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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 04:35 AM
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AWOL Press Conference (11/2/00): Sen. Bob Kerrey, Dan Inouye, Max Cleland
Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 09:25 AM by Skinner
They all know: our senators, our congressman, our military and...
our complicit media.

http://www.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=170


Press Conference by Senators and Veterans
Bob Kerrey, Daniel Inouye and Max Cleland
11/2/00


Senator Bob Kerrey: Well, I want to thank Bob Clemens for the very nice introduction and I want to thank the Tennessee Democratic party and all that you've done to put this together. I want to thank our good friend Max Cleland who has done such an outstanding job of making certain that we keep our word and commitment to America's Veterans. And, we're all real proud.

We are fortunate to have as our standard bearer a man who has not only served this country but has put himself on the line saying that we have to keep and honor the commitments that we have made to our Nation's Veterans and who has put before the American people spending proposals that call for putting more resources and more resources for taking care of our Veterans. It's not enough just to talk. It's not enough just to say I'm going to be compassionate. You've got to put your money where your mouth is or, otherwise, you're not going to be able to keep your word.

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On the 27th of May when Governor Bush got out of Yale University, after having a four year deferment.

Kerrey #1
During May 1968, there were 350 Americans dying every week in Vietnam, and he applied, as was his right, to the Texas Air National Guard. He applied to the Texas Air National Guard. In spite of the fact that there were 500 people ahead of him; he was accepted on the same day he applied. Now, I'll let him explain how that happened. I don't question that both he and I were both given an opportunity to go to college, and we were not required to go to Vietnam while we were in college. When we got out of college, we were required to serve; he made a commitment to the Texas Air National Guard. And, God bless him for doing so. There have been many moments when Nebraska National Guard folks are on their way to Bosnia or some other deployment and they say goodbye to their families, too. They rip their lives as well. I'm not taking anything away for our Guard or our Reserve men and women. But, Governor Bush made a six-year commitment. And, he's making truth telling and character a big issue in this campaign. I heard him say recently in Pennsylvania, that the Vice President was guided by a controlling legal authority.

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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 05:16 AM
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1. Paging Peter Jennings. n/t
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Loren645 Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 05:31 AM
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2. Just sent it to Peter Jennings. Let's keep pelting him with the volumes
of evidence.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 07:13 AM
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3. Post Jennings' e-mail addy here...
so we can all e-mail him, and check in after we have done it?
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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 10:08 AM
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5. You can email World News Tonight via a web page here.
Edited on Sun Jan-25-04 10:31 AM by JohnyCanuck
This is the web page on ABC News to send email messages to Jennings' program World News Tonight. I've sent them a couple messages already asking why PJ doesn't follow up by investigating and reporting on the charges instead of dismissing them out of hand.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/WNT_newemail_form.html
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The Night Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 10:27 AM
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6. DU should make reinforming Jennings an official campaign.
DU members need to pull together and keep hammering Jennings for his disgusting comments at the last debate.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 09:31 AM
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4. Bush's 1976 Kennebunkport DWI: Report Released 11/2/2000
I remember speculation that the release of this old information seemed suspiciously timed. It drove the AWOL Press Conference right off the news. Of course, the bust happened during his "youth"--hey, he was only about 30! Some pundits even opined that the story was uncovered by those nasty Democrats. So the powerful words spoken by Kerrey, Inouye & Cleland were largely ignored.

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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 04:23 PM
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7. TruthIsAll
Per DU copyright rules
please post only four
paragraphs from the
news source.

Thank you.

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