Wag the John

So the new unimportant political story is how a filmmaker named James Moll directed the film introducing John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention the other day. Moll is employed by another more well known filmaker Steven Speilberg. Sounds good to me. Nothing too wild about that. . . .until this.

It seems Moll and the democrats weren't satisfied with the footage of Kerry's wartime activities. So they pulled a Moore and bent the facts ever so slightly. At one point in the film we see Kerry manning the swift boat we've all heard so much about. Bullets fired into the water nearby create a desired effect, but Moll says "'It's just illustrative'. . .saying the bullets in the water were not from the actual event." Referenced

What a petty thing. But a huge thing nonetheless. A small cinematic move that underscores an overarching theme in the John Kerry campaign. This is my beef with all partisan politics. Giving a version of the truth, as Moll says he's doing, is an injustice. It seems to be of little significance that we have a man, and an entire political party that supports the doctoring of facts. Like Michael Moore, it's not a lie, but it's a presentation of the facts in such a way as to lead people's thoughts towards a different truth. A little thing like adding bullets hitting the water near Kerry's boat isn't the end of the world. However, letting him and the party as a whole openly support the misrepresenting of facts is inconceivable. What about standards? What about showing things as they really happened in Kerry's past? I'm not saying he should be showing images of his worst days; of course a convention film should be showing his strengths. . . .but give me the truth, not fiction.

And, just because I'm in a real anti-kerry mood right now, check out these little blurbs.
A photo used by the Kerry campaign shows John with his swiftboat crew. Out of the 20 men in the picture, guess how many are currently supporting Kerry. Including John himself, two. check it out.

Here's another article giving more detail to the civil action against the Kerry campaign.


I love this quote.
"On June 1, 2004, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth sent a cease and desist letter to John Kerry for President, Inc. on behalf of 11 officers shown in the photograph, pointing out that using their images in a campaign advertisement "wrongfully and incorrectly suggests their present endorsement of his candidacy.""