No position on Pussie-Cats?

Kevin Drum, is the man who started all this cat-picture posting foderol and now has to stand by while others copy him, and more pathetic bloggers parody him. But he has quite a fine post up this morning giving a quick run down of some of the not-so-Swifties then and now statements about John Kerry.

'Taint Pretty:

Roy Hoffman, today: "John Kerry has not been honest."
Roy Hoffman, 2003: "I am not going to say anything negative about him — he's a good man."

Adrian Lonsdale, today: "He lacks the capacity to lead."
Adrian Lonsdale, 1996: "He was among the finest of those Swift boat drivers."

George Elliot, today: "John Kerry has not been honest about what happened in Vietnam."
George Elliot, 1996: "The fact that he chased an armed enemy down is something not to be looked down upon, but it was an act of courage."

Larry Thurlow, today: "...there was no hostile enemy fire directed at my boat or at any of the five boats operating on the river that day."
Larry Thurlow's Bronze Star citation, 1969: "...all units began receiving enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire from the river banks."

Dr. Louis Letson, today: "I know John Kerry is lying about his first Purple Heart because I treated him for that injury."
Medical records, 1968: "Dr. Letson's name does not appear on any of the medical records for Mr. Kerry. Under 'person administering treatment' for the injury, the form is signed by a medic, J. C. Carreon, who died several years ago."

Grant Hibbard, today: "He betrayed all his shipmates. He lied before the Senate."
Hibbard's evaluation of Kerry, 1968: "Mr. Hibbard gave Mr. Kerry the highest rating of 'one of the top few' in three categories—initiative, cooperation and personal behavior. He gave Mr. Kerry the second-best rating, 'above the majority,' in military bearing."



At least, going by the morning whore-fests and the major papers (although Washington Post -- I shake my finger at thee, as you can do better) the argument has changed from focusing on Kerry to Bush's habit of dirty tricks. So that is better.

Maybe this will allow us to get back to "Operation Clusterfuck"...although which of the many Bush Administration policies and actions that would apply to is myriad...perhaps we should just ascribe it to the 5 Justices on the Supreme Court?