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*****HUMAN EVENTS FIRST-RUN EXCLUSIVE*****: POWs Join Swift Boat Vets in Criticism of Kerry
Human Events Online ^ | August 20, 2004 | Human Events

Posted on 08/20/2004 7:08:59 AM PDT by hinterlander

Edited on 08/20/2004 7:30:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: ZGuy

Great idea I'm doing it now.


481 posted on 08/20/2004 9:16:52 AM PDT by BSunday
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To: finnigan2
- Somewhere, in behind the Swift Boat Vet group is someone with a lot of media savvy who has thought this campaign through for a long, long time....It's as if every move has been anticipated and allowed for. Now, with the POW's into the picture at just the point where the MSM have committed themselves to the fray, they have been completely snookered and must either trash the POW's (unthinkable) or slink away.

How about someone with a lot of "military strategy" savvy? This was an absolutely brilliant *military* campaign. The first ad was primarily a "feint," and this ad is the true incursion. While the enemies were trying to beat back the "feint" (he said/he said, brown book tactics, sliming the swiftvets, attacking their funders) and using up their ammunition, the new ad is a stealth attack when the enemy is otherwise occupied.

How are the enemies (rats, MSM media) going to fight back? It's not like this is "he said/he said," they can't attack Prisoners of War with impunity on their "divorce records", etc., and now that the new ad is being paid for by the "little people" (i.e., *us*) they can't even be condemned as the product of "rich" Republican donors with ties to G.H.W. Bush. Brilliant military tactics!

482 posted on 08/20/2004 9:17:35 AM PDT by HateBill (John Kerry -- the only hope for suicidal jihadists.)
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To: Bob; kristinn; tgslTakoma
None of them comprehend the concept of people doing anything out of a sense of personal honor and integrity. They never would; why would anyone else?

Everytime I do a Freep, some democrat asks "who is paying you ?" Once Clinton himself asked who was paying us. Clinton could not comprehend the concept of people doing anything out of a sense of personal honor and integrity. He and his acquaintences never would; why would anyone else?

It was outside Clinton's area of life experiences; it was outside his ability to understand.

Thanks to Kristinn and tgsltakoma for being at this freep with me.

483 posted on 08/20/2004 9:18:18 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: Leroy S. Mort

He shows no remorse. He's proud of undercutting our troops who fought in Vietnam. He's unfit to command our military in wartime.


484 posted on 08/20/2004 9:18:37 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Bob
A WhoIs on swiftboats.net gleaned the following:

"This domain (swiftboats.net) has invalid contact information in handle Fail: 138 - Invalid Address We are unable to check this domain at this time"

485 posted on 08/20/2004 9:20:47 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: hawkaw
Ok, I admit, I'm just wishing.

HF

486 posted on 08/20/2004 9:20:49 AM PDT by holden
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To: Vermonter

Thanks for your link!


487 posted on 08/20/2004 9:23:08 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
But watch McCain come in here and piss all over it.

McCain doesn't seem to be too tightly wrapped; this might trigger a lot of memories he thought he was over. But who knows?

488 posted on 08/20/2004 9:24:53 AM PDT by maryz
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To: jayef
I do happen to know several former Vietnam (Hanoi Hilton) POWs--retired now--and will do my best to reach some of them and see if they would somehow join with the other North Vietnam American POWs against Kerry.

This would be a GREAT separate, but equal and linked movement to complement the Swift Boat guys who were up close and personal with Lurch.

Both groups of American Heroes suffered due to John Kerry's self-aggrandizement and lack of patriotism. Time for them to go PUBLIC. These TV ads and the book are the way.

489 posted on 08/20/2004 9:25:22 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Hitlery Recently Seen Throwing Banana Peels in Front of Kerry and Edwards' Residences)
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To: hinterlander

BUMP!


490 posted on 08/20/2004 9:31:04 AM PDT by jmstein7 (A Judge not bound by the original meaning of the Constitution interprets nothing but his own mind.)
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To: Torie; ambrose
JOHN KERRY Testimony to the US. Senate in April 22, 1971:
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JOHN KERRY, "They (US NAM VETS) had personally raped, cut of ears, cut of heads,"...

..."randomly shot at civilians,"...

..."cut of limbs, blown up bodies,"...

..."razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Ghengis Khan, "...

..."crimes committed on day to day basis,"...

..."ravaged country side of South Vietnam,"...

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Photo source: http://www.usvetdsp.com

491 posted on 08/20/2004 9:31:21 AM PDT by KQQL
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To: Alberta's Child
If Hillary had any intention of running, she would have skipped the Boston convention completely.

