Interview with John O'Neill (SwiftBoat Vets)

The American Enterprise ^ | April/May 2005 issue | David Isaac

[FairOpinion]

TAE: How and when did the idea for the Swift Boat veterans group come into being?

O'NEILL: The one who conceived of this was Admiral Roy Hoffmann. He began contacting many Swift Boat people in January and February last year. At that time, I was in the hospital. I had given my wife a kidney for a transplant.

I became a part of it in early to mid March. I was motivated by several things, the first and most important being a genuine fear of what would happen to our country, our national security, and our armed forces if John Kerry became Commander in Chief.

O'NEILL: We couldn't give up because in the end our objective was to get our facts out. We had to be able to look at ourselves the day after the election and know we had done everything we could. If we were simply shouting in the desert, we would still have to shout.

O'NEILL: The only people willing to publicizing the story very early were Sean Hannity, the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, several Web sources, and finally C-SPAN (which aired the press conference). Other people who contributed to the story later in a significant way were the Drudge Report and Rush Limbaugh. Another very important person was Laura Ingraham, who went through the allegations point by point and permitted rebuttal, and there was none. That made it apparent that there was a large-scale media cover up in progress.

TAE: The story of the Swift Boat vets is a powerful one. Many of you hadn't seen each other in 32 years. You came back together out of a sense of duty to stop a man you knew to be unfit for the Presidency.

[FairOpinion]

Long interview, but worth reading, to remind ourselves how much we really owe the SwiftVets for their courage and persistence to bring the truth about Kerry to the American People.

[jocon307]

BUMP TO THE TOP!!!!!!

Read the whole thing folks, it's a great interview, just great! If you ran it on TV you would call it "The Making of the Swift Boat Vets" all you've ever wanted to know and more.

Just a wee bit from the many great bits to be found: John O'Neil says "The media was like the dutch boy, keeping its fingers in the dike to stop the story from flowing out. It just got to a point where it got beyond them. There weren't enough fingers."

Excellent post, FO, just excellent.

And hey, enjoy smirking at John Francois yet again, then give humble thanks to the fine American patriots who saved us from that loon.

[FairOpinion]

SwiftVets Ping

[pt17]

Good interview that reminds me (a) of the debt of gratitude we owe the vets and (b) that JFK is still a dangerous, germ-carrying rat.

[dennisw]

The Swift Boat Veterans torpedoed the good ship lollipop of the Kerry/Edwards campaign. Sent them to the bottom, Botox mug, and Breck girl.

[Irish Eyes]

Great interview thanks for the link. The entire interview is a must read.

[syriacus]

MSM collusion with Kerry.

About O'Neill's appearance, with Oliphant, on "The News Hour":

As a matter of fact, the Kerry campaign was asked to send a debate representative, and I gather Oliphant was their representative. How could a supposedly independent journalist appear as a debater for the Kerry campaign? ...I realized they were simply doing openly what the New York Times was doing secretly.

[enigma825]

Speaking of Kerry, during the campaign, it was alleged he had a bad conduct discharge that was expunged by the Carter pardon. If this was true, it would imply he still would not be eligible to hold office.
14th AMendment, Section 3 of the US Constitution, implies that John Kerry is holding office illegally. The Carter era amnesty by pardon, should not have applied to Kerry, as he had taken an oath as an officer of the US. Congressional legislation requiring 2/3rds approval level for officers of the United States, is required by this amendment section.

Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

[syriacus]

Wonderful, wonderful interview. Thanks for posting it.

[IndyTiger]

If not for the courage of John O'Neill and the swiftboat vets in getting out the truth about Kerry to the American people, we would today be talking about President Kerry, IMO. I believe the swiftboat vets ads were the difference in the election.

[RushLake]

"How could a supposedly independent journalist appear as a debater for the Kerry campaign?"

I bet its because they wanted the master debater.

[whereasandsoforth]

I thought I knew the Swiftboat Vet story, but this interview made we realize I was missing out on a lot. Thanks for the great information.

[Radix]

"That made it apparent that there was a large-scale media cover up in progress."

The media will be back with a vengeance next time around. They may be hurting now, but probably more dangerous now than ever since being wounded.

