Comments on: Ex-Navy official protests Swift Boat funder’s nomination. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:16:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2144292 Raymond Funamoto Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:56:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2144292 These "swift-boat smearers" HAVE A SCREW LOOSE IN THEIR HEADS as do those that FUND them, through money or words, like John Fund, for example! They are ALL BEING MANIPULATED by repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderms like Karl Miss Piggy Rove WHO USES THEM AS ONE OF THE KEY-POINTS OF HIS SHIT-SKID-MARKED BESMIRCHED DIRTY-POLITICS PLAYBOOK, WHICH HAS BEEN OVERUSED AND OVERDONE, AND NOBODY BUT THE MOST BEREFT OF BRAINS SLOB-IDIOTS BELIEVE Rove and HIS COWARDLY ILK!!!! HEY, IF YA ARE STUPID AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO BELIEVE Rove and the SCUM-SHITS THAT USE SUCH TACTICS, THEN YA BELONG WITH THEM AND YA CAN ALL GO TO HELL WITH THEM, TOO!!!!! These “swift-boat smearers” HAVE A SCREW LOOSE IN THEIR HEADS as do those that FUND them, through money or words, like John Fund, for example! They are ALL BEING MANIPULATED by repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderms like Karl Miss Piggy Rove WHO USES THEM AS ONE OF THE KEY-POINTS OF HIS SHIT-SKID-MARKED BESMIRCHED DIRTY-POLITICS PLAYBOOK, WHICH HAS BEEN OVERUSED AND OVERDONE, AND NOBODY BUT THE MOST BEREFT OF BRAINS SLOB-IDIOTS BELIEVE Rove and HIS COWARDLY ILK!!!! HEY, IF YA ARE STUPID AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO BELIEVE Rove and the SCUM-SHITS THAT USE SUCH TACTICS, THEN YA BELONG WITH THEM AND YA CAN ALL GO TO HELL WITH THEM, TOO!!!!!

]]> By: SpongeBob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2131828 SpongeBob Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:40:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2131828 Hi Patrick, I have that ball-gag you wanted. Now get off of Gary for a minute. Hi Patrick, I have that ball-gag you wanted. Now get off of Gary for a minute.

]]> By: pitman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2131791 pitman Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:30:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2131791 As a Vietnam veteran, I'll never understand these Swift Boat clowns for discrediting their own Vietnam brothers. Why don't they focus their energies on real cowards. For instance right wing has-been rocker and America's "Ultimate Coward" Ted Nugent who admitted to urinating and defecating in his pants for an entire week before reporting for his draft board physical to avoid duty to his country during the Vietnam war. Now he earns as much as $25,000 a night preaching about patriotism, free speech and his right to bear arms. This pile of cowardice is truly the epitome of hypocrisy. As a Vietnam veteran, I’ll never understand these Swift Boat clowns for discrediting their own Vietnam brothers. Why don’t they focus their energies on real cowards. For instance right wing has-been rocker and America’s “Ultimate Coward” Ted Nugent who admitted to urinating and defecating in his pants for an entire week before reporting for his draft board physical to avoid duty to his country during the Vietnam war. Now he earns as much as $25,000 a night preaching about patriotism, free speech and his right to bear arms. This pile of cowardice is truly the epitome of hypocrisy.

]]> By: flo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2130064 flo Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:37:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2130064 You mean the point about all the swiftliar distortions? Just about everyone I knew that went to Vietnam was GLAD Kerry came back against that war. And do some research. The swiftliars were, well lying for bulsh. A draft evader. You mean the point about all the swiftliar distortions? Just about everyone I knew that went to Vietnam was GLAD Kerry came back against that war. And do some research. The swiftliars were, well lying for bulsh. A draft evader.

]]> By: hacker bob http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2129686 hacker bob Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:06:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2129686 Comment by Patrick1 — March 9, 2007 @ 3:36 pm Sorry to say this folks, but the snail f*cker has a point here. Comment by Patrick1 — March 9, 2007 @ 3:36 pm

Sorry to say this folks, but the snail f*cker has a point here.

]]> By: lgreene http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2129191 lgreene Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:42:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2129191 Doesn't the Senate have to confirm ambassadors? Then this guy's 15 minutes should be over, right? Doesn’t the Senate have to confirm ambassadors? Then this guy’s 15 minutes should be over, right?

