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...SEN. KERRY: We were right on the border, Tim. What I explained to people and I told this any number of times, did I go into Cambodia on a mission? Yes, I did go into Cambodia on a mission. Was it on that night? No, it was not on that night. But we were right on the Cambodian border that night. We were ambushed there, as a matter of fact. And that is a matter of record, and we went into the rec-- you know, it's part of the Navy records. It's been documented by the other guys who were...

Swift Boat Vet Receives Help from Former Whistle-Blower Gary Aldrich reaches out to man under fire Steve Gardner, member of the effective 527 group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, is getting legal and financial help from Gary Aldrich, former whistle-blower and president of The Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty. Gardner, also know as "The 10th Brother", was one of two men who courageously refused to stand with Senator John Kerry at the Democratic convention. As a result of this and an interview he gave stressing his strong opposition to a Kerry presidency, Gardner suffered threats, insults, and, finally, a...

Steve Gardner, the sKerry's swift boat Gunner who spoke out against the Presidential candidate, has sent out "Thank You" notes to all who came to his rescue after being fired for his political views.Gardner, as you may recall, was the only crew mate on Kerrys Swift Boat that refused to back up Kerrys lies and distortions, and he paid a very heavy price for it.Gardner lost his job for what many of us here a FReerepublic acknowledge was the biggest reason the socialist scumbag Kerry lost the election...He told the Truth!His note of appreciation, for those who may not of...

Steve Gardner spoke his conscience when it mattered, but now he's down and out. If you don't remember him, Mr. Gardner was the swift boat veteran who said John Kerry trumped up his wartime heroics and fabricated his "Christmas in Cambodia" story. He was the only person to both serve on Mr. Kerry's boat and criticize Mr. Kerry during his campaign, and was also the longest-serving enlisted man under Mr. Kerry's command. Now we hear that he is broke. As he told the Chicago Sun-Times recently, he is "doing little bits here and there to pay the bills." How did...

Steve Gardner spoke his conscience when it mattered, but now he's down and out. If you don't remember him, Mr. Gardner was the swift boat veteran who said John Kerry trumped up his wartime heroics and fabricated his "Christmas in Cambodia" story. He was the only person to both serve on Mr. Kerry's boat and criticize Mr. Kerry during his campaign, and was also the longest-serving enlisted man under Mr. Kerry's command. Now we hear that he is broke. As he told the Chicago Sun-Times recently, he is "doing little bits here and there to pay the bills."[snip]We have...

Those without sin…should run for political office, because everyone else is just crap! Steve Gardner was one of 12 boat crewmembers on Senator John Kerry's swift boat in Vietnam. He was the only one to speak out against Kerry as one of the members of the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth PAC. Gardner made it his business to see that Kerry was not elected Commander in Chief. For this act of "free speech", his financial privacy was threatened and he was summarily fired from his job. Gardner claims he is broke now and can't afford to sue his former company....

Steve Gardner was there with John Kerry. He was the forward gunner on Kerry's boat in Vietnam. He watched, worked with, and closely observed Kerry on a daily basis for a significant amount of time in the Combat Zone in Vietnam. Long enough to know the guy was a schmuck and slimeball. He was the one guy Kerry and his operatives could not buy off. Sorry, this is long... but those who are grateful for winning this pivotal election should read this.... Steve Gardner was virtually the only Swift Boat Sailor of Kerry's so-called "Band of Brothers" under Kerry's direct...

Millennium Information Services is a small business that has been wrongly stigmatized by the Chicago Sun-Times article about Steve Gardner. The article is clearly meant to create the impression that Steve Gardner’s layoff was politically motivated. That just simply isn’t true. It is also important to note that the Sun-Times reporter, Mary Laney, never contacted us regarding this article. Here are some key facts that correct missing or inaccurate statements made in the Sun-Times article: For purely financial reasons, we had to reduce management expenses. A decision was made to consolidate field management from five managers to three. The two...

aypal for Steve Gardner (corrected) Tony Snow has provided us the information that so many of you have been asking for in order to help Steve Gardner: Here's the info I have from Steve. He has a paypal account through his email: sgardner5@carolina.rr.com; there's also a snail-mail address: P.O. Box 908; Clover, SC 29710. P.S. Tony has made me a hero at home. He's coming through on the autographed photo for Mrs. Trunk. UPDATE: We have corrected the email address above; we had originally omitted the "s" in "sgardner5@carolina.rr.com." It now reads correctly. HINDROCKET wonders: Can Tony send three? Posted...

Thanks to all of our readers who have written offering to make contributions to Steve Gardner or otherwise expressing interest in helping him. We tracked down Mary Laney, the freelance reporter who wrote the Chicago Sun-Times story that Deacon linked to earlier today. Here's her message: I'm glad you picked up my column on Steve Gardner. He certainly deserves better than he's gotten for speaking up about what happened on that Swiftboat those years ago. I'm not at liberty to give out his address or phone number, but he has allowed me to give you his email address: sgardner5@carolina.rr.com. I...

This is the story of a military veteran whistleblower. He spoke out against someone he thought was dangerous for the nation, talked to local newspapers, and appeared on talk shows. In return, he was vilified by reporters, threatened by a political operative, fired by his company, and now he's broke.His name is Steve Gardner. He's also known as "The 10th Brother," as in Band of Brothers. He's one of two members of Sen. John Kerry's 12 Vietnam swift boat crew members who refused to stand with Kerry at the Democratic Convention. The other man remained silent. "They said I had...

