Battling attacks on presidential candidate John Kerry’s war record, Democrats today will begin running a television ad in Oregon and 20 other states featuring former Republican and retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak of Oregon.
Republicans responded to the new ads and Kerry’s increased criticism of President Bush by accusing the Massachusetts senator of “losing his cool” regarding claims that Kerry lied to win military medals in Vietnam.
McPeak, who lives in Lake Oswego, said that Kerry has a “real strategy to make America safer” and would be a better leader than President Bush.
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“Nothing is more important to me than protecting America,” says McPeak, a fighter pilot in Vietnam who rose to leadership in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. “John Kerry has the strength and common sense we need in a commander in chief.”
McPeak, the Air Force chief of staff under the first President Bush and President Clinton, told reporters Friday that he had been impressed with Kerry’s toughness and integrity in his official dealings with him through the years.
Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Bush-Cheney campaign, would not comment about the McPeak ad.
Yeah, it's hard to comment on the truth, as told by a General Officer of the same branch that First Lieutenant Always Fails broke his oath with all those years ago ... as a drunk, stoned, stupid cretinous rich kid.
McPeak said he broke with the president regarding the war in Iraq.
“What I’m against is amateur hour (in Iraq) — the sloppiness in the postwar phase,” he said.
Strong words headed in the direction of Preznit Flightsuit Follies. I'm guessing that Tony McPeak won't be getting any invitations to the White House any time soon....
posted by Jo Fish on 08.21.04 at 06:32 PM
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""Strong words headed in the direction of Preznit Flightsuit Follies. I'm guessing that Tony McPeak won't be getting any invitations to the White House any time soon....""
That's for sure, but Oregon sure could use him in Politics here... He would be a hell of a lot better than these feather merchants that we have representing us today...
Damn. I would really like to see a lot of ex-mil (retired) serving in congress or heading local government here... Perhaps, just perhaps, we would have an honest, humane
government we could trust...
posted by: VetsWife on 08.22.04 at 08:14 AM [permalink]
FYI
The posting screen popped up with an Internal Server Error...so if you are getting double posts that could be it.
Thanks again!
posted by: VetsWife on 08.22.04 at 08:16 AM [permalink]
Well, since Tony Blair is refusing to fly to the US for the Congressional Medal of Honour..................
posted by: Cloned Poster on 08.22.04 at 01:48 PM [permalink]
Jo, there's a letter that's turned up in an Arizona newspaper supporting Kerry, and the dKossacks are wondering if it's too good to be true.
Efforts are being made to try to ascertain if the author is documented as being in the area, but meanwhile I was wondering if you might take a gander at it and see if it sounds plausible from your experienced POV?
It's kind of strange that all of these retired Air Force, Army, Marine Generals, and Navy Admirals coming out for Kerry isn't getting near the press attention as the Swift Boat Liars for Bush.
posted by: merl on 08.22.04 at 09:39 PM [permalink]
PS: sure he'll be getting those WH invitations...starting in January! We have to stay optimistic.
Maybe I dreamt it, but last week I thought I saw on a blog a quote attributed to Karl to the effect that "By the time of the election [the voters] won't know which side [Kerry] fought on."
True? Not true? Anybody know?
posted by: fbg46 on 08.23.04 at 12:11 PM [permalink]
unfortunately, the fat slobs who actually vote here in lipidland don't give a shit what a retired air force officer has to say. they are more tuned in to what all those draft-dodging slime like rump limpdick has to say about our wonderful preznit shithead. this country remains in a very hopeless situation.
posted by: tim on 08.23.04 at 01:59 PM [permalink]
amateur hour. Sounds like something Bush would ask about a 2 for 1 drink special for.
Ladies night sounds better, (Ken)starr(ing) the drunken Bush twins...
posted by: Mr.Murder on 08.24.04 at 10:05 PM [permalink]
