Heave-ho!

Link:

A Vietnam veteran who worked with President Bush's campaign has left over his appearance in a commercial by a group challenging Democratic candidate John Kerry's war record, a campaign spokesman said on Saturday.



Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said Ken Cordier was a Bush supporter during the 2000 election and served as a member of his a steering committee to help reach out to veterans during this election.



"Col. Cordier did not inform the campaign of his involvement in the advertisement being run by (Swift Boat Veterans for Truth)," Schmidt said. "Because of his involvement with this 527 (group), Col. Cordier will no longer participate" in the steering committee.

Oh, come on. The Swift Boat ads have been running nonstop on the cable news networks for the last two weeks. Just about everyone has seen it in one form or another. And the Bush Administration JUST FOUND OUT that this guy appeared in it? Bullshit. Laughable bullshit.



The noose of evidence that Swift Boat Scumbag Liars is, in fact, a front group for the BushCo campaign is tightening around the neck of the Bush/Rove axis, and they're jettisoning fuel in the hope of keeping that bird aloft. But this is typical for the Bush family. Once you're outlived your usefulness to The Family, you're conveniently disposed of.



I wish I could think that Col Cordier would wake up and realize the kind of people to whom he's sold his soul, but I'm not optimistic.



I've been thinking about the Vietnam War Memorial the last couple of days, and of the 58,000 names inscribed on it. Is THIS why 58,000 men died? So assholes like these guys can besmirch one of their own because they think the Bush Family is going to toss them some crumbs? Or because a man named John Kerry had the courage to come home and tell the truth about how young Americans were being dehumanized at the direction of their own government? Then I think about that soldier from New Hampshire I posted about yesterday who shot himself a day after coming home. Somehow I don't think he was depressed because he wasn't going to be able to kill any more civilians; I think he was depressed because for whatever reason, he couldn't live with himself.



I don't know about you, but I don't want to see the government do this to our soldiers. Certainly not so Dick Cheney can continue to try to fill the giant black hole in his soul with more and more oil money; or so George W. Bush can believe that if he brings on Armageddon, he gets to sit at the right hand of God as His Chosen Instrument.



I'm going to go now and giv some turkee to the DNC and dig out some stuff to sell at the MoveOn.org virtual yard sale.