Veterans For Victory a Legit PAC?

Letter from Veterans For Victory PAC ^ | "Tuesday morning, 8:23 AM" | Don Lester

[larryjohnson]

Veterans for Victory PAC http://veteransforvictory.com/

..."My name is Don Lester and I served in Vietnam from December 1968 until June 1969"...

..."served as a pamamedic in a MASH unit during the Tet Offensive...base in Da Nang..."

[larryjohnson]

Anybody see anything odd about this letter? I rarely respond to unsolicited letters asking for funds but I read this,found his site and forward to my FR friends. Sorry that my extract is limited to my webtv and 2 finger typing.

[larryjohnson]

His signature block is:

Don Lester, PJ, US. Air Force 1965-1969
Vietnam Veteran

[Steely eyed killer of the deep]

Yes there's something odd, even the Marxists know when the Tet offensive was:

"On the night of 31st January 1968, 70,000 North Vietnamese soldiers launched the Tet offensive..." http://www.marxist.com/1968/vietnam.html

[larryjohnson]

You got it! No way this could be a typo. Unless he got his VietNam service dates wrong. I am late getting back to you as went out for a run.

Larry
Tan Son Nhut AB
Jun70-May71

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Possible Vet fraud PING

larryjohnson : Thanks Brother

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

His site

http://veteransforvictory.com/

[Old Sarge]

If it's a fraud, I will not give them the Web hit.

Send one person in as a recon, and report back to us. I won't pick up any bugs looking for them.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[zip]

served in Vietnam from December 1968 until June 1969

Why 6 to 7 months (or half a tour)?

[zip]

Thanks for the ping.

[Inspectorette]

Why 6 to 7 months (or half a tour)?

Maybe he pulled a Querry and got three Purple Hearts (one being for rice up his butt).

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[kingattax]

thanks for the ping bro

[NonValueAdded]

I'd recommend being very wary about that PAC, what its purpose might be, what guarantees are there that the money will actually be spent against Kerry. I'd rather give my money to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to help keep their ad running. Why have another PAC take their administrative costs out of your money?

[NonValueAdded]

Here is the FEC info ... still researching ... VETERANS FOR VICTORY PAC

[blackie]

Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!

[calcowgirl]

Website registration per directnic.com (address, phone info deleted here; available at directnic)

Domain Name:   VETERANSFORVICTORY.COM

Registrant:    Veterans-Against-Kerry.com
                  Shoreline, WA 98133   US
  
Administrative Contact:
   McCurdy, Russell sales@exoticmeats.com
   Shoreline, WA 98133

Also Registered by McCurdy:

Domain Name:   VETERANS-AGAINST-KERRY.COM

Registrant:    Veterans-Against-Kerry.com
               Shoreline, WA 98133   US

Administrative Contact:  McCurdy, Russell sales@exoticmeats.com
                         Shoreline, WA 98133   US


Domain Name:   ExoticMeats.com

Registrant:    Seattle's Finest Exotic Meats
               Seattle, WA 98133   US
  
Administrative Contact:  Seattle's Finest Exotic Meats
                         McCurdy, Russ
                         Shoreline, WA 98133-4813   US

[larryjohnson]

Thanks, here is what I found although I cannot figure the Lester letter with wrong Tet reference:

    Political Action Committees    
THE CENTER
FOR RESPONSIVE
POLITICS

  Veterans for Victory
2004 PAC Summary Data
 
2004 election
Select a Cycle:
Total Receipts
$21,166
Total Spent
$0
Begin Cash on Hand
$0
End Cash on Hand
$21,166
Debts
$0
Date of last report
June 30, 2004
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)  $0Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more (list donors)$1,000
PAC NAME: VETERANS FOR VICTORY PAC
SHORELINE WA, 98133
FEC COMMITTEE ID: C00400937
(LOOK UP ACTUAL DOCUMENTS FILED AT THE FEC)
INDUSTRY: Foreign & Defense Policy
Defense policy, hawks
*Based on data released by the FEC on Wednesday, August 18, 2004. 

[calcowgirl]

Okay... I did some recon, lol.

There is virtually no content at this site other than the photo copy of a "Letter from Don Lester" that includes the 'Tet Offensive' reference above. The title of that letter is "RE: STOPPING JOHN KERRY FROM BECOMING OUR NEXT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF". The letter calls Kerry a 'turncoat', sites his antiwar actions, outlines his antiwar Senate voting record, etc.

The contact email for the site is: info@veteransforvictory.com

On the "Links" page, it gives links to wintersoldier.com and Vietnam Vets for the Truth (kerrylied.com)

The donations page says:

Paid for by Veterans for Victory PAC. Corporate Donations prohibited. Gifts are not tax deducatable. Federal law requires us to report the name and occupation of all contributors whos contributions aggregate in excess of $200 per election cycle.

[xm177e2]

Could the typo be that 1968 should be 1967 (that would have him serving for a year-and-a-half, would that be unusual?)

People know Tet occurred around Christmastime and in 1968 (of course, it was near the Xmas of '67). Could that be where the mistake came in?

Could this be a Kerry op designed to smear anti-Kerry veterans by getting them to associate with a fraud, which would then be revealed at a more opportune time? I'd just stick with the established SwiftVets.com. That group was smart to only accept Swift Boat veterans (people they know).