From: "Gary Britt" 


"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:4113a68d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> As long as you want to selectively quote, how about simply taking para 2:

OK, but you need to stop trying to selectively understand what is written.
Re-read my message and then see below.

>
> But yesterday, a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former
> commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions. Lieutenant
> Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a
''terrible
> mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did not deserve the
> Silver Star -- one of the main allegations in the book. The affidavit was
> given to The Boston Globe by the anti-Kerry group to justify assertions in
> their ad and book.

The above paragraph does NOT take anything away from Elliott saying he made
his recommenadation with poor information and believes the affidavits of
the other swift boat veterans who were there and say in sworn affidavits
KERRY IS A LIAR.  Re-read the above.  What it says is he regrets signing
the affidavit.  IT DOES NOT SAY HE DOESN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE IN THE
AFFIDAVIT IS UNTRUE.

It simply says he regrets signing the affidavit, probably because of all
the death threats and Kerry goon squad of lawyers threatening to cost him
his retirement and life's savings.  Theresa Heinz has unlimited money to
fund lawyers to drain this poor guy of every penny he and his wife have,
and they don't hesitate to threaten phony lawsuits that would cost millions
to defend.  He doesn't say Kerry isn't a liar, he just says he regrets
signing the affidavit.  Get a clue, read the words.

>
> Or how about para 5:
>
> Yesterday, reached at his home, Elliott said he regretted signing the
> affidavit and said he still thinks Kerry deserved the Silver Star.

Regretting signing the affidavit is explained above and in my message to
which you replied.  The above DOES NOT SAY THAT HE THINKS KERRY DESERVED
THE BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART ABOUT WHICH HE CONTINUES TO SAY WERE
RECOMMENDED ON INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE INFO.

A reporter needs to ask this guy if he has signed a settlement agreement
with the Kerry goon squad lawyers that requires him to take back or regret
signing the affidavit (not because it isn't true but because it wasn't
based on his personal knowledge) and that he must keep quiet about the
settlement agreement, not disclose it, etc. and that if he signed then they
won't use Theresa Heinz's billions of dollars to drive him and his wife
bankrupt with phony lawsuits over what remains of the rest of this retired
couple's lives. Maybe they also promised to stop the death threats if he
surrender to their extortion.

>
> Or later on:
>
> Elliott, asked about the contradiction between his recommendation and his
> new questioning of Kerry's third Purple Heart, responded, ''It makes me
look
> kind of silly, to be perfectly honest."

Better improve your reading skills.  The above paragraph was included in my
message and not left out.  When you don't selectively quote it as you have
done and leave it in context as I did.  Its meaning is clear.


>
> But he said: ''I simply have no reason for these guys to be lying, and if
> they are lying in concert, it is one hell of a conspiracy. So, on the
basis
> of all of the information that has come out, I have chosen to believe the
> other men. I absolutely do not know first hand."

Also included in my message and it clearly says HE DOESN'T THINK KERRY TOLD
THE TRUTH, it only says he regrets signing the affidavit, and I bet he
does. He's old, retired, and doesn't need death threats and Kerry goon
squad lawyers crawling up his ass and trying to take every penny he and his
wife have left to live on.  Theresa Heinz has billions to fund phony
lawsuits that don't succeed but still cost millions to defend.  No wonder
he "regrets signing" the affidavit.  He does NOT say what the
affidavit claims is untrue.  Lets repeat that.  HE DOES NOT SAY THE
AFFIDAVIT IS INCORRECT!!!!!!1   He just says he regrets signing it!!!

>
>
> You're spinning here, Gary.  You may have a valid arguments for your
> position, but this is not one of them.


The only spinning has been by you as clearly demostrated above!!!!

>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:4113a3ce$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > You should read all the words in the link.  What has happened is that
> > Elliott does NOT take back his comments that he did NOT have the correct
> > info about the facts when recommending Kerry for a Purple Heart and
Bronze
> > Star and Silver Star, he CONTINUES to say that had he had the correct
> > information he would have likely NOT recommended Kerry for the medals in
> > question.
> >
>
>
>

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