Or it would be the penultimate nail if the press ever gets around to reporting it. What he has uncovered is the fact that one of the Swiftboat veterans who appeared with Kerry on stage during the Democratic Convention as a former member of his crew, simply never served under Kerry. He couldn't have, since he was in the hospital during Kerry's entire tenure as skipper of that boat. It's true that they served on the same boat, but not at the same time.
So, at best, this fellow (David Alston) is in the same category as the Swiftvets who wrote Unfit for Command. That's certainly bad enough, because it says that Kerry will accept you as having served with him only if you support his presidential campaign. But the final nail would come if the members of Kerry's crew knowingly passed Alston off as one of them. If there's evidence that they did so, then this says that they've taken a pact to misrepresent the truth for the sake of the campaign, and the jig is up.
Well, it's up if the media reports it. And if they don't, the jig will eventually be up for the media... which almost makes the short term injustice worth the long term reckoning. Almost.
Posted by Demosophist at August 14, 2004 06:08 AM | TrackBackGreat work!!! Keep uncovering those kinds of facts. Scary Kerry has always been a manipulator and an opportunist--I guess you could almost but him in the same class as Scott Peterson!!! Interesting--Read on the Drudge Report--the beginnings of trouble with wife,ThREsa. Also first wife wrote a book about DEPRESSION after divorcing the cad. Your information should go to FOX Cable network...
Posted by: eliot at August 14, 2004 10:46 AMExcellent use of the word "penultimate!" (My favorite word.)
Posted by: David Pinto at August 14, 2004 03:52 PMThe Orlando Seninel, 01/31/04, quotes:
David Alston said of Kerry, "We were in a lot of firefights. You learn a lot about people. After a firefight John would come up to me and he would put his hand on me and he'd say, 'David, are you all right?'" And Kerry added, "I didn't know then that I had a man of God on my boat. That's probably why I'm here today."
Posted by: exguru at August 14, 2004 10:01 PMAfraid the National Review says Ed is off base:
http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200408160842.asp
"In the last few days, there's been a new accusation floating around the Internet about John Kerry's Vietnam record. It involves speculation that David Alston, one of the "band of brothers" who served on board Kerry's Swift Boat, did not actually serve with Kerry at all. If such a story were true, it would be sensational news, given that Alston has made extensive public statements, including a speech at the Democratic National Convention, about his time with Kerry. The only problem is, it's not true. Alston did indeed serve under Kerry."
Posted by: Frankie at August 17, 2004 03:24 PMActually, I already noted that in an update to a subsequent post. Importantly, Ed's coverage is what prompted the NRO article, and he observed that there was a window of about two weeks during which Alston could have served under Kerry.
"Off base?" Not by my definition. We was doing precisely what he ought to have been doing, and not only that but doing it in the right way.
Posted by: Demosophist at August 17, 2004 05:25 PMteens in wet t shirts thongs http://teenstiwtst.adailyverse.info/
foto travesta diete di donna moderna pompinare speciali nastro per http://fototdddmpsnp.acuacu.info/
kalco lighting http://kalco-lighting.addeasy.info/
home carpet steam cleaner comparison http://homehcscc.adidu.info/
all bingo halls on line http://allbhol.actdi.info/
apply for a va loan http://applyafavl.adikts.info/
gold coast hotel and casino las vegas nevada http://goldchaclvn.acspeed.info/
tanzanites http://tanzanites.acton-aa.info/
consumer reports vacuum cleaners http://consumercrvc.actology.info/
yahoo free bingo http://yahoofb.acgresale.info/
state laws for child support http://stateslfcs.adageinc.info/
calculator em hold odds poker http://calculatorehop.acgresale.info/
hyundai tucson offroad http://hyundai-tucson-offroad.adinabox.info/
silk screen sweatshirts http://silk-screen-sweatshirts.addalamp.info/
how long for prozac to take effect http://howhlfptte.ad-union.info/
diode motorola http://diode-motorola.adamico.info/
real estate business plan http://realrebp.adan-net.info/
dodge ram hemi http://dodge-ram-hemi.adan-net.info/
christian domain names http://christian-domain-names.adidu.info/
il suicidio della eve http://ilsde98.adam-paros.info/
orange beach real estate http://orangeobre.adidu.info/
copier technical forums http://copier-technical-forums.addapad.info/
industrial robotics diploma course http://industrialirdc.adipurnama.info/
temecula home loan http://temecula-home-loan.actess.info/
tonneau truck cover http://tonneau-truck-cover.actology.info/
polaroid digital camera http://polaroid-digital-camera.adeis.info/
black free jack line play http://blackfjlp.act221.info/
mitsubishi eclipse turbo kit http://mitsubishimetk.activnail.info/
priceline air fares http://priceline-air-fares.harleyt.info/
divertente giovane prostituta http://divertentegp.adcarton.info/
buy fast and the furious cars http://buybfatfc.acyspalace.info/
marriott desert spring villas http://marriottmdsv.adlersberg.info/
sony dcrdvd301 handycam dvd camcorder digital camera http://sonysdhdcdc.adidu.info/
mad tv cast http://mad-tv-cast.adlersberg.info/
auto rental phx http://auto-rental-phx.adalav.info/
2005 audi tt http://2005-audi-tt.adasink.info/
adware removal colorado springs http://adwarearcs.actionpunx.info/
outdoor ultrasonic pest control http://outdooroupc.acrowhapt.info/
ameristar bluff casino council in http://ameristarbcci70.acspeed.info/
sony cybershot camera http://sony-cybershot-camera.activashow.info/
chicago hotel weekend deals http://chicagochwd.addalamp.info/
kitchen range http://kitchen-range.adkeycards.info/
gap year travel insurance http://gapgyti.harleyt.info/
ontario florist http://ontario-florist.adnego.info/
womens shoes size 13 http://womenswss1.adambrodey.info/
beef deer jerky for sale cheap buy http://beefbdjfscb.adipurnama.info/
air fare tickets http://air-fare-tickets.acuhoi.info/
barbie twins posters http://barbie-twins-posters.adageinc.info/
prescription asthma medication http://prescription-asthma-medication.acuition.info/
earthlink webmail login http://earthlink-webmail-login.adikktion.info/