What he did when he got back 
AND while in Paris. 
Posted on 09/18/2004 2:15:37 PM PDT by The_Victor
About 15 protesters gathered for two hours today outside the home of John O'Neill, a Houston attorney who co-wrote "Unfit for Command," a new book that questions Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's military service.
"Who in their right mind would attack a veteran who actually volunteered to go to Vietnam?" protester John Cobarruvias asked. "Attacking a veteran who went to war, who got shot at, is wrong."
O'Neill wasn't home Saturday because his daughter was getting married. In a statement, he said he thought it would have been more appropriate for protesters "to read the book and then engage in a civil debate over its contents."
"It is our experience that protests and book burnings occur not against books that are false, but against books that are true," the statement said.
The protesters chanted and carried signs reading "Not so swift liar lives here" and "AWOL liar Bush attacks veterans." They referred to the controversy over the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's television ad criticizing Kerry's military record and the questions about President Bush's time in the National Guard.
Three police officers kept the protesters on a public sidewalk in front of O'Neill's home in an upscale Houston neighborhood.
"They have done the most indespicable (sic) thing that a man could ever do and that is attack an American veteran," Cobarruvias said. "We are going to do whatever it takes within the law to stop this and if it means coming to this man's house and protesting him within the law, that is what we are going to do."
The ads, which ran in three key swing states in August, challenged Kerry's wartime service in Vietnam for which he received five medals. The ads said Kerry didn't deserve his Purple Hearts, lied to get his Bronze Star and Silver Star and unfairly labeled all veterans in testimony about atrocities in Vietnam to Congress in 1971.
The Kerry campaign says the veterans group is a front for President Bush's re-election campaign. Kerry, a Navy swift boat skipper during the war, has said criticism of his decorated service in Vietnam has "become so petty it's almost pathetic in a way."
Bush denounced the ads last month after they were no longer on the air.
Mary Gwen Hulsey hung signs from a second story balcony of O'Neill's home, one of which read: "Unfit for Command is the truth. Believe it." She also tried to defend her friend of 25 years.
"John O'Neill only tells the truth," she said. "And he is not a Republican. He would be doing this if John Kerry were a Republican. He just feels John Kerry cannot ever be the commander in chief because of what he did in Vietnam and when he got back."
bttt
And John O'Neill is chopped liver?
What a maroon!
"Who in their right mind would attack a veteran who actually volunteered fight in the Revolutionary War?" protester John Cobarruvias asked. "Attacking a veteran who went to war, who got shot at, is wrong."Wrong unless that veteran was Benedict Arnold, who was a hero until he turned traitor.
Let's see...hmmm...Kerry came home and turned traitor too.
Some supporters should go there to counter them.
Bump for your Houston ping list
Sounds like a job for ProtestWarrior.com!
What he did when he got back AND while in Paris.
they protested while he wasnt home?
What a bunch of wienies
"They have done the most indespicable (sic) thing that a man could ever do and that is attack an American veteran,"
John Kerry never did that , did he? O wait, YES HE DID! BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THEY WERE FIGHTING IN VIETNAM!!!!
Sounds like the McAuliffe Fascists have their marching orders. It'd be great to see them dwarfed by a counter-protest that'd send them scurrying back to their rocks.
The razor-sharp edge of Leftist groupthink.
They protested when O'Neill wasn't home. Personally, I doubt O'Neil wants more people outside of his house.
Somone should help him get a R.O. against these freaks.
"John R. Cobarruvias is an active Democrat in Houston, Texas and the Vice President of Bay Area New Democrats. His opinion pieces have appeared in several publications including the Austin American-Statesman and the Houston Chronicle."
Further it appears he is a poster on DU.
Oddly enough, no mention of whether he himself is a veteran, but I have my suspiscions.
"Our men and women of the armed forces have been sent into battle based on false pretenses, yet many Americans are hiding behind their flags, lapel pins, and bumper stickers without once asking why are soldiers are dying. Silently waving a flag or displaying a "We support our Troops" sign is no longer a sign of patriotism. It is a sign of cowardice. "
Those who despise everything our country was founded on and all that is good and decent in this country...the Left.
That would explain his "indespicable" accusation. LOL!
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