[libstripper]

Three weeks after it was put up, half of all the people in the United States had heard about that ad and about us and yet there had never been a story about us on ABC, NBC, or CBS or in the New York Times. At that point, people began laughing, I believe, at the mainline media. It became obvious they were suppressing the story.

The MSM's obvious, deliberate suppression of the most important story of the campaign, combined with Rathergate, has done more than anytning else to undermine the MSM's credibility with the general public. When Bush won the election, the MSM lost it.

[libstripper]

They'll be back with a vengance, but their credibility is lost. Can't get it back any more than virginity.

[Guenevere]

Thank-you SwiftVets ping!

[gunnedah]

Vietnam Vet Ping! Americas most mistreated hero's and they were sacrificed by our political system as a whole and the Democrat Party that started that war continues to abuse them.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Speaking of Kerry, during the campaign, it was alleged he had a bad conduct discharge that was expunged by the Carter pardon. If this was true, it would imply he still would not be eligible to hold office.
14th AMendment, Section 3 of the US Constitution, implies that John Kerry is holding office illegally. The Carter era amnesty by pardon, should not have applied to Kerry, as he had taken an oath as an officer of the US. Congressional legislation requiring 2/3rds approval level for officers of the United States, is required by this amendment section.

Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

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Uphold the US Constituion!

Too bad the "Move On" FReepers just don't understand
the real threat that the likes of Hanoi Kerry pose to our country.

I just don't understand their reasoning in saying
"drop it", "your wasting your time", "give it up" etc.

Some even howl when I remind them the job is NOT done.

Kerry Outs Undercover Intelligence Agent in Bolton Hearing
C-SPAN 04/11/2005
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381586/posts

"Kerry cites voter intimidation examples
CNN ^ | 4-10-05
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP)
Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls
through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate
John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381116/posts

Kerry E-Mail Concerning Judicial Nominees
April 1, 2005
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375683/posts

Hanoi Kerry Veterans Group Calls on Congress
to Impeach George W. Bush and Richard Cheney
April 3, 2005
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1376873/posts

Well I have news for them.

I've been posting threads
on the Viet Nam anti war "crowd"
almost from day one on FR.

Wicked Witch of the West: Hanoi Jane Exposed in New Book
Hanoijane.net ^ | HENRY MARK HOLZER and ERIKA HOLZER,PhilDragoo

Posted on 10/30/2001 10:05:08 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/560260/posts

So why do they think I'll stop now?

Don't be like the Silent Majority in the 60's and 70's
Demand Kerry be ousted from the US Senate!

There is no need to impeach Hanoi Kerry from the US Senate

He is there illegally!

WAKEUP AMERICA!

For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.

Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen

Why is Kerry still in the US Senate?
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html

And the FBI has proof of his treason.

Hanoi Kerry Timeline of a traitor
includes FBI files

May 1970
Kerry and Julia traveled to Paris, France and met with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, the Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam (PRG), the political wing of the Vietcong, and other Viet Cong and Communist Vietnamese representatives to the Paris peace talks, a trip he now calls a "fact-finding" mission.

(U.S. code 18 U.S.C. 953, declares it illegal for a U.S. citizen to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign power.)

http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html

a) A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war,
or with any offense punishable by death,
may be tried at any time without limitation.

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm#*%20843.%20ART.%2043.%20STATUTE%20OF%20LIMITATIONS


Contact the GOP controlled US Senate!

Distribute these url's!

Links to Anti Kerry sites
212 LINKS
News reports,
Viper's Vietnam Veterans Page

http://members.aol.com/ga1449ga/links/links.html


EXPOSE HANOI KERRY!

MUST SEE WEBSITE!!!!

http://www.kerrystreason.com/index.html

Full details on these url's!

http://stophanoikerry.150m.com

There is a backup site
if the 1st url is unavailable.

http://tonkin.spymac.net/hanoikerry1.html

Did you see this...?
(The 'Kerry's Promise Counter')
http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=6628
Polipundit even tells you how to install it on your own page!

[FreedomSurge]

Did any Ruplican politicians support these guys? I can't rememeber.