon Instead of Truth

There may be times when during a campaign people come to the conclusion they can think of one or two reasons to vote for a candidate. A good true test comes after a few years can you still name even one reason you would have voted for the losing candidate. I would think most former John Kerry supporters would have a hard time naming anything specific.

The media has allowed John Kerry and other liberals to coin the term "swiftboating" in a misleading manner. The newly coined term is now generally accepted by the liberal media as making a strong assault using false accusations against a candidate in order to discredit them. The incorrect coinage of the term centers around the word false. The problem is that neither Kerry nor the media ever did prove that the allegations of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were false. In fact John Kerry danced around and around when it came to releasing the documents that should support his claims. It took him over a year to finally sign the form 180 to release his full military record. However, even then he could not give a full release, but only allowed friendly media such as AP, LA Times and Boston Globe to have full access to the records.

Now John Kerry instead of using the truth to fight any future battles, has compiled a power dossier on many of the Swift Boat Veterans in order to use against them in the future. The Patriot Ledger states:

Kerry, whose service as a U.S. Navy Swift boat skipper during the Vietnam War came under attack in his race against President Bush, said he has compiled a dossier on his war record critics that he wishes he had as the Democratic presidential nominee.

``We have put together a documented portfolio that frankly puts their lies in such a total light of absurdity and indecency, that should they ever rear their ugly heads again, we have every single ‘t’ crossed and ‘i’ dotted, and I welcome that in a sense,'' Kerry said following a morning address to the South Shore Chamber fo Commerce. ``It’s a shame we weren’t able to produce all that at the time.''

John Kerry dodged and weaved instead of just releasing his records. Now in the future he has a weapon. Bitter times for a bitter man.

Michelle Malkin Discovers a New Lefty Syndrome

We have all by now heard of BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), where the chronic words and actions by the left in reaction to GWB go well beyond dissent and into the realm of the looney. Michelle Malkin has discovered another plague among left leaning persons serving in the military or claim to. The Winter Soldier Syndrome does not occur without help, though. When somebody is stricken with the sudden compulsion to begin making up lies about the U.S. military, delivering false claims designed to make our soldiers look similar to the actions of our enemies; there is always a willing member of the media to swallow the tale whole and produce it without blinking an eye or checking the facts.

Michelle produces quite a list of these Syndrome sufferers that the media has gleefully supported, only to be picked apart later when the facts catch up to them. Michelle points back to the original case of the Winter Soldier Syndrome - John Kerry. Kerry, unlike his successors in suffering used his Syndrome driven speeches to launch a political career. The latest victim of WSS, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, told some very vile and disgusting tales which have since been picked apart, chewed up and spit out. He has even signed a statement recanting his stories. The publisher of the stories, The New Republic, stands by the disowned stories. The breakdown of the other WSS stories and how they were discredited is worth a look through.

Somehow the founder of this condition, John Kerry, had a very different outcome than those who have followed. Michelle points out the clear difference between then and now - the existence of the internet. It is very difficult for such outrageous false claims to survive under the microscope of the internet. Yet WSS will likely continue, and the media will likely continue to fulfill their part of the equation. They cannot help themselves.

When you look at how the left treats a soldier in uniform that supports the war effort and compare that with how eager they are to exploit anyone wearing a uniform that will undercut the war; it is seriously sickening.