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To: syberghost

I didn't vote absentee.

In OR all ballots are by mail only.

You can either mail them back or deliver them to the nearest box.

They just have to be in the collection box by 8PM Nov 2

I delivered mine to city hall.


28 posted on 10/18/2004 5:40:48 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (GET OUT THE VOTE NOV 2 ! IF YOUR NEIGHBORS OR RELATIVES NEED A RIDE TO THE POLLS OFFER TO HELP)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Great post bro - thanks for everything!


33 posted on 10/18/2004 6:07:41 PM PDT by herewego
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I judge Kerry by his record and it’s not much of a record to be proud of. The only honorable thing he’s ever done he’s exploited and degraded. Think about the military commendations that Harry Truman, J.F.K., Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, and John McCain were honored with. I’ll bet you can’t name any of them with any certainty, because real heroes don't feel the need to exploit their acts of valor.  

In every political campaign Kerry has ever run he throws his war record in the people’s face, knowing this will be questioned and when that happens, he cries like a little girl that his patriotism is being questioned. He purposely sets out to make himself the victim, creating the confrontation, knowing what to expect by raising the issue and preys on the fact that the people will be too stupid to see how he’s exploiting wounds that have never healed in Vietnam POWs and Veterans; men who served proudly and deserve more respect than Kerry is capable of offering. Kerry has admitted in an interview that he thought it would be advantageous to be on both sides of the Vietnam issue. If that doesn’t tell the people he’s a back stabbing political opportunist, then intelligence really is the minority and ignorance rules the land.  

By making his “War Hero” status the major issue in all his campaigns, he forces Americans to fight the only war the U.S. ever lost all over again. John Kerry may be a “War Hero” and this is probably best represented with his picture in the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City in a room titled the World Supports Vietnamese Resistance.

In 1971 Kerry admitted to war crimes during an appearance on Meet the Press while he covered all the soldiers fighting in Viet Nam under the same blanket of war criminals. His congressional testimony was used to humiliate POWs in Hanoi who suffered torture rather then make the same false and exaggerated confessions John Kerry made in front of Congress .

The North Vietnamese General in charge of all actions in the war admits in his autobiographie, had it not been for the actions by “War Heroes” like John Kerry, they would have surrendered before 1971. By his actions, Kerry caused the war to last longer than it should have and is responsible for the deaths that occurred because of that.

By John Kerry’s admissions, he is more deserving of a place in The Hague facing a war crimes tribunal than residing in the White House.  

It’s quite reasonable to assume John Kerry’s Senate testimony before the Fulbright Committee in 1971 was not only fabricated from the Winter Soldier Investigation but also a regurgitation from the communist propaganda machine of the time. Kerry has admitted he twice met secretly with the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in Paris one year before his Senate testimony and his script was exactly the same as what the communist propagandists were peddling around the world at the time. Kerry had not yet been discharged from the Navy when he had these secret meetings; he was still on active reserve status. Electing John Kerry as Commander in Chief would not only put a self confessed war criminal in the Oval Office, it would also place a man who who should be investigated for collaborating with the enemy there. I don’t understand why the Democrats were so stupid as to nominate such a polarizing person, maybe it was their desperate need for a “War Hero”.

If you don’t believe Kerry exploits his “War Hero” status as explained above look at his most recent actions. 30 minutes after the end of the Republican Convention he took the stage in Springfield Ohio and accused Dick Chaney of saying ” the night before, he was “unfit for command”. In fact Chaney made no such claim. But Kerry has exploited his “War Hero” record so often he believes he can anticipate the script and made the assumption that his opponent would make the accusation, which would allow Kerry to play the victim card. Let’s be clear the only victims are all the men who have served in the military and have been honored with the commendations that Kerry has deminished with his exploitation.  

Look at the way Kerry has treated the Swift Boat Veterans. He refuses to give them the respect he demands for his service. He doesn’t show the courage of a “War Hero” by addressing them head on. Instead he threatens television stations that run the ads with law suits and demands the publisher of “Not Fit for Command” pull the book off the shelves. Free Speech in Kerry’s mind is only reserved for back stabbing political opportunists like himself. He talks out both sides of his mouth, demanding that Bush denounce the Swift Boat Veterans while at the same time demanding that he be given respect for his own Swift Boat service. If George Bush did denounce the Swift Boat Veterans, he would be guilty of questioning veterans patriotism just as Kerry is currently accusing him of.

We've become so collectively stupid as a nation most believe examining and questioning a candidate’s political record is negative campaigning and there are actually people who believe Zell Miller was out of line during the Republican National Convention. But Senator Miller’s speech is exactly what politics are supposed to be about in this country, as Harry Truman said “if you can’t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen” Kerry can’t stand the heat and squeals like a pig that his patriotism is being attacked at every opportunity. He plays the victim card as if it’s only card in the deck and it's wild. The scary thing is there’s a great number Americans who’ve been so feminized they fall for it. Some say we get the government we deserve; I say we get the government the we're stupid enough to accept.  

Until John Kerry is ready to apologize to our Veterans for his actions and stop exploiting his “War Hero” status he should work on pulling the rice out of his a$$, sit down, shut up and stop politicizing the men and women in our armed services.


36 posted on 10/18/2004 6:13:01 PM PDT by Fearless Flyers (Proud to be of The Brave and the Free, http://fearless-flyers.com)
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