EFL
Records Counter a Critic of Kerry
Fellow Skipper's Citation Refers To Enemy Fire
By Michael Dobbs
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 19, 2004; Page A01
Newly obtained military records of one of Sen. John F. Kerry's most vocal critics [the Post isn't interested in obtaining Kerry's records apparently], who has accused the Democratic presidential candidate of lying about his wartime record to win medals, contradict [as later explained in the article, the military records may have been influenced by Kerry's puff up of this incident - the citation in question is written by a person who had access both to the account of the Kerry critic as well as the account of Kerry but the citation was not written by an eyewitness - ] his own version of events...
Of note here is that the WashPost headers misleadingly spin the story to Kerry's advantage and bury information in the narrative that might point to the fact that Kerry's dishonest after action account may be the problem.
In the short run this is good for Kerry - both for fundraising and for his poll numbers. In the long run... well, I guess we'll find out. |