Latest smear alleges Kerry was AWOL with Bush

[Berserker]

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1094422212780&call_pageid=991479973472&col=991929131147

Just when you thought the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth couldn't come up with anything nastier in their bid to smear Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, along comes their latest commercial.

No longer content to suggest Kerry didn't earn his Purple Hearts while serving in Vietnam, the Swifties are now saying that not only wasn't Kerry in Vietnam during periods when he claims he was, he was actually hanging out with George W. Bush during the future president's stint with the National Guard in Alabama.

"And we know what that means," said John O'Neill, spokesperson for the Swift Boat Veterans. "That means we have no idea where Kerry was at all."

The Swifties are looking specifically at the period between the spring of 1972, when Bush's whereabouts as a member of the National Guard were unknown, and February, 1973, when John Kerry was discharged.

[wolfgirl]

1. you're joking, right? n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

2. It's satire.

Really.

--bkl

[MaineDem]

4. It better be

Sheesh! Nothing surprises me anymore.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Oh!

I see The Onion has moved up-market! ;-)

[mikehiggins]

5. Okay, its a joke but does anyone think its beyond them?

I had to follow the link because this world has become so surreal it seemed there might actually be a possibility that something like this could have been going on.

Whew.

[MaineDem]

6. Should this be LBN??? (nt)

[54anickel]

9. Probably not, but it is funny as hell, especially the last few paragraphs.

[JI7]

7. belongs in the lounge

[Moderator]

8. Not LBN

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