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By Patricia Wilson NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) hit back at Dick Cheney (news - web sites) on Thursday by raising the Republican's failure to serve in the Vietnam War and asking voters to weigh his two tours of duty against the vice president's five deferments. Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, bristled at Cheney's attack on his patriotism during the Republican National Convention in New York and his ability to serve as U.S. commander-in-chief. "Here's my answer," the Massachusetts senator said in excerpts of remarks he will make at a midnight rally in...

Will John Kerry issue in an age of a “stronger America” as his campaign bumper stickers state? I have found quite the contrary, and have provided documentation. In the mid 1960’s he tried to avoid military service for 12 months so he could continue his studies in Paris, according to Britain’s Telegraph. [1] Then he served 4 ½ months in Vietnam. Though he claimed a Purple Heart for his first “injury,” his own diary for that day states, “we hadn't been shot at yet.” [2] According to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, you have to be wounded to...

Newt Gingrich mentioned the THREE trips to Paris tonight and the Spectator is reporting that a news organization is about to run with it BIG. Stick a fork in him. HE"S DONE.

Bob Kerrey said Fox News could quote him. So they did.

Author and Vietnam historian B. G. Burkett tells NewsMax in an exclusive interview that Senator John Kerry is mired in a quagmire worse than the one he complained about in Vietnam. The controversy may just cost him the presidency, Burkett says. “Kerry keeps losing points every day this controversy wears on in the media,” Burkett told NewsMax shortly before Kerry’s campaign filed a legal complaint with the FEC to stop the Swift Boat Veterans ads. A sign of desperation? Burkett is no stranger to such controversy and measures. He has been sued multiple times after exposing phony military records of...

As a followup to my column yesterday ("The Willie Horton Moment": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195371/posts) there are several indicators now that the Seiftboat ads are positively KILLING Kerry's campaign. Here are five: 1) Eleanor Clift (I think it was her---I didn't look at the face associated with the voice debating Jim Pinkerton on "Fox and Friends") used the phrase "it's not fair" TWICE in five minutes to describe the Swiftboat ads and Teresa's comment that her husband wasn't qualified to be president of the United States. (By the way, has anyone noticed on all videos of Teresa and Kerry together---which I only paid...

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Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have re-launched their web site at SwiftVets.com, changing the style and adding a considerable amount of new information. The Swift vets are also conducting a detailed review of John Kerry's Vietnam tour and should have some more interesting things to say in the near future.