Drudge is claiming a "World Exclusive"

[King Coal]

He is claiming that Kerry called the Swift Liars Sunday.

[Sparkle]

1. why in the world would that be a world exclusive?

Did he call them lying assholes?

[King Coal]

3. Here is what he has so far.

PHONES SWIFT BOAT FOES

**Exclsuive**

Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry personally phoned anti-Kerry swift boat vets, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Kerry reached out to Robert "Friar Tuck" Brant Cdr., USN (RET) Sunday night, just hours after former Sen. Bob Dole publicly challenged Kerry to apologize to veterans.

Brant was skipper of the #96 and # 36 boat and spent time with Kerry in Anm Thoi. Kerry and Brant slept in the same quarters, and Brant used to put Kerry back to be at night when Kerry was sleepwalking.

Brant received a call from Kerry at his home in Virginia while he was watching the Olympics on TV.

The call lasted 10 minutes, sources tell DRUDGE.

KERRY: "Why are all these swift boat guys opposed to me?"

BRANT: "You should know what you said when you came back, the impact it had on the young sailors and how it was disrespectful of our guys that were killed over there.



KERRY: "When we dedicated swift boat one in '92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans."

Kerry then asked if he could meet Brant -- man to man -- face to face.

Brant declined the invite, explaining that Kerry was obviously not prepared to correct the record on exactly what happened during Vietnam and what happened when Kerry came back.

[Renew Deal]

8. This sounds made up.

[King Coal]

9. Good point. And how could it be confirmed?

[unfrigginreal]

12. Bullshit. No one is going to believe that Kerry said this...

"I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans."

[sui generis]

13. well, if this story is true

then Kerry is spending too much goddamn time playing along with this issue.

Once again we've let the Republicans obfuscate and set the issue for us and now we're off on a tangent and they are laughing at us.

Get back on course. Fire back on a different issue. Get them outraged. Move on. We have 15 times the 527 warchest for advertising than the repugs have. Use it. We need to stop whining and go on the counterattack instead of this stupid conversation about how many grams of shrapnel you are required to carry in your ass to be really deserving of a medal.

Once again, the republicans are winning (on this issue) because we still don't know how to fight.

[Connie_Corleone]

15. I call BS on the last line Kerry supposedly said.

"When we dedicated swift boat one in '92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans."

There's no way in Hell Kerry would say he was talking about all the rest of the veterans. That would be a political disaster on his part. Bullshit!!

[King Coal]

17. I have to agree with you Connie

And where did Drudge get a transcript of the call?

[JuniorPlankton]

2. Drudge?

Please, let's not even go there!

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Why does anyone give that guy credit?

He's a scumbag closet case.

Cheney him!

[Southsideirish]

4. IF he called to "apologize" in any form - his poll numbers must have

dropped tremendously.

[Lex]

7. Why the HELL do you think he would call to "apologize?" For WHAT?

Jeez.

[apnu]

5. never mind...

my bad

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. well

this is indeed, offically, a big fat mess.

[maine_raptor]

10. If this is true

then there better be a recording along with a voiceprint proving it WAS Kerry.

Otherwise, its Sludge from the Sludge Master

[oasis]

11. Drudge is a bigger liar than the swiftboat scum. Zero credibility.

[SaveElmer]

14. Gawd...we go throught his with Sludge very time

Why do we always get sucked into his bullsh*t. Remember the Kerry mistress ? All the handwringing...and then oops...Drudge was lying again....he pulls this crap out of his ass when he wants to divert attention from something happaning on our side...in this case probably Kerry's Cooper Union speech today!

[King Coal]

16. I hate to break this to you, Elmer, but

Drudge is read all over the place. Sticking your head in the sand will not prevent him from lying.

[SaveElmer]

20. We always get sucked into taking him seriously

It's not that we shouldn't pay attention to what's getting put out there...but the fact that there are still people here who agonize over whether these storeis are true drives me nuts...the guy is a LYING SACK OF SHIT...what he says is not true, the only thing that is important is making sure others don't fall for it.

[LuminousX]

19. The story is dead, Drudge is beating it like a horse

Don't feed the conspiracy trolls.

[gollygee]

21. Every story of Drudge's is a world exclusive - that's what happens when

you MAKE STUFF UP!