Posted on 10/11/2004 5:03:10 AM PDT by Chuck N
Midnight in South Vietnam, and the river is black. Past the rice paddies and shacks, small fires are burning by the shoreline as Lt. John H. Davis' 50-foot aluminum swift boat — PCF 19 — makes its routine patrol through the reeds. In a split second, rocket fire shatters the silence, and through a plume of oily smoke, the boat sinks to the river's bottom. "My whole crew lost their lives that night. I was the only one who survived," Lt. Davis says. Lt. Davis, now 62, lost his left eye. The bones in both legs were shattered. But the scars of war are nothing compared to the demons that wake him from his sleep, leaving him drenched in sweat and trembling with fear. "My latest nightmare was that I was pulling my crew out of the water. When it came to the last body, it was me." Lt. Davis has come to Washington at his own expense, along with 89 other Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, to tape the eighth 60-second TV spot questioning Sen. John Kerry's fitness to be commander in chief.
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Kerry besides apologizing to the millions of Nam Vets, needs to apologize to every family member of Nam Vets alive or dead.
Then, he should resign from the Senate and go to Paris or Hanoi to live.
Wow, that is even more disgusting. I didn't know that. I'm a very caring and busy housewife and don't really have the time to deeply research some things. Thanks for the info.
How come nobody ever questions like, "Was Kerry AWOL?" Below is a copy of a very interesting article. I can't remember what website I got it from.
In the biggest controversy of all - Senator John Kerry says he is a hero for standing up to power while protesting against the War in Vietnam. According to news reports, Kerry was protesting the war even as he served as a full-time member of the armed forces.
Did Kerry take leave-time to attend these rallies, or was he AWOL from his post while he traveled around protesting the war?
Did he only participate in peaceful war protests, or did he join the Hard-Left, anti-US, pro-Communistic cabal of Tom Hayden, Jane Fonda and other well-known Hard-Left, anti-US radicals?
I don't know the answers to these questions, but I do know where to find them. Every significant leader of any anti-war, anti-US protest from the 1960's has a large file sitting in a file drawer over at the FBI Headquarters.
The Bureau's headquarters is located at 9th street and Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, D.C. To get a copy of the FBI file, which would clear up this entire thing, Senator Kerry merely has to file a form. But HE must be the one to do it. Nobody else can get a copy - only John F. Kerry.
And, because it's a U.S. Senator asking, I am sure the FBI would find and copy the file in a hurry. Then, like President Bush, Senator Kerry could release his FBI file to the media. All questions would be answered. We could put the matter behind us and, as the Democrats are fond to say, "move on to real issues." Like what Kerry would do as president if we were attacked by terrorists.
Senator Kerry can also get a copy of his service records from the US Navy using the same kind of form. These naval records would clear up a lot of good questions about his military service in Vietnam.
Today I am announcing the formation of an exploratory committee to encourage and assist Senator John F. Kerry in the acquisition and distribution of these two files. In due course, we will send the appropriate forms to Senator Kerry to be filled out. Soon, following President Bush's lead, Senator Kerry can reveal to the mainstream media the various documents establishing the truth about his conduct.
Vietnam veterans and former FBI and intelligence bureau agents are invited to join our exploratory committee. These individuals have a real sense of the truth about Senator John F. Kerry, and the Vietnam veterans have a large stake in the argument.
We're calling our exploratory committee, "Americans for Truth About Kerry."
The brave men have no reason other than to tell the truth about "Kerry's War". They are telling the story of an American Traitor - Help them continue their fight and our fight to stop this Senator from gaining the White House - he is a traitor to his country, his candidacy is appalling and if it weren’t for the Socialists in this country, he would never have been elected to the United States Senate.
Never Forget this:
In accordance with the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, which states, "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President ... having previously taken an oath ... to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof," We, the People of these United States, believe John F. Kerry is unfit for public office.
Good morning.
I would like an apology to the people of South Vietnam who fled or died after john kerry and our Democrat-controlled Congress abandoned them.
Michael Frazier
That is another apology overdue for to the innocents slaughtered in Nam and SE Asia after our troops pulled out of Nam.
Your post brought me to tears, thinking about your daughter asking her dad about such horrible things. Because of Kerry's lies, your daughter went through such pain and confusion.
He is still causing so much pain to veterans and their families.
The depth of contempt I have for him cannot be measured.
Please thank your husband for serving and welcome to FR.
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Cry me a river.
Dear Sadie,
I am so sorry for your & your husband's torment.There are such tragically pathetic people in this world. God Bless you and your family, and thank your husband for us,for his service to this country. He's a hero in my book.
Kerry is going to Hell on a greased pole,but in the meantime,he will simply go back to Massachusetts,a lowly and broken man,after November 2.Let not your heart be troubled!
What a true patriot looks like.
If they really want to defeat Kerry, they should just buy air time and run TerAyza's bizarre Evita convention speech over and over again.
We know now, in great numbers - thanks, largely, to Vietnam veterans like BG Burkett and our Swift Boat Veterans, and so many others still serving, helping the younger troops in Iraq, Afghanistan - around the world.
Vietnamese-Americans are fighting communism in Vietnam from their new homes in California, with help from at least one Vietnam veteran, friend.
Thank you for fighting for their freedom.
Welcome home.
We will never forget.
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Thank you being open and teachable, the Biblical meaning of the word MEEK, for Ragtime Cowgirl is indeed inheriting the Earth.
Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer of Little Saigon
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WHERE is that treasonist bitch at anyway ,I just finished watching the manchurian canidate again ,and realized how screwed up the media was back then, everything in that movie should be scrutinized, and the truth be told that the dems were, and still are communist not the pubs .
The SBVT must be hitting the lib's one last nerve to have this much of an effect on them. Otherwise, they wouldn't be making this much noise -- they would just ignore them.
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