]]> By: Patrick1 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2129168 Patrick1 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:36:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2129168 That John Kerry lied to the Senate, and to the public, is beyond dispute. His testimony that American servicemen "razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan" was based on fabrications from individuals who weren't even veterans, individuals whom Kerry knew at the time were not really veterans. John Kerry organized and used fraudulent veterans to prepare fraudulent testimony, and delivered that fraudulent testimony to the U.S. Senate. Senator John F. Kerry is a documented liar. He is on film telling his lies. Yet to hear our leftist historians tell it, Senator Kerry is the victim of the Swift Boat Veterans, who ran a television advertisement featuring Kerry's 1971 testimony in order to show the American public just what sort of "military hero" John F. Kerry really was. The public was certainly never going to find out about Kerry's meetings with the North Vietnamese from the news media, which had studiously avoided saying a single word about Kerry's history as an anti-war activist. Mr. Sanders would have us believe that the Swift Vets' efforts represented "one of the nastiest, dirtiest negative campaign ads of the entire 2004 presidential campaign, if not in presidential history." Apparently, telling the truth about Democratic candidates for office is a terrible and nasty thing. For make no mistake: virtually everything the Swift Vets said about John Kerry is documented. If there is a dirty, nasty, dishonest campaign afoot, it is the one by revisionist historians like Wade Sanders to prove — by louder assertion — that John Kerry was horribly wronged... instead of the liar and poseur that he actually was and is. That John Kerry lied to the Senate, and to the public, is beyond dispute. His testimony that American servicemen “razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan” was based on fabrications from individuals who weren’t even veterans, individuals whom Kerry knew at the time were not really veterans. John Kerry organized and used fraudulent veterans to prepare fraudulent testimony, and delivered that fraudulent testimony to the U.S. Senate. Senator John F. Kerry is a documented liar. He is on film telling his lies. Yet to hear our leftist historians tell it, Senator Kerry is the victim of the Swift Boat Veterans, who ran a television advertisement featuring Kerry’s 1971 testimony in order to show the American public just what sort of “military hero” John F. Kerry really was. The public was certainly never going to find out about Kerry’s meetings with the North Vietnamese from the news media, which had studiously avoided saying a single word about Kerry’s history as an anti-war activist.

Mr. Sanders would have us believe that the Swift Vets’ efforts represented “one of the nastiest, dirtiest negative campaign ads of the entire 2004 presidential campaign, if not in presidential history.” Apparently, telling the truth about Democratic candidates for office is a terrible and nasty thing. For make no mistake: virtually everything the Swift Vets said about John Kerry is documented. If there is a dirty, nasty, dishonest campaign afoot, it is the one by revisionist historians like Wade Sanders to prove — by louder assertion — that John Kerry was horribly wronged… instead of the liar and poseur that he actually was and is.

]]> By: Barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2128230 Barfly Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:31:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2128230 Well, I hope McCain paid attention to the whole swiftboat saga, 'cause it's now bearing down on <em>him </em>(from Raw Story): <em>Two familiar faces will soon be dogging Senator John McCain on the campaign trail, as activist Vietnam Veterans Jerry Kiley and Ted Sampley resume a campaign they have conducted for years against the Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war. Jerry Kiley filed papers last week to establish the nonpartisan group Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain. "When people truly get to know him, there's no possibility they'll consider him for president of the United States," says Kiley, who served in the Army and completed the Internal Revenue Service paperwork to establish the "527" group. RAW STORY spoke last week with Kiley, as well as Ted Sampley, a North Carolina-based publisher who has been harshly criticizing McCain for more than 10 years. Sampley teamed up with Kiley in 2004 to found a similar group that targeted Senator John Kerry as he ran for president. They see McCain as an apologist for Vietnam's Communist government who sold out fellow POWs and servicemen missing in action from America's lengthy war in Southeast Asia. "We know him best because we've dealt with him over the years, and we know how he's acted," Kiley said. "We're taking no salaries, we do this voluntarily, and every penny will go into defeating him." [snip]</em> Well, I hope McCain paid attention to the whole swiftboat saga, ’cause it’s now bearing down on him (from Raw Story):

Two familiar faces will soon be dogging Senator John McCain on the campaign trail, as activist Vietnam Veterans Jerry Kiley and Ted Sampley resume a campaign they have conducted for years against the Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war.

Jerry Kiley filed papers last week to establish the nonpartisan group Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain. “When people truly get to know him, there’s no possibility they’ll consider him for president of the United States,” says Kiley, who served in the Army and completed the Internal Revenue Service paperwork to establish the “527″ group.

RAW STORY spoke last week with Kiley, as well as Ted Sampley, a North Carolina-based publisher who has been harshly criticizing McCain for more than 10 years. Sampley teamed up with Kiley in 2004 to found a similar group that targeted Senator John Kerry as he ran for president. They see McCain as an apologist for Vietnam’s Communist government who sold out fellow POWs and servicemen missing in action from America’s lengthy war in Southeast Asia.

