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Old August 25th 04, 12:47 AM
Steven P. McNicoll
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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You know what Steven? I am a pretty firm supporter of Bush, but your
continued catterwalling about this is beginning to make me rethink the
situation...(not really, but if this is how you handle the folks who

are
anti-Kerry, then you might want to rethink your strategy or lack

thereof).


Whoa, there. Go to your happy place. Count to ten. Calm down. These

are
simple questions, they have simple answers.


Here is your simple answer:
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/in...opic=Testimony
I did the hard part for you, finding a complete transcript of the
testimony--now all you have to do is wade through the 32-pages of it.

Guess
what? You won't find the quote in question. But, if you go to:
http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/4772030/, you will find a copy of the transcript

of
Kerry's April 2004 appearance on "Mett the Press" with Tim Russert, and in
there you will further find a snippet from the April 1971 show where Kerry
*did* make the statement in question. Simple enough for you?




Yes, it was a complete transcript of his testimony, from gavel to

gavel,
to
include the questioning posed to him by the committee members. If you

are
really interested in reading it yourself, do a Google on "Kerry

Vietnam
testimony transcript" and you should be able to find it yourself.


There are several sources that attribute that quote to the committee.

You
come along and say it didn't happen there, it happened somewhere else.

If
you're a serious researcher you'll understand my questions and not take
offense at them.


You are about as bright as a brick today, Steven. I have given you links

to
the transcripts required. All you have to do now is READ them--you can do
that, can't you?




Go and dig up your own trnscript and read it, then go and read a

transcript
of his 18 April 71 "Meet the Press" interview; you will find the quote

of
interest in the latter, and not the former. When you have found said
transcript, see if YOU can find the quote in question--if you do, get

back
to me and I'll happily apologize (I'd be just tickled if he could be

shown
to have made that statement in his testimony as well as on national

TV).
If
you can't you owe me one, OK?


Owe you one what?


An apology, for being dense as a rock if nothing else.


Well, even if I was as dense as a rock, why would I need to apologize to
anyone for that?






Now toodle off and do your homework and get
back to me. Stop acting as if this is the first time a newspaper has

screwed
up in regards to the details. And that is all you are arguing--the

details,
since I have already told you that yes, he did say it, but in a

different
forum from what you though it to be.


Oh, I know newspapers screw up. I see it all the time. But I don't
conclude that the newspaper has screwed up without good reason.


I gave you the good reasons--now go read those transcripts and stop

whining.


Couldn't you have done that the first time I asked?

Why do you need to make an ass of yourself in a public forum?