Posted on 08/26/2004 10:44:58 AM PDT by daviddennis
(Sample question, one of many)
Bethlehem, Pa.: Mr. O'Neill, you are questioning the validity of medals awarded to John Kerry by the U.S. government. Aren't you also by implication questioning the competency of the medal eligibility determinations made by U.S. military brass? If so, aren't you in reality calling into question the authenticity of every medal awarded to every U.S. serviceman? If so, how do we differentitate the "good" medals from the "bad" medals?
John E. O'Neill: A portion of the book deals with the incidents in which John Kerry obtained medals. With respect to John Kerry’s first Purple Heart the book demonstrates that it was from a self inflicted wound in the absence of hostile fire. It was denied by the commanding officer at the time Grant Hibbard. It was granted only three months later when Kerry applied after all who had known the facts had left Vietnam. With respect to Kerry’s third Purple Heart Kerry represented to the Navy that he had received shrapnel from an underwater mine. He know admits that he had wounded himself earlier in the morning playing around with a grenade. The would was minor and superficial. The Naval award system particularly with purple hearts depends on a self reporting system relying on integrity. Kerry gamed that system by submitting false information to the Navy. He used the three Purple Hearts to get out of Vietnam 243 days before his one year tour ended. No one else in the history of our unit ever reviewed a Purple Heart for a self inflicted wound. Neither did anyone else leave early because of three minor scratches. None of which resulted in an hour lost or involved more than bandaid and tweezers. The Naval System depends on the integrity of a Naval officer. Kerry didn’t have it.
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Except I misspell the poor guy's last name every time I mention it. O'NeilL, David!
Hope you folks enjoy this.
D
Thank you and good night.
Please.
"Slick" has a connotation of unctuousness, of being less than fully honest, as in "used car salesman", or "perjury-committing former President".
The terms poised or polished would be preferable.
I got to listen to O'Neill for an entire hour yesterday on my local talk radio station (Thanks again, Jerry!)
He's as compelling when heard live as he is on paper.
PS- Get the book. By any means necessary.
Nobody can read it and argue that O'Neill is a Republican or that he's doing anything on behalf of the Bush campaign.
He would have voted for John Edwards for President, and he doesn't think the current political situation in Texas where the Republicans own the place is good.
Some things haven't changed.
BTTT
Any time.
Just have him move to California where the Democrats own the place, and I think he'll see the point :-).
I like him and all, but he IS a trial lawyer. This is probably why he would prefer to see a non-Kerry Democrat win.
Maybe he should try? He'd be a lot harder to beat then Kerry. Maybe we should be thankful for the stupidity of our opposition in this crucial time.
(Anyone who tries to suppress a high-profile book about them deserves the title "Stupid" in my book).
D
Did anybody ask him about Cambodia and the Nixon tape. I'm still confused on that, though I do know he asys he was only on the border.
IIRC, he told Nixon that he was in Cambodia along the border, then immediately corrected himself and said near the border. When CNN ran the tape the other night, they stopped it after he said in Cambodia and did not play his immediate correction.
Yes. Read it.
O'Neill is NOT 'slick'....he's convincing because he speaks the TRUTH!
Nothing is more powerful than TRUTH!
CNN is more brazenly biased with each passing minute.
They are in full battle mode to save Kerry's sorry a$$.
Wow! This guy is fantastic. I read the whole transcript and he just demolishes the obviously planted questions.
John O'Neil for President 2008
O'Neill fielded tough questions very well. This will strengthen the Swiftees credibility.
Bump...
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