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Is John Kerry's War Record an Asset or Liability?
(2004-08-23)
SANTA MONICA, CA
(KCRW) -
The anti-John Kerry TV spot by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that aired in just three so-called battleground states became big news on talk radio and cable TV. Now, the Kerry campaign is accusing the President of a smear, as the Bush campaign accuses him of libel. Yesterday's Washington Post devoted more than 4,000 words to the dispute over Kerry's war record, and while he's been staunchly defended by Republican Senator John McCain, yesterday he took a hit from former Republican Senator, presidential candidate and World War II hero Bob Dole. Warren Olney hears about the veracity and motive behind the charges and counter-charges with pollsters and journalists who have been following the campaign and the President.Kathleen Hall Jamieson is director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Wayne Slater is Austin Bureau Chief for the Dallas Morning News. He's also the author of Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, which is the basis for a new movie by the same name that opened in Texas last week, and expands to other select cities this weekend. David Corn is the Washington editor of The Nation magazine, the host of weblog DavidCorn.com, and the author of The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, which has just been released in an expanded paperback version. Byron York is White House correspondent and a columnist for the National Review.
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