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Daughter of Vietnam War Vet respondeds to ABC's Nightline
PowerLine Blog ^ | October 17, 2004 | deacon

Posted on 10/19/2004 8:30:12 AM PDT by 84rules

Last month, I wrote this piece about the rally held by the Vietnam Vets for Truth in Washington D.C. To me, the most moving speech at the rally was delivered by Laura Armstrong, daughter of Roger ("Black Bart") Bartholomew, a First Air Cavalry rocket artillery helicopter pilot who was killed in Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day 1968, when Laura was eight years old.

Ms. Armstrong was kind enough to provide me with the text of a letter she sent to ABC Nightline regarding its attempt to enlist Viet Cong Communists against the Swiftvets. Here is what she wrote: To say that Nightline found "the one group" who hasn't weighed in on Kerry's Vietnam service is total BS. While we've all heard ad nauseam from the 9-11 families and have heard the press talk about how Bush has offended them by using the images of 9-11, WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF VIETNAM, who had to endure John Kerry's legacy of lies, both then and now, during this campaign?

I am one of those children, and had to endure teachers who censured me, people who told me (as a small child) "YOUR DADDY DESERVED TO DIE IN VIETNAM -- HE WAS A BABYKILLER". We watched our moms, young widows who were afraid to say what happened to their husbands because they never knew whether they might get sympathy or hate. All because John Kerry testified before the world that our fathers committed atrocities at every level of command. His lies based on hear-say hurt ALL of us, for years and years, and yet who's interviewed us?

Many of us kids of Vietnam participated in a huge rally on Capitol Hill on Sept. 12, hoping to explain how Kerry's actions impacted our lives, yet your ABC Washington bureau couldn't even walk down the street to cover it.

And now you send people to Vietnam?!!!!

I am ashamed to have gone to journalism school. Ashamed to have been a journalist. I have NEVER been so disgusted with the news media in my life. ABC and other national news has been COMPLICIT in helping the Kerry campaign this year, diminishing the heartfelt testimony of American heroes and trying to demonize a group of valiant men who actually served with John Kerry. You call it the "fog of war" -- I call it "marginalizing our heroes".

How can we trust you to cover this war? The answer is -- we don't.

We are the sons and daughters of American fighting men. In many cases, we are now the sons and daughters who fight this war on global terrorism,or keep the home fires burning while our spouses, brothers and sisters deploy to keep America safe. WE earned the right to speak, yet you only seek those who might help discredit our heroic Swift Boat Veterans.

Just as ABC tries to marginalize the Swift Boat Veterans, you ignore us in order to interview people who might or might not be legitimate.

We will never forget this. Many of us will be working, even after this election, to make sure truth is known about our national "journalists" and their biased ABUSE of trust.

You, as well as John Kerry, hurt us then, perpetuating myths about our fathers, and you cannot admit that you were wrong today. That's just shoddy.

Laura B. Armstrong Atlanta


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: john; kerry; media; nightline; swiftboat; swiftboatvets; swiftvets; testimony; vietnam
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1 posted on 10/19/2004 8:30:12 AM PDT by 84rules
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To: 84rules

Kerry ponitificates ad nausem about Bush not being able to admit he's wrong. Why can't that no-good, SOB admit he was on the wrong side of the Vietnam War from 1971 on?


2 posted on 10/19/2004 8:33:03 AM PDT by hometoroost
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To: 84rules

I've suggested it before. Covertly start buying the stock in Disney or GE or Viacom. At the right time exert the block of shares and oust these charlatans...


3 posted on 10/19/2004 8:35:40 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it......Soon after this election!)
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To: 84rules

Somehow, these Veitnam families MUST heard -
Where's Drudge - Rush - FOX ?


