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DRUDGE:ANTI-KERRY VETS GATHER FOR ASSAULT; BOOK CLAIMS KERRY WAR 'FABRICATIONS'
http://www.drudgereport.com/ ^ | August 3, 2004 | self

Posted on 08/03/2004 6:27:18 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave

Font size=5> ANTI-KERRY VETS GATHER FOR ASSAULT; BOOK CLAIMS KERRY WAR 'FABRICATIONS'


TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kerrylies; unfitforduty; vietnamvets
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To: Polybius

Kudos!

Outstanding summary -- thanks for posting.


361 posted on 08/04/2004 12:14:43 PM PDT by RottiBiz (Help end Freepathons -- become a Monthly Donor.)
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To: Merry
What is wrong with anyone hiring a private detective? Let's see Kerry's medical records from the military. That is where the truth lies.

And let's see the documentation on his transfer to the states. All the documents, not just his destination orders.

362 posted on 08/04/2004 12:34:31 PM PDT by cookcounty ("NIXON sent me to Vietnam!!!" --JfK, lying about his 1968 arrival in-country UNDER PRESIDENT LBJ.)
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To: kabar; adam_az

May 20, 2004

Vietnam Veterans Against Kerry

A band of brothers, but not the kind the candidate likes.

By Byron York

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the May 31, 2004, issue of National Review.

James Zumwalt knows the importance of his name. Son of the late Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, the legendary chief of naval operations during the Vietnam War, and brother of Elmo Zumwalt III, the swift-boat skipper who died in 1988 as a result of cancer related to his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, James Zumwalt knows that when he speaks, many listeners will hear not only his voice but those of his family.

So it was only after much thought that on May 4, Zumwalt, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, joined a group of former swift-boat officers and crew to sign a letter citing "substantive concerns" about former swiftie John Kerry's fitness to serve as commander-in-chief.

The men, who called their group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, had several concerns. Some questioned parts of Kerry's service record. Others questioned his judgment. But all were united in one thing: their anger at Kerry's claim, dating back to his testimony before Congress in 1971, that Americans had committed atrocities in Vietnam that "were not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command."

The veterans believed Kerry was lying back then, and their unhappiness with Kerry was rekindled when the charges were repeated in Tour of Duty, historian Douglas Brinkley's new book describing Kerry's wartime experiences.

"We have concluded that you have deceived the public, and in the process have betrayed honorable men, to further your personal political goals," the veterans wrote in a public letter to the senator.

Before he signed the letter, Zumwalt thought about his brother. "He was not a big fan of Kerry's," Zumwalt recalls. "When they had the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, my brother refused to go up and shake Kerry's hand. He still had quite a bit of animosity."

http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200405200840.asp


363 posted on 08/04/2004 12:43:09 PM PDT by RottiBiz (Help end Freepathons -- become a Monthly Donor.)
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To: BushMeister
""My name is Steve Gardner. I served in 1966 and 1967 on my first tour of duty in Vietnam on Swift boats, and I did my second tour in '68 and '69, involved with John Kerry in the last 2 1/2 months of my tour. The John Kerry that I know is not the John Kerry that everybody else is portraying. I served alongside him and behind him, five feet away from him in a gun tub, and watched as he made indecisive moves with our boat, put our boats in jeopardy, put our crews in jeopardy... if a man like that can't handle that 6-man crew boat, how can you expect him to be our Commander-in-Chief?"

-- Steven Gardner

Dear Democrats and LameStreamPressites:

The above is a REAL example of someone having served "two tours of duty in Vietnam." Calling a 2-day stopover at CamRanhBay "Kerry's first tour of duty in Vietnam" is something only the most ignorant and enthusiastic of cheerleaders would come up with.

364 posted on 08/04/2004 12:52:14 PM PDT by cookcounty ("NIXON sent me to Vietnam!!!" --JfK, lying about his 1968 arrival in-country UNDER PRESIDENT LBJ.)
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To: floriduh voter

I'm beginning to think we should call Kerry by the name "Lt. Kally."


365 posted on 08/04/2004 1:00:12 PM PDT by cookcounty ("NIXON sent me to Vietnam!!!" --JfK, lying about his 1968 arrival in-country UNDER PRESIDENT LBJ.)
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To: MeekOneGOP
UNFIT FOR COMMAND

I don't know, meek, but the title just RINGS TRUE TO ME. : )
366 posted on 08/04/2004 3:30:16 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
Amen!

367 posted on 08/04/2004 3:54:47 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: cookcounty; All

hanoi john works for me. There's a Kerry Dossier here at free republic. I can't remember who started it. It's chock full of Kerry intel. Guess you could search under Kerry Dossier if you need some more dirt on this bum.


368 posted on 08/04/2004 8:20:54 PM PDT by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org)
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To: MeekOneGOP

I'm glad they waited until after the primary to launch. I was concerned that Kerry would drop out before officially accepting.


369 posted on 08/05/2004 1:05:02 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Why watch sitcoms? Just listen to Rush talk about left wing wackos and surf the FR.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
bump !!

370 posted on 08/05/2004 7:25:54 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Kerry Lied, People Died.


I am sure there will be a story that Bush shot down an airliner during his Reserve days.


372 posted on 08/05/2004 8:44:54 AM PDT by BurbankKarl (Wish we had armor at LAX)
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To: USA_Soccer; Happy2BMe
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373 posted on 08/05/2004 10:59:54 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Interesting Times
Well, you should have that opportunity in about a week...

What have I missed?

374 posted on 08/05/2004 11:05:07 AM PDT by js1138 (In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
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