“We know him best because we’ve dealt with him over the years, and we know how he’s acted,” Kiley said. “We’re taking no salaries, we do this voluntarily, and every penny will go into defeating him.”

[snip]

]]> By: Spudge_Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2127989 Spudge_Boy Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:11:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2127989 <blockquote>Who did Wade work for? Comment by Patrick1 — March 9, 2007 @ 11:36 am </blockquote> Your mom, cleaning the smegma out of her crack.

Who did Wade work for?

Comment by Patrick1 — March 9, 2007 @ 11:36 am

Your mom, cleaning the smegma out of her crack.

]]> By: ccinnc http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2127431 ccinnc Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:57:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2127431 <blockquote># He insists on it. I did catch him having sex with my pet snail, Gary. Comment by Spongebob Oh no! Poor Gary…. Comment by Zooey — March 9, 2007 @ 11:43 am</blockquote> It's ok -- Gary prob. didn't notice. It's ok -- Gary prob. didn't notice.

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He insists on it. I did catch him having sex with my pet snail, Gary.
Comment by Spongebob

Oh no! Poor Gary….

Comment by Zooey — March 9, 2007 @ 11:43 am

It’s ok — Gary prob. didn’t notice.

It’s ok — Gary prob. didn’t notice.

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2127281 TripMaster Monkey Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:20:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2127281 That’s cute, rachel…too bad http://www.tripmastermonkey.com isn’t my site. Keep swinging, though…it’s amusing to watch you flail about. ^_^ That’s cute, rachel…too bad http://www.tripmastermonkey.com isn’t my site.

Keep swinging, though…it’s amusing to watch you flail about. ^_^

]]> By: TrioMaster Minkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2126469 TrioMaster Minkey Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:57:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2126469 I see you are a Commie sympathizer. There are places for you out in Wyoming. You are also an armed “survivalist kook” I expect the government will be seeing you very soon. Prove me wrong. http://www.tripmastermonkey.com/ about us Frequently Given Answers What is TripmasterMonkey.com? It’s a cheeky news magazine for the Asia-savvy. Yellow journalism served up fresh—that’s our goal. On the site, you’ll find plenty of pop culture, offbeat topics, unusual views on U.S. and world news, and—as we ramp up—more graphic content (comics, photo essays, illustrated stories). In short, it’s a place for some fun and titillation. A lychee-martini lounge on the Web. What’s with the name? The name comes from Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel about a hipster playwright, a modern-day incarnation of the fabled Monkey King, who spread Buddhism from India to China. Pretty trippy, right? As we see it, tripmasters are people who connect different worlds and cultures and ideas. People like you. (BTW, we’re not affiliated with Maxine Hong Kingston, the novel, or the defunct band of the same name.) Who are you guys? Most of us are young journalists from the ranks of CNN, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and magazines like Ms, New York, Glamour, and World Press Review. Many of us first met in various parts of Asia but now call New York City home. Why a Web magazine? Seeing connections that exist across cultures—that’s what we’re all about. We love the borderless nature of the Web. It’s totally cosmic, man. A way to link to what’s Out There. The casual, ephemeral nature of the Web is perfect for a light but tasty sampling of Asian-accented news. How are you funded? Excellent question. TMM is a volunteer effort, though it’s not technically a nonprofit. We’re funded through private donations, ads, and the sale of branded merchandise. So, how do you define Asia? We follow the Asia Society’s definition: “The area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.” Though, given our namesake, we tend to focus on countries where the Monkey King managed to spread the Buddha’s teachings to a large segment of the population. Um, you really like monkeys. Well, Tripmaster Stephen Hawking probably said it best: “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” Okay, you guys are completely bananas. Can I write for you? Sure, submit to the monkey. I see you are a Commie sympathizer. There are places for you out in Wyoming.

You are also an armed “survivalist kook”

I expect the government will be seeing you very soon.

Prove me wrong.

http://www.tripmastermonkey.com/

about us
Frequently Given Answers

What is TripmasterMonkey.com? It’s a cheeky news magazine for the Asia-savvy. Yellow journalism served up fresh—that’s our goal. On the site, you’ll find plenty of pop culture, offbeat topics, unusual views on U.S. and world news, and—as we ramp up—more graphic content (comics, photo essays, illustrated stories). In short, it’s a place for some fun and titillation. A lychee-martini lounge on the Web.