This is the story of a military veteran whistleblower. He spoke out against someone he thought was dangerous for the nation, talked to local newspapers, and appeared on talk shows. In return, he was vilified by reporters, threatened by a political operative, fired by his company, and now he's broke. His name is Steve Gardner. He's also known as "The 10th Brother," as in Band of Brothers. He's one of two members of Sen. John Kerry's 12 Vietnam swift boat crew members who refused to stand with Kerry at the Democratic Convention. The other man remained silent. "They said I...

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Steve Gardner to on Fox news radio at 5:30 and be heard here at Fox News Radio

<p>I have the August 26th Steve Gardner interview on Rush Limbaugh (Roger Hedgecock guest hosting) here! Shhh don't tell anyone!</p>

Ladies and Gentlemen: I am sending this and the other Swift Boat Vets information to you as an individual, as a veteran of the Vietnam war and as someone who dearly loves this country. The Swift Boat Vets have a new ad that will be up and running shortly. It features Steve Gardner. Steve was the Gunner's Mate on John Kerry's boat for two and a half months of Kerry's four month tour. Steve knows what happened and his version of events is different from Kerry's. I personally support what the Swift Boat Vets are doing. I think they have...

<p>In a third television ad by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, one of John Kerry's crew members accuses the presidential candidate of lying, charging he falsely claimed to have spent Christmas in Cambodia in 1968.</p> <p>Foregunner Steve Gardner, who served on Kerry's PCF [Patrol Craft Fast] - 44 in Vietnam in late 1968 and early 1969, is the only one of 10 former crew members to reject Kerry's plea to campaign for him.</p>

In an interview with WorldNetDaily, "Band of Brothers" member James Wasser flatly denied he told a former swiftboat crew mate that he had always despised their skipper John Kerry but "came around" after a persuasive, private meeting with the senator at the beginning of the presidential campaign. Gunnersmate Steve Gardner, featured in the latest Swift Boat Veterans for Truth television ad challenging Kerry's war record, has been claiming on numerous TV and radio talk shows in the past month that Wasser made that statement to him in a telephone conversation in early March.

The newest ad from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has come out with a new one. This time Kerry's own foregunner from PCF-44 calls Kerry "deceitful."

As some newspapers don't know quite yet where to go with the SwiftVet stories, and others are blantantly shilling for John Kerry, perhaps it is time to get this matter settled. By a duel. Not of guns or swords. Of lie detectors. That's right, lie detectors. Steve Gardner, you have throw down the gauntlet. You have accused John Kerry of lying. He has his surrogates attacking you. It is time for you to make the challenge to meet him on a live television event and each man submit to a lie detector test. Perhaps the head of the FBI will...

The newest ad from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has come out with a new one. This time Kerry's own foregunner from PCF-44 calls Kerry "deceitful."

does anyone have a link to the video

Steve Gardner on Rush (w/Hedgecock)Now!

JOHN KERRY'S CREW MEMBER - FROM HIS BOAT ON WITH KEVIN MCCULLOUGH NOW!!!

Who is Steve Gardner? Swift Boat Vet "eyewitness" was not present for events leading to Kerry's medals or Purple Hearts Stephen Gardner has been touted by the anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and by conservative hosts as a singularly authoritative critic with firsthand knowledge of Senator John Kerry's (D-MA) record in Vietnam because Gardner -- unlike all the other members of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- actually served on a swift boat that Kerry commanded. Gardner has questioned Kerry's integrity; has claimed personal knowledge of the circumstances leading to Kerry's first Purple Heart; and has spoken with...

Last night while in the car, I was listening to Hugh Hewitt and heard an exchange so striking that it warranted a phone call to my husband at home to determine if anyone on FR was discussing it. Unless I missed a key word in my search, it doesn't seem to have been addressed, so I'll describe it here myself. I turned on the radio in the middle of an interview with Steve Gardner of the Swift Boat Vets, who was recounting an incident in Vietnam that involved the shooting of an adult and the inadvertent shooting of a child,...

The media keeps reporting that NONE of the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" have ever served under/with John Kerry. This is NOT TRUE...Gardner served as his front gunner for 2.5 months of Kerry's 3 months in country!

This is a movie review, a reminder of one of the most reprehensible people in American history, and a well-deserved pranging of James Carville and Lanny Davis. Both of them appeared last week on every TV program in the known universe to decry the criticisms of John Kerry by 254 Swift Boat veterans because “they were not on the same boat.” This is a bald-faced, brass-plated lie in a number of ways. But before we count those up, a review of M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie, The Village, is in order Yes, this will connect up. And so will a...

CLOVER -- Steve Gardner of Clover served on the same boat in Vietnam as Sen. John Kerry but doesn't like the Democratic presidential candidate one bit. Tonight on national cable television, Gardner will get a chance to say why. Gardner, a member of the anti-Kerry group "Swift Boat Veterans For Truth," is scheduled to appear on The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News in New York confirmed Sunday. Bill O'Reilly's show, one of cable television's most-watched programs, airs locally at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Comporium Cable Channel 59. Gardner served as a gunner under Kerry, who was awarded a Bronze...

A former Navy gunner who served with presidential candidate John Kerry in Vietnam found himself in the media crosshairs this week. Until two weeks ago, Steve Gardner of Clover, S.C., had not talked with anyone from his 10-member Kerry-led boat crew in more than 30 years. The other nine members have generally described Kerry's leadership as heroic and exemplary under fire. Several have appeared with Kerry during campaign stops. Not Gardner. "Our job in that boat was to engage the enemy and Kerry did what he could to avoid confronting the enemy. He ran like a dog," Gardner said in...