4 posted on 10/19/2004 8:35:45 AM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: 84rules
Very Strong Letter! Something good will come out of this media bashing. They deserve it. Truth cannot be contained, it will be shouted from the roof tops for all to hear. I am one of those who cannot stand to watch the news. It is sickening to listen to the crap that is put out. I'm just sick of the lies, I have got to a point I cant trust turning on the TV anymore. To the Vietnam Vets and their families, We salute you and stand by you for the honor you deserve and the courage you have to stand before the lies and call them for what they are-anti- American,Liberal Commie lies .
5 posted on 10/19/2004 8:41:12 AM PDT by ruready4eternity (Table talk negotiations are over! Let the carpet bombing campaign begin!)
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To: hometoroost
Why can't that no-good, SOB admit he was on the wrong side of the Vietnam War from 1971 on?
*******88
Because he was far more than just "wrong" - he was operating with "malice aforethought"
He knew he was fabricating malicious lies - lies that hurt countless thousands of LOYAL Americans and our country.
He was a DELIBERATE traitor. To think he could now be a heartbeat away from ruling this country - of making decisions that affect the whole world. The man has no soul - and his puppeteers are intent on ruling from the top of a One World Government.
This is not just an election for a president of the US - this is for the very life of freedom in the world
6 posted on 10/19/2004 8:41:36 AM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: 84rules

Doesn't seem to be a lot of "nuance" here. She seems to have gotten the range on these "news" folks. Poor Ted Koppel, he just can't seem to stay outof the heavy traffic these days. Pity, that.


7 posted on 10/19/2004 8:42:08 AM PDT by Adrastus (Kerry lied while good men died.)
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To: hometoroost

He is done. Heinze Ketchup is done! Now it will be a campaign of causing as much as damage as he can for the Bush Admin, so that Bush will have to spend time repairing His and the Party's image before the U.S. But this guys is as you said he is, a no-good SOB, When He speaks he turns my stomach to know He lies and doesnt believe a word about the Troops, The U.S Homeland and Values! He will give the US over to the Europeans


8 posted on 10/19/2004 8:44:59 AM PDT by ruready4eternity (Table talk negotiations are over! Let the carpet bombing campaign begin!)
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To: 84rules
Powerful letter and hits the real anti American traitor war criminal John Kerry right between the eyes.

Kerry is the REAL WAR CRIMINAL in time of war he committed criminal acts against American
soldiers, airmen, marines, and his fellow sailors

He had many helpers...chief among them Walter Cronkite the most trusted man in America betrayed all Americans...and to this day is not held accountable for spreading the enemies lies..Cronkite was chief among the Marxist propagandists...

The day John F Kerry steps into the white house as POTUS will be the day America voted away the Republic so many have shed their blood for...

There will be hell to pay...I do not believe Americans will let this happen without a fight....
anymore than they let King George enslave us in the first place...

The chains of British monarchy would sit lightly upon us compared the chains the Kerryites have forged..


IMO
9 posted on 10/19/2004 8:57:18 AM PDT by joesnuffy (America needs a 'Big Dog' on her porch not a easily frightened, whining, Surrender Poodle...)
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To: maine-iac7

Unholy Alliance

by David Horowitz
Hardcover - (September 2004) - $27.95

In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the “Great Satan” with America’s radical Islamic enemies. In a remarkable exploration of the “Mind of the Left,” Horowitz traces the evolution of American radicalism from its Communist past to its “anti-war” present. He then shows how this Left was able to turn the Democratic Party presidential campaign around and reshape its views on the War on Terror.

10 posted on 10/19/2004 8:59:04 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: maine-iac7
To think he could now be a heartbeat away from ruling this country - of making decisions that affect the whole world. The man has no soul - and his puppeteers are intent on ruling from the top of a One World Government.

Amen.

11 posted on 10/19/2004 9:01:06 AM PDT by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: maine-iac7

I think we should boycott all of the MSM, including FOX (since the Carl Cameron thing they've been almost as bad as the others) If we encouage this strategy, it's bound to have an effect on ratings. Crud! Half the country supports GWB. Half the country, or more wants to know about Kerry's atrocities. If the MSM is held accountable, they may just decide to actually start reporting some news!


