Posted on 09/06/2004 1:24:46 AM PDT by Liz
Nice take.
I think the 2004 prez campaign will be remembered for two things: the SBV's efforts ..................and Kerry's dumb salute "reporting for duty" which went over like a lead balloon.
His defenders say Kerry is a "great closer." I'm not much for Mass. politics so I couldn't say.
I suspect it's easier, when you're John Kerry, to win elections in Massachusetts. His reputation as a "great closer" may be a purely local thing. If true at all.
Yeah, but he never "closed" against GWB (snicker).
I purchased the video, "THE HANOI HILTON" at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago. It was on sale for $5.99. I recall seeing the movie on television many years ago. I had a chance to watch the movie yesterday and now the movie, more than ever is relevant to the anti-war activities of John Kerry during the Vietnam War. Especially how the POW's were tortured many times due to the actions of John Kerry, Jane Fonda and their friends in the media.
If you have an opportunity to view it I recommend highly that you see this movie. It is a glimpse of what the POW's went through while held prisoner by the Communist North Vietnamese.
The video is available from Amazon and other online video stores.
From website: "Shot in the Dark" http://www.shotinthedark.info/
"In 1987, Lionel Chetwynd's excellent Hanoi Hilton received widely-mixed reviews (many of them politically-motivated). Worse, its distributor essentially sat on the movie, under pressure from Hollywood leftists, for its treatment of Jane Fonda. The movie depicted life at North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison accurately - but it changed the last names of the prisoners, and of their visitors, including Jane Fonda. An actress who represents Fonda ("Paula") does everything Fonda is said to have done while in the Hilton. That was one of several stories that Hollywood didn't want told (that and, of course, the moral of the story; the men survived because of their military training and warrior ethic). "Hanoi Hilton" was buried, received a tiny theatrical release, and is hard to find on video today. (Do it if you can - it's an excellent movie)."
Pray for W and Our Troops
One is horrified at what kind of farago of a strategy will result when he cannot keep strait his friends and his enemies. Besides withdrawing from Iraq - though mind you he would have fought in Iraq right afther he wouldn't right after he would - what does he want to accomplish. Give us a short list of 2 or 3 things.
I'm not a poll guy (we still have to win on November 2), but if 52% of the voters are OK with an incumbent, it's usually over.
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