Doonesbury does John Kerry... 1971
Doonesbury.com ^ | Oct 21-23 1971 | GBT
Posted on 02/04/2004 9:31:32 PM PST by CapandBall
October 21, 1971
October 22, 1971
October 23, 1971CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
Posted on 02/24/2004 8:56:49 AM PST by Bob J
I haven't read him lately, but Trudeau did have the best Gulf War coverage out there.
TS
Regards,
TS
You are a man of many talents.
Doonesbury does John Kerry... 1971
Doonesbury.com ^ | Oct 21-23 1971 | GBT
Posted on 02/04/2004 9:31:32 PM PST by CapandBall
October 21, 1971
October 22, 1971
October 23, 1971CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
That would be the NEW Doonesbury/Kerry connection, from 2/12/04:"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" reads a Doonesbury cartoon character aloud.
"Who said that?" asks the reader’s roommate.
"John Kerry. To the Senate Foreign Relations Committee..."
"Too little, too late," replies the roommate; thinking the quote refers to Iraq.
"...in 1971," finishes the reader.
The message from Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is obvious enough...
In February of 1971, an event billed as "The Winter Soldier Investigation: An Inquiry into American War Crimes" was held in Detroit by the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War...See also:
FREEREPUBLIC NET LAUNCHES WEB SITE ON
"WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION"
JOHNKERRYFORPRESIDENT.INFO ^ | 2/23/03 | Diotima
Posted on 02/23/2004 4:18:08 AM PST by diotima
***NEWS RELEASE***
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2004
Contact: Scott Swett (frn@freeper.org) (703) 863-8033FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK LAUNCHES WEB SITE
ON "WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION"
AND KERRY SLANDER OF U.S. TROOPS IN VIETNAM(Washington, DC) The Free Republic Network today announced the unveiling of www.WinterSoldier.com, a new web site to provide news, analysis and research material regarding the false claim by John Kerry and others during the Vietnam era that atrocities were routinely committed by America's military.
In 1971 former Navy Lt. John Kerry testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about American "war crimes" in Southeast Asia, which he described as "not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command". Free Republic Network Director Scott Swett released the following statement:
"John Kerry played a key role in the leftist disinformation campaign that undermined support for the war by slandering a generation of American soldiers as mass murderers of civilians. Kerry testified before the Senate that the United States committed war crimes in Vietnam as a matter of military policy, citing claims of atrocities made at the discredited 'Winter Soldier Investigation' -- an event primarily funded by Jane Fonda."The site features a section on Kerry's hard-to-find 1971 book "The New Soldier" and covers the activities of the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War and its sponsors. New information will be added as it becomes available. Readers are invited to provide feedback, submit editorial pieces, and provide relevant material..."The truth is that atrocities were the exception in Vietnam, not the rule."
"Since Senator Kerry has made the strength of his military record a key issue in his pursuit of the Presidency, it is important for voters to have access to a more complete picture of his actions than is available from the Kerry campaign or the media. WinterSoldier.com will document and analyze the activities in which Kerry and others participated during the Vietnam era."
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What message does this send to our troops in Iraq now? Do we want them to feel that their sacrifice is a mistake? What message does it send to our enemies? Will it raise their hopes that the US will cut and run like we did in Vietnam?
Kerry should be asked this question, "Senator Kerry, you voted for the Iraq War and now you believe it was a mistake. How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
On April 22, Kerry represented the VVAW protestors before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It was there that he delivered the "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" quote used by Garry Trudeau in Doonesbury.See also:That was not all John Kerry had to say to the Committee, however...
KERRY'S TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, APRIL 22, 1971
Senate Testimony ^ | N/A | N/A
Posted on 01/21/2004 4:07:29 PM PST by Hon
VIETNAM WAR VETERAN JOHN KERRY'S TESTIMONY
BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,
APRIL 22, 1971
Editorial Notes by Dr. Ernest Bolt, University of Richmond
By April 1971, with at least seven legislative proposals relating to the Vietnam war under consideration, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Senator William Fulbright (Democrat-Arkansas) began to hear testimony. On the third day of hearings, six members of the committee heard comments by John Kerry, a leader of the major veterans organization opposing continuation of the war. Kerry was the only representative of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) who testified on April 22...
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Hugh Hewitt on Kerry's VVAW Testimony, via Instapundit [my title]
Instapundit ^ | February 18, 2004 | Glenn Reynolds
Posted on 02/18/2004 1:51:04 PM PST by mondonico
HUGH HEWITT played John Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony on Vietnam on his radio show yesterday and remarks:
I played John Kerry's 1971 testimony on the radio program, and the response was intense. The first two hours brought scores of calls and e-mails which denounced Kerry for his slander of the military that served in Vietnam and for his understanding of the war. Kerry has thus far successfully dodged a discussion of the specifics of his testimony, and it was very hard to find the audio --it took my producer Duane considerable digging to find the tape.
The impact of actually hearing Kerry slander the military--his accent is unbelievable, and his tone of arrogance and condescension repulsive-- is powerful, and I do not believe he can serve successfully as Commander-in-Chief given the reactions I heard from veterans and currently serving military.
Hewitt links to a text version, but unfortunately the audio isn't available. I hope that someone will put the audio online so that more people can listen and decide for themselves...
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The impact of actually hearing Kerry slander the military--his accent is unbelievable, and his tone of arrogance and condescension repulsive-- is powerful...Kerry's condescending "New England" accent on that old 1971 audio reminds me of THIS guy:
We can't afford to have this pampered lump of blind political ambition screw this country once again. The stakes are far too high this time around.
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