12 posted on 10/19/2004 9:14:27 AM PDT by Conservative Texan Mom (W is for WOOD!)
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To: ruready4eternity
Something good will come out of this media bashing. They deserve it. Truth cannot be contained, it will be shouted from the roof tops for all to hear

8
but after Bush wins - repeat after me: "After Bush Wins!"
we can't lay down our arms...that's just the beginning. We must continue exposing the controlled media - their socialist agenda, their traitor-ism. And the same with the politicians that ARE NOT democrats - (Zell Miller, John Breault, even Joe Lieberman, are democrats...) the majority of the others are Socialists - truth be known, many actual card carrying socialists (research "Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee" - for an understanding of what we're up against. Kerry is a hollow shell of a human being, totally programmed and handled by the real power.
We must keep fighting - they must be beaten back or we will find ourselves in this same frightening situation 4 years from now.
Our strongest power is the ability to instantly communicate & disseminate information...Which you can bet "they" will cut off anyway they can if they get in power. This is a battle for the very freedom of this country - of civilization.
Freedom must be re won each and every generation. here's an excerpt from an url on Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee: http://www.rain.org/homeschool/peace-studies/history/peace-and-freedom-party-history.html "a formal declaration in 1974 that P&F is a socialist party. At that time, People's Party nearly merged with the New American Movement (NAM) and Socialist Party USA. When that narrowly failed, NAM joined the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee and was subsumed into the Democratic Party. People's Party joined the People's Alliance which included such groups as American Indian Movement, Black Panther Party, and the Mass Party Organizing Committee. " Here's one of their sites: http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html This, Zell, is what happened to your party...
13 posted on 10/19/2004 9:25:06 AM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: joesnuffy
Good post (9)the day America voted away the Republic so many have shed their blood for...

What makes this election so important is precisely the fact that we have abandoned our 'republic' and have put too much of our fate in the hands of those at a national level where it was never intended to be placed.

That all issues, big or small, are now decided at a federal level leaves the states and individuals powerless. Whitehouse occupancy determines where the cleaver falls and this alone becomes the greatest threat to our 'union'. A house divided has been building momentum for some time. Things could get ugly after Nov. 2 no matter how it goes.

14 posted on 10/19/2004 9:33:37 AM PDT by budwiesest
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To: Howlin
Whenever I think about what seems to be the fact that these scum get away with everything I think about McGreevy in NJ, Slick willie's heart problems, Rather's downfall, and Gore's psychotic behaviour.

Somehow, some way these people pay for their evil deeds.

15 posted on 10/19/2004 9:35:41 AM PDT by OldFriend (It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
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To: 84rules

The liberal MSM as incredible as it may sound, are influenced always by one Bible verse: "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free."

They believe that verse with all their hearts. That is why they do everything in their power to prevent the truth from ever being heard.


16 posted on 10/19/2004 10:00:17 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (The liberal Democrats are properly redefining themselves as the pro-aggressive party.)
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To: 84rules

When kerry lied in front of congress he maligned every man who has worn
a uniform of this nation from it's inception to that far distant date
when we are no more.



Their hands are covered in blood.


Between 10.000 and 20,000 of our men in uniform
died when in front of congress Kerry lied.

An unknown number of our POWS where tortured and
murdered when in front of congress Kerry lied.

Over one million Vietnamese and over ten million
Cambodians died when in front of congress Kerry lied.

Kerry's hands and the hands of those in congress
and the media who bought into Kerry's
lies are covered in blood.

Now look at your hands. If you are supporting
John Kerry in his bid for the office of President
of the United States your hands are also covered in
blood.

Roger Yaste ATC Ret USN


17 posted on 10/19/2004 10:02:27 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
"Daughter of Vietnam War Vet respondeds to ABC's Nightline"

Where does the time go? ;-)

18 posted on 10/19/2004 10:03:48 AM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: ruready4eternity
Very Strong Letter! Something good will come out of this media bashing.

Like Sean Hanitty, we need to thank the MSM for making FreeRepublic the great web site it is today. Without all their hard work lazyness telling one side of the story, there would be nothing for us to talk about on FR!

19 posted on 10/19/2004 10:03:49 AM PDT by DrDavid (GWBush: The W-right President at the W-right time and the W-right place)
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To: hometoroost

He won't admit he was on the wrong side, because he doesn't think he was. He has shown that with his senate (lack of) service for the last 20 years by doing all he can to weaken America and its defenses.


20 posted on 10/19/2004 10:04:15 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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