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Vietnam Vets Rally Against Kerry in D.C.
AP ^ | 09/12/04 | AP

Posted on 09/12/2004 3:35:47 PM PDT by Pikamax

Vietnam Vets Rally Against Kerry in D.C.

1 hour, 7 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Chanting "Kerry lied," hundreds of Vietnam veterans on Sunday rallied against fellow veteran and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites).

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Comrades died because of people like Kerry and Jane Fonda, asserted Larry Bailey, a U.S. Navy (news - web sites) veteran and president of Vietnam Vets for the Truth.

With the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop, Bailey accused Kerry of lying three decades ago when he returned from Vietnam and gave testimony before the U.S. Senate in 1971 alleging widespread atrocities by American troops.

"We can tell him (Kerry) and spit in his eye while we're doing it, 'we served honorably and compassionately,'" Bailey said to cheers from the crowd of approximately 1,000.

Bailey's speech was interrupted when a shouting match broke out between a lone Kerry supporter in a wheelchair, Vietnam veteran Bobby Mueller, and a number of the anti-Kerry vets.

Before the rally, a group of supporters held a news conference nearby to defend Kerry and call for an end to the TV ads attacking the military record of the Massachusetts senator.

"What we ought to be talking about is what's happening today and that includes the best person to lead us out of the mess we've got ourselves in Iraq (news - web sites)," Retired Gen. Merrill "Tony" McPeak, a former chief of staff of the Air Force, told reporters.

McPeak, who is advising the Kerry campaign and is a Vietnam veteran, said those who have questioned the five medals Kerry was awarded for Vietnam either weren't directly serving with him or their accounts have been directly contradicted by other vets who were side-by-side with Kerry.


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1 posted on 09/12/2004 3:35:47 PM PDT by Pikamax
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Vietnam Veteran, Retired Capt. Larry Bailey, with the group, Vietnam Vets for the Truth, addresses the crowd representing men and women who served during Vietnam war, as they stage a 'John Kerry Lied' rally at Upper Senate Park, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)


2 posted on 09/12/2004 3:41:19 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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Vietnam Veterans, from left to right, Mike O'Dea, of Carmel, Ind., Bill Brantley, of Miami, Fla., Marshall Huckaby, of Atlanta, Ga. and Rick Allison, of Bluffton, S.C. gather with Vietnam Vets for the Truth, as they stage a 'John Kerry Lied' rally at Upper Senate Park, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, in Washington.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)


3 posted on 09/12/2004 3:42:44 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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Bobby Mueller, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, left, argues with a protester as he disrupts a 'John Kerry Lied' rally put on by Vietnam Vets for the Truth, at Upper Senate Park, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, in Washington.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)


4 posted on 09/12/2004 3:44:13 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: Pikamax

Of course, the AP picture shows a disrupter arguing with a disabled vet.


5 posted on 09/12/2004 3:45:33 PM PDT by airborne (FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy)
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kerry has been lying to the voters in Mass. for 20 years.


6 posted on 09/12/2004 3:49:10 PM PDT by jocko12
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To: Pikamax

Very good! Some Vietnamese Americans were going there also according to an article I posted earlier- you'll like it.

Kerry's New Vietnam Fix - Refugees of communist takeover won't forget, forgive his past(GOOD ONE)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1214011/posts


7 posted on 09/12/2004 3:51:28 PM PDT by Mark (Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

I thought the crowd became larger and more vocal as the afternoon went on.
Were my eyes playing tricks on me or did they show Zell Miller in the front row?
Finally, I'd like to take this moment to thank the Viet Nam Vets and all the other Vets out there for putting it all on the line for our freedom. I'm sorry I didn't realize what you came home to. All I can say is" WELCOME HOME and THANK YOU".


8 posted on 09/12/2004 3:55:43 PM PDT by copwife
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I only got to see the first half, as I had to drive my Daughter back to college....but yes , the crowd does look larger.


