John Kerry political cartoon.
KerryTales: getting bigger and bigger...
“John Kerry, Bob Kerrey. It's easy to get confused.
At least that's how the Kerry campaign is
explaining claims that Kerry — the Democratic presidential candidate —
served as vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.”
–
Associated Press article on the latest Kerry tale.
The stories just keep on coming. As the reports surface (and the new Bush
campaign ad) regarding Sen. John Kerry's abysmal attendance record
concerning the Senate Intelligence meetings, the yarns from Kamp Kerry get
bigger and bigger...
Latest info to come to light? While Kamp Kerry's won't dispute him not being
at the numerous public Intel Meetings, what about the numerous -- and
vastly more serious -- secret Intel meetings? Private sources say
that Kerry's attendance record for these secret Intel meetings is even worse
than for the public meetings.
As with the 'who's lying about Vietnam' mess, this Kerry mess could be
quickly and easily cleared up -- if Kerry would agree to release his
records. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Senate Intelligence Committee
Chairman Pat Roberts, member John Warner, Sen. John Coryn, Sen. Saxby
Chambliss and Sen. Jon Kyl have all publicly called for Kerry to release his
attendance records. So far, as with the Vietnam mess, Kerry refuses to
release his records.
And even more disconcerting is the Associated Press article, showing John
Kerry claiming to hold the Vice Chairman position on the Senate Intelligence
Committee – a ‘fact’ touted as recently as last Friday on Kerry’s official
campaign website, and in news releases. According to the Senate Historical
Office, Kerry never had the seniority to hold a leadership position on the
Senate Intel Committee. He was just a member.
Kerry campaign spokesman Michael Meehan said the reference to Kerry as vice
chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee was an error: "John Kerry, Bob
Kerrey — similar names," said Meehan.
As the AP article aptly points out, “Republicans were less willing to see
the misstatement as an innocent mistake.”
The KerryTales
just keep getting bigger and bigger...