http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:28:55 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/20/112150.php#comment-80601 I saw/heard Thurlow interviewed by Chris Matthews last night on "Hardball." Thurlow essentially had nothing but opinions about some master "plan" that John Kerry had to become a War Hero and Enter Politics by risking his life under fire. As to the action report, the Washington Post reporter (Dobbs) who wrote the first story said that it included details about things that happened on other boats so it was not likely that Thurlow's citation was based on Kerry's write-up. You can find the transcript <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5765243/" target="_blank">here</a>, including this: <em>MATTHEWS: Is it a fair assumption on the part of Mr. Thurlow that it was John Kerry�s words because he was the only one that issued a report, or submitted one, that they would have had to get that information about being under constant enemy fire, automatic weapons fire, et cetera, from the person who filed a report, if no one else did? DOBBS: I think probably the after-action report could have been the work of several different people, each reporting on what their own boat did. I don't think that all the language in Mr. Thurlow's citation could have come from that after-action report, either. And there were many things that Mr. Thurlow was doing that are mentioned in his citation that John Kerry was not in a position to observe.</em> 80601@blogcritics.org Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:28:55 EDT