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Forever Vietnam
Reactions to Lawrence Henry. Also: Slate's peculiar bigotries. Jimmy Carter's Korea withdrawal. No such thing as an exceptionally good liar. Plus more.
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After reading your post in The American Spectator online, I went to Slate.com and by the merest coincidence read the following article, “Unfriendly Fire: Liar vs. coward in the Vietnam ad war” by William Saletan and Jacob Weisberg (Posted Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004, at 3:57 PM PT), found here. About half-way through the article, the following appears:
p>” strong>From: Jacob Weisberg br> To: William Saletan /strong> /p>“Let’s get some things straight here. There is a right-wing slime machine. It has kicked into gear with this phony attack on Kerry’s military record. Bush benefits from the ad and condones it. And if Kerry doesn’t hit back harder, it could cost him the election.
“I think this could be a watershed in the campaign, so let me elaborate on each of these points.
“1. The Conintern propaganda machine is running full tilt. The extra-chromosome conservatives at Regnery bring out a scurrilous book accusing Kerry of being a war criminal and faking his injuries in Vietnam.”
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