9 posted on 09/12/2004 4:02:52 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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Who is this McPeak. He is passing himself off as a retired general and former chief of staff of the Air Force. If so, did we have moles that deep in the military? Did he do anything during the first Gulf War. What is his payoff for supporting a TRAITOR like John Kerry? Must be huge and no way to send him a congratulatory email.
10 posted on 09/12/2004 4:11:26 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT
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To: AmericanMade1776
Bobby Mulller WAS THE PROTESTOR. He was trying to disrupt the speakers and is shown in the photo arguing with the daughter of a vet killed in Vietnam (who also spoke at the rally). Muller has been an antiwar vet since he was a member of Kerry's group VVAW. He later formed another antiwar group the Vietnam Veterans Association. He visited Hanoi in 1981 and laid a wreath inscribed with "With respect, from the Vietnam Veterans of America" on the tomb of Ho Chi Minh. This guy was exposed in the great book "Stolen Valor" by B.G. Burkett. Yes, Burkett also spoke at this rally and may be the speaker Muller is trying to disrupt.
11 posted on 09/12/2004 4:20:28 PM PDT by drpix
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"He visited Hanoi in 1981 and laid a wreath inscribed with "With respect, from the Vietnam Veterans of America" on the tomb of Ho Chi Minh."

That's disgusting. Why is this man even in this country? He should be deported to his beloved commie Vietnam.


12 posted on 09/12/2004 4:23:12 PM PDT by jocon307 (Ann Coulter was right)
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To: YOUGOTIT

Some other freepers have commented on him - and have not been complimentary. I think he was under the toon. He has made an ad for sKerry - said he voted for W in 2000, but will vote for sKerry in 2004.


13 posted on 09/12/2004 4:25:00 PM PDT by mathluv (Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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I actually saw, the young woman speak,Carol (Gell Girl) Crowley daughter of Jack Gell an American solider who died in Vietnam, she gave a moving tribute to her father.

Carol is the Youngest Daughter being held by her Mom, in this picture.

Carol Gell is the blond in the Baseball cap, in this picture

The agitator is in the Wheel Chair.

14 posted on 09/12/2004 4:29:29 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: jocon307
According to Burkett his Vietnam combat injuries are real. But he goes back all the way with Kerry on the anti-american military stuff. And we know were Kerry stands: "As a young man, I actually fought for my country... before I fought against it."
15 posted on 09/12/2004 4:32:00 PM PDT by drpix
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They ignore the fact that Steve Pitkin, who testified in the Winter Soldier debacle, gave hiss first-person account of how Kerry persuaded him to give false testimony. Pitkin apologized today, and got a round of applause from the audience.

The point is that KERRY KNEW AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS ALL A LIE!!!!!

16 posted on 09/12/2004 4:38:39 PM PDT by Ed_in_NJ
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To: AmericanMade1776

Carol Gell Crowley gave an excellent speech and the crowd stood and applauded her numerous times. All of the speakers were excellent and the rally was long overdue to recognize veterans of the Vietnam War. It was a very good day in America.

BTW -- KERRY LIED. . .and GOOD MEN DIED!


17 posted on 09/12/2004 4:42:52 PM PDT by Angelwood (FReepers are Everywhere! We Support Our Troops! (Hillary's Vast Rt Wg Conspiracy))
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I wish I could of stayed to see the whole thing, it would of been great to be there with them, but we were here in spirit.


18 posted on 09/12/2004 4:44:47 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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Chanting "Kerry lied," hundreds of Vietnam veterans on Sunday rallied against fellow veteran and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry

As usual, AP reporters can't count and AP photographers are very careful in their shots to downplay the actual numbers of people attending this rally. The photo is a close shot and cuts off the huge number of people sitting and standing under the trees and along walkways. It also doesn't begin to show the depth of the crowd. It was packed close in and more people kept showing up after the program had begun. My perception was that the crowd size was easily as big as the March for Justice and the first Second Amendment Sisters rally -- those rallies were estimated by Park Police to be around 5,000 participants. There were a lot of people at Senator's Park today.

19 posted on 09/12/2004 4:51:08 PM PDT by Angelwood (FReepers are Everywhere! We Support Our Troops! (Hillary's Vast Rt Wg Conspiracy))
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To: YOUGOTIT

McPeak was chief of staff for the AF during the Clintonian Regime. The big headache that I remember from him was the intro to corporate culture into the AF as well as the whole Quality Air Force.


20 posted on 09/12/2004 4:56:28 PM PDT by Ottofire (Fire Tempers Steel)
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