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August 18, 2004
Misrepresentation and Mendacity
Not only are the Swift Boat vets having a substantial effect on swing voters, they've also triggered a huge response from the Kerry camp....a response that included another alleged misrepresentation, this time about a quote from the Washington Times that supposedly said the Swift Boat book was a 'pack of lies'.
The quote from the column reads, in relevant part: "Either this book is a pack of lies or John Kerry is in fact a reckless, lying man who misrepresented the facts in order to receive medals he didn't deserve, and is indeed unfit to command even a tug boat, let alone the United States military as president."
That column went on to note that "the book has the ring of sincerity to it, and the mark of careful research and writing." While the column didn't reach a final judgment, it suggested that major non-conservative media organizations should investigate and assess the book and its critics.
The Washington Times is understandably not too happy about the misleading quote, as you can see.
While we are honored that the Kerry campaign is such an attentive reader of the articles and editorials that appear in our newspaper, they may wish to guard against such manipulative misrepresentations in the future. They run the risk of impeaching such reputation as they may still have for veracity of their public utterances.
It is a measure of the state of their defenses regarding John Kerry's Vietnam and Cambodia assertions that not only are they using ad hominum attacks against their critics, but they feel compelled to resort to such flagrant misrepresentation of other media comments to bolster their position.
Now I believe that most politicians have a tendency to play fast & loose with the truth, but Kerry's blatant mendacity has lately been astounding. It in fact leaves the impression that his entire life has been a carefully constructed pack of lies, half-truths and opportunistic actions aimed at his attaining the presidency....the likes of which I have never seen.
And the most insulting part is that he's arrogant enough to think he can get away with it.
Posted by Rita at August 18, 2004 07:25 AM