Posted on 11/16/2004 4:00:36 PM PST by Clodia Pulcher
Of all the targets of vitriol and attempted ambushes during the presidential campaign, I most admired John O'Neill of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth for his calm determination to stand his ground on his charges against John Kerry's Vietnam service in Unfit for Command, the book he co-authored.
O'Neill was called a ''liar'' to his face on a number of TV appearances, and, on an Oct. 14 ''Nightline,'' ABC-TV's Ted Koppel actually sent a crew to Vietnam to film alleged eyewitnesses in order to disprove one of the accounts -- how Kerry won his Silver Star -- in Unfit for Command. Casually, ABC news director Andrew Morse mentioned that ''the Vietnamese require an official minder to accompany journalists on reporting trips.'' The minder-censor from the Communist totalitarian state was there to ensure that the ''eyewitnesses'' stuck to the government script.
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I didn't know that! I just knew he is VERY pro-life. Does anybody know if he is a strict constructionist as well?
Oh, yes! Most assuredly. Particularly when it comes to First Amendment freedoms -- speech, press, religion.
I am unaware of Hentoff's exact position regarding the Second Amendment, though.
how about starting a "Freerepublic Man of the Year". who needs Time?
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