What’s with the name? The name comes from Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel about a hipster playwright, a modern-day incarnation of the fabled Monkey King, who spread Buddhism from India to China. Pretty trippy, right? As we see it, tripmasters are people who connect different worlds and cultures and ideas. People like you. (BTW, we’re not affiliated with Maxine Hong Kingston, the novel, or the defunct band of the same name.)

Who are you guys? Most of us are young journalists from the ranks of CNN, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and magazines like Ms, New York, Glamour, and World Press Review. Many of us first met in various parts of Asia but now call New York City home.

Why a Web magazine? Seeing connections that exist across cultures—that’s what we’re all about. We love the borderless nature of the Web. It’s totally cosmic, man. A way to link to what’s Out There. The casual, ephemeral nature of the Web is perfect for a light but tasty sampling of Asian-accented news.

How are you funded? Excellent question. TMM is a volunteer effort, though it’s not technically a nonprofit. We’re funded through private donations, ads, and the sale of branded merchandise.

So, how do you define Asia? We follow the Asia Society’s definition: “The area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.” Though, given our namesake, we tend to focus on countries where the Monkey King managed to spread the Buddha’s teachings to a large segment of the population.

Um, you really like monkeys. Well, Tripmaster Stephen Hawking probably said it best: “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”

Okay, you guys are completely bananas. Can I write for you? Sure, submit to the monkey.

]]> By: Karim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2126331 Karim Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:22:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2126331 The fact that Bush nominated him for the ambassadorship is nauseating enough. Sanders was right to speak his mind. The fact that Bush nominated him for the ambassadorship is nauseating enough. Sanders was right to speak his mind.

]]> By: PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2126322 PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:18:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2126322 <em>The reading function has yet to be programmed into Patrick-the-talking-point-robot’s functions.</em> Comment by VerbalKint Be patient - Halliburton just got into the IT field. The reading function has yet to be programmed into Patrick-the-talking-point-robot’s functions.
Comment by VerbalKint

Be patient – Halliburton just got into the IT field.

]]> By: R http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2126267 R Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:12:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2126267 It looks like morality and ethics are on the rise and becoming popular, again. Winning "at any cost" is on the way out, along with the Repubs who embrace that extinct and destructive theology. The neo-fascists are like a bunch of lemmings and I applaud thier unwavering stampede as they run to thier doom. They well deserve every stumble they make and every fall they take. They worked so hard for ruination. It looks like morality and ethics are on the rise and becoming popular, again. Winning “at any cost” is on the way out, along with the Repubs who embrace that extinct and destructive theology. The neo-fascists are like a bunch of lemmings and I applaud thier unwavering stampede as they run to thier doom. They well deserve every stumble they make and every fall they take. They worked so hard for ruination.

]]> By: VerbalKint http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2125895 VerbalKint Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:04:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2125895 <em>You don’t even read replies to your posts, do you, Patrick. Comment by TripMaster Monkey — March 9, 2007 @ 11:40 am</em> The reading function has yet to be programmed into Patrick-the-talking-point-robot's functions. You don’t even read replies to your posts, do you, Patrick.

Comment by TripMaster Monkey — March 9, 2007 @ 11:40 am

The reading function has yet to be programmed into Patrick-the-talking-point-robot’s functions.

]]> By: And You Thought REAGAN Was Stupid http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2125868 And You Thought REAGAN Was Stupid Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:03:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2125868 Good to see this veteran also defended a Republican, John McCain, who was so unfairly attacked by Bush during the 2000 primaries. No one is safe from Bush's (read: Karl Rove's) personal smears. Bush is a coward. Good to see this veteran also defended a Republican, John McCain, who was so unfairly attacked by Bush during the 2000 primaries. No one is safe from Bush’s (read: Karl Rove’s) personal smears. Bush is a coward.

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2125766 tom baker Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:01:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2125766 take another oxy and a nap patty, you're stinking the place up with stupid. take another oxy and a nap patty, you’re stinking the place up with stupid.

]]> By: PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2125709 PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:00:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2125709 What was newly elected President George W. Bush thinking when he ignored outgoing President Bill Clinton's conclusions about Osama Bin Laden and Al Quaeda? Obviously not America. What was newly elected President George W. Bush thinking when he ignored outgoing President Bill Clinton’s conclusions about Osama Bin Laden and Al Quaeda? Obviously not America.

]]> By: Patrick1 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-2125531 Patrick1 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:56:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/09/former-navy-official-protests-swift-boat-funders-nomination/#comment-2125531 What was Secretary Wade worrying about when the USS Cole was attacked? Obviously not his job. What was Secretary Wade worrying about when the USS Cole was attacked? Obviously not his job.

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