If she had skipped Boston, she might have tipped her hand. August 20 to Election Day is plenty of time for HRC because she has had a behind-the-scenes headstart while we're watching Kerry throw footballs and wondering what a dork he is. Why did Kerry bring Viet Nam up in his campaign...it is not his strong suit; I'd be willing to bet the Clintonistas advised him to do so. So, we are fighting VN again while Hillary knits, knits, knits. There is no other reason for Kerry to bring up VN; he's is/has been from the start her placemarker. She's had years to perfect this...going back to her unreleased thesis, all through Arkansas and she wasn't making cookies in the White House. International "friends" in on this? Look at all the international travel HRC/WJC did during WH years AND after.
492 posted on 08/20/2004 9:31:24 AM PDT by hummingbird ("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
This is the most heartwrenching ad I have seen. I remember watching the POW's get off of the planes.

Same here. I have not forgotten how those men were treated when they returned home. I couldn't figure it out. I was a kid back then, and I couldn't understand how our country treated the returning heroes with anything less than respect and admiration for their sacrifice. I haven't forgotten Vietnam, and I hope John Kerry pays dearly for his actions once he returned.

I believe there are still MIA/POW over there that he has abandoned, that we have allowed our country to abandon, and I am ashamed of that. I wish Kerry were ashamed, but instead, he's proud.

I wish John Kerry would feel in his heart and soul the torture that he heaped upon those men, when he turned his back on them.

493 posted on 08/20/2004 9:32:33 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: abnegation
Krystol on Fox right now ripping the NYT article. Krystol is really supporting the Swifties! Go Bill go!

I wonder where Juan Williams has been for the past few days. Did Brit perhaps ban him from the show until he's read "Unfit for Command"? :=)

494 posted on 08/20/2004 9:32:33 AM PDT by Bob
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To: All
Ken Cordier (Col- USAF -ret), an ex POW who is one of the narrators on this video, has a website HERE.

He's a director of NAM-POW. From the site:

Our first NAM-POW President was Medal of Honor recipient Colonel George "Bud" Day, USAF (Ret). He has been joined by 540 active members, which include other distinguished Medal of Honor recipients: Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, USN (Ret), Colonel Leo Thorsness, USAF (Ret), and MSGT Jon Cavaiani, USA (Ret). Four other POWs, Capt. Rocky Versace, USA, Capt. Lance Sijan, USAF , Army E-3 William D. Port and Col. Donald G. Cook, USMC received the Medal of Honor posthumously. See below for more about the Medal of Honor recipients. Our ranks are replete with honorable men who are continuing to serve their country with the same dedication and fervor that were displayed by their comrades confined in the infamous prisons of Southeast Asia-like retired Navy Rear Admiral and former Senator of Alabama, the Honorable Jeremiah Denton, Senator John McCain of Arizona and Congressman Sam Johnson of Texas. The Honorable Douglas Peterson, former Congressman from Florida, recently completed his assignment as the first Ambassador to Vietnam in 25 y ears. Others, such as Colonel Ben Purcell, USA (Ret) and Colonel Leo Thorsness, USAF (Ret) have served in State Legislatures.

495 posted on 08/20/2004 9:32:51 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: igoramus987
he covered up voluminous evidence that a significant number of live American prisoners—perhaps hundreds—were never acknowledged or returned after the war-ending treaty was signed in January 1973.

Probably true. But I don't want to go there. There were probably thousands both democrat, republican, liberal and conservative who covered up with Kerry. They felt it was best for the country that the war be over and they sacrificed a few MIA's to do it. Some things are best left alone. I don't want to revisit the attrocities committed by the American Indians or the US soldiers in the 1800's either. I don't want to go back and talk about the Japanese attrocities in WWII. I don't want to talk about the US japanese internment camps (probaby supported by a good many conservatives and liberals too.)

496 posted on 08/20/2004 9:33:02 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: Alberta's Child

If McCain refuses to comment on this ad, his silence will be deafening!


497 posted on 08/20/2004 9:34:39 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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To: RightWingMama
Kerry's group is correct, the ad is being supported by Texas republicans....me and my $25.00. and California Republicans with my $50.00

and a MD republican with my 500 dollars.

Altogether now "I AM SPARTACUS".

498 posted on 08/20/2004 9:35:57 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: hinterlander

Rush is about to play the ad!


499 posted on 08/20/2004 9:36:13 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: hinterlander

At the end where they say "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is responsible for this advertising" they should add, "but John Kerry is responsible for requiring it be said."


500 posted on 08/20/2004 9:36:34 AM PDT by RS (just because they are out to get him dosen't mean he is not guilty)
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