Posted on 09/19/2004 3:53:13 PM PDT by redrock
"It's past midnite said Charles the grinning boy..."
Blue Oyster Cult
For over 30 years...Vietnam Veterans..(and let's be honest here...EVERY veteran is included in John Kerrys statements..as Viet Vets were TRAINED by Korean Veterans...by WWII Veterans..so they are implicated too.) have had a 900 pound gorilla on their backs. They have had the "Scarlet Letter" squarely placed on their foreheads...telling the world that they (in the world of John Kerry) are "..killers and rapists."
For the entire time we have had to live with the knowledge in our hearts that when we said we served in Vietnam...in the backs of peoples minds sprang the word..."babykiller...or rapist."
True, John Kerry did NOT start the movement that painted us as evil, but he did give it a solid base...he did make it a very real thing in some peoples minds.
More than anyone alive today...he made it legitimate to call us those things.
As he is quick to tell you (I can imagine him telling every waiter he finds)..he did serve in Vietnam...and for four long months at that. To the world at large him saying those things about us...made it real.Made it something that those who hate America could run with.
For over 30 years we have had to take the blows...the hits. And we have been hit time and time again. It is now a T.V. and Movie standard that we are all mental defectives...who spent our time in the military roasting small children...just for the fun of it. It is now a cultural standard that,somehow, all of those of us who served in Vietnam....became unhinged and just became plain killers.
But now....(Yippie!!)John Kerry is running for President.
Now John Kerry has placed, and continues to place, his hopes of becoming President on those four long months in Vietnam. He's a "Hero" don't ya know????
But, as is evidenced by the "Swift Boat" ads....it is now our time to fight back.
It is now our time to remember all of those times when we were spit on...or had blood thrown on the uniforms that we proudly wore....and give it back.
Now it is our time to hit back.
We're all older now, those who served in Vietnam, with gray or white hair in place of the blond or brown.
With bodies that are starting to find more than a few reasons NOT to go on that long hike in the mountains.
Some of us (and in this area I would have to include myself) are terrified of re-visiting those times. Afraid of the demons that we no longer feel strong enough to withstand.
..and yet...we have one more 'tour of duty'.(Thanks Tonk!!)
One more time we have to put on the uniform of our Nation and fight for what we believe in...for our families...for our Country.
...and we will KNOW when we have achieved Victory.
We will know when we have re-claimed that Honour that was denied us.
We will know when the 'Scarlet Letter' is removed from our foreheads.
That day will be when we see John Kerry lose this election...when we view him behind the podium for one last time...admitting defeat.
For on that day all that he has said and done will be plainly revealed (even to the idiot liberals) that all he as said and done was a lie.
Time to hit back.
Only a few more weeks on this 'tour of duty'.
redrock
Thanks for the ping
bttt
No self-respecting Veteran can vote for Kerry.
redrock
Finally...the dawn.
redrock
redrock
Needed repeating.
5.56mm
NOT ONE...has anything kind to say about Kerry.
NOT ONE...is voting for Kerry.
ALMOST EVERYONE.....has said that even if Kerry gets elected...he will never serve a day.
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Why dont you post a chart of the dow at 11.5 while your at it...
You know thats bull crap old html you snagged months ago...
The spread has tightened considerably...
I count on FR for higher degree of integrity than this misleading bullcrap you post...
The spread is 54.2 x 54.5
Why don't you read the post date before making an ass of yourself?
That data was accurate September 19th. I never said the data would update.
I count on FR for higher degree of reading skill than this pathetic performance of yours...
Oh, and the spread is 55 x 45.5, you know the spread you posted is bull crap.
redrock
I voted Oct 18, for President Bush, like 2000
I'm now done with my posting.
My tour is now done.
It's up to America to make the right choice.
redrock
Tell them I said Hi!
I did a good tour of duty.
I'm proud!
It was awesome to see happen.
redrock
Payback is at hand. I hope ALL Vietnam Vets get a taste of sweet revenge tomorrow.
Kerry wins this and we've got lot's of fun for the next 4 years.
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