[Chad Fairbanks]

This was discovered by a poster on FR days ago - Bandit, I believe, did this analysis then...

Was that you, Bandit?

[OXENinFLA]

OOPS, Wrong thread.......Sorry for the double post.

Rev. David Alston

My name is David Alston, and I am a minister from Columbia, South Carolina.

[I wonder what his congregation think of these lies?]

..............SNIP..............

Once, he (Kerry) even directed the helmsman to beach the boat, right into the teeth of an ambush, and pursued our attackers on foot, into thejungle. In the toughest of situations, Lieutenant Kerry showedjudgment, loyalty and courage. Even wounded, or confronting sights noman should ever have to see, he never lost his cool.

[Well, this happen in Feb. 1969. If Alston left on Jan.29th, he didn't see this happen either.]

And when the shooting stopped, he was always there too, with acaring hand on my shoulder asking, "Gunner, are you OK?" I was only 21,running on fear and adrenaline. Lieutenant Kerry always took the timeto calm us down, to bring us back to reality, to give us hope, to showus what we truly had within ourselves. I came to love and respect himas a man I could trust with life itself.

[Paging Reality, would Reality please pick up the white courtesy phone.]

[SandRat]

Just goes to prove that J *F* Kerry and his supporters are all related to Lumpi Reifenstahl.

[sharktrager]

Before people get too excited, I wanted to point something out. The mods of the SwiftVets.com Bulletin Board have specifically banned discussion of the Kerry/Alston issue. They feel the story needs to be dropped unless and until there is 100% proof.

If there is an error, all of this hype will hurt the cause and discredit the group. I agree with them.

We can analyze until the election, but if we can't prove it, we need to keep it low key. If they aren't convinced it's true yet, I think we should respect their wishes.

[TankerKC]

On January 29th, Alston was medevaced out to a hospital with head wounds and no records indicate that he ever returned to the unit.

Well, what do the records indicate? Obvious question, yet it remains unanswered.

[Mia T]

The following artlcle claims an arm--not head--wound. How do we get the definitive story?

Kerry took over command of Alston's boat, PCF-94, after a battle in which the boat's previous lieutenant had been injured. Alston was also wounded in that fight, a clean gunshot through the arm.

Vietnam comrade recalls Kerry as leader
Even in '69, crewmate thought Swift boat officer was going places
ANNA GRIFFI, Staff Writer, charlotte.com

[Bigg Red]

If this gets out to the mainstream media,....

$$
I can't say that I've seen any pigs flying today.

[George W. Bush]

As every shoddy scummy Kerry lie is exposed, he becomes more and more the perfect Dim candidate.

Many people mistakenly think this is a liability. To the contrary, it is his primary qualification to lead the Dim party.

Wait and see.

[JOE6PAK]

This is HUGH!

[R. Scott]

If this gets out to the mainstream media, this story kills Kerry's campaign.

But it won’t change the fact that Hanoi John, the self aggrandizing, lying, backstabbing, seditious traitor isn’t President Bush! The people backing Hanoi John now don’t care about his lying and treason. Character doesn’t mean a darn thing to them.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Oh No! Not another hit to the Swift Boat PING!

[King Prout]

wow.

[Lily4Jesus]

This is really big .. but need more source info to support it. I suspect that unless there is solid evidence, they will come back blazing.