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Originally posted by The1calledTKE
Republican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well.
The White House declined.
"It was the same kind of deal that was pulled on me," McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press, comparing the anti-Kerry ad to tactics in his bitter Republican primary fight with President Bush.
The 60-second ad features Vietnam veterans who accuse the Democratic presidential nominee of lying about his decorated Vietnam War record and betraying his fellow veterans by later opposing the conflict.
"When the chips were down, you could not count on John Kerry," one of the veterans, Larry Thurlow, says in the ad. Thurlow didn't serve on Kerry's swiftboat, but says he witnessed the events that led to Kerry winning a Bronze Star and the last of his three Purple Hearts. Kerry's crewmates support the candidate and call him a hero.
The ad, scheduled to air in a few markets in Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin, was produced by Stevens, Reed, Curcio and Potham, the same team that produced McCain's ads in 2000.
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One of the veterans in the ad was on the Dick Cavett show after the War WITH Kerry debating him on issues. I think these Veterans have issues with Kerry moreso because HE'S putting his 4 months of service out there like that's his best attribute and campaigning heavily on that, but he doesn't want to talk about the things he said and did after he came back. If we wants to tout his success in the war as his greatest achievement, call GWB all types of names, lie on him and say any and everything you can possibly think of that's negative about him, they should be ready for anything back in return. All's fair in love and politics.
Both sides have crossed the line with their ads.
If anything made me DISlike Kerry...it was criticizing GWB for continuing to read that story to the children on 9/11. That did it for me. He's definitely Scary Kerry!
