Swift Vets ping.
BTT!!!!!!
Excellent choice!
Thanks for the ping and post!
Big Swifties ~ Bump!
Awesome! Thanks for the ping. :-)
It is a damnable shame that most Freepers have no idea of your contribution to the Swiftvets.
Thanks, I.T. Good news!
You should have been first runner-up, Scott, for the amazing amount of work you did......including your Winter Soldier website which coordinated vets and information all over the country in the effort to expose the pathetic Lurch.
When there's a major job to be done, look for a knowledgeable freeper to fill it, and do the job well.
Leni
"In the end, no amount of liberal propaganda could negate the plain facts assembled by O'Neill. All the slights, tantrums and tirades of the liberal media couldn't besmirch O'Neill's integrity. His efforts helped turn the tide of the presidential election.
For O'Neill, just as important was defending the honor of his fellow veterans. "For more than 30 years, most Vietnam veterans kept silent as we were maligned as misfits, drug addicts, and baby killers. Now that a key creator of that poisonous image is seeking the presidency we have resolved to end our silence," wrote the Swift Boat Vets on their website. The veterans finally won.
John O'Neill's life, in its quiet dignity, is far more representative of Vietnam veterans than Kerry's riches-to-power story. It is O'Neill--not Kerry and the anti-Vietnam War protesters--who speaks for the lives of the hundreds of thousands of veterans who came home from Vietnam, having served their country honorably.
Honorable and Just."
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I wholeheartedly agree with this award.
John O'Neill stood calm under liberal fire again and again. They could not counter his points. The contrast between his dignity and their lack of it spoke to many people.
The Swifties have done more to clear the reputation of Vietnam vets than anyone in the last 35 years.