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Nightline Daily E-Mail August 9, 2004 TONIGHT'S FOCUS: Service in the Vietnam War, or lack of service, has become an issue in this election. John Kerry is running on his service record, the President is still dogged by questions about his service in the National Guard. Now there are veterans for Kerry, and veterans against him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am amazed at how angry people are these days. There is a group out there called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. They have launched an ad attacking John Kerry's service in Vietnam. They have paid to run the ad in only three...

  Ad says Kerry lied; record says otherwise Sunday, August 08, 2004 It's a dirty ad about a dirty war. It's an old grudge held by old men. And now it's playing a part in a dirty campaign. A so-called independent group bought ads slamming John Kerry's war record in Vietnam. The ads scorn Kerry's medals, claim he was lying about his service, and allege he got an early ride home because of a couple of bogus Purple Hearts. As of this writing, the White House has only half-heartedly distanced itself from these ads, which their creators hope to...

IowaPresidentialWatch.com            Aug. 8, 2004 This week the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group (a 527 PAC) launched a 30-second anti-Kerry television ad aimed at Kerry's Vietnam record. The 'Swifties' claim Kerry is lying and distorting the truth about the medals he received during his 4 months operating a Swift Boat during the Vietnam War. The Kerry campaign retaliated through lawyers, sending a threatening letter to the television stations about the ad. Controversy further swirled around a Boston Globe article and reporter Michael Kranish as to the accuracy of comments supposedly said by Commander George Elliott, one of the Swifties....

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August 6, 2004 -- Despite enormous pressure from Democratic and pro-Kerry sources (including DNC and Kerry lawyers), only one TV station has caved in, deciding not to run the blistering anti-Kerry ad produced by the Swift Vote Veterans for Truth. The now well-known ad counters Sen. Kerry's Vietnam "War Hero" status. The sole station to refuse the advertisement from the “527” group is WBAY, ABC Channel 2, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a key battle state. In an interview with HUMAN EVENTS, WBAY President and General Manager Don Carmichael confirmed that the station will not be running the ad "on advice...

The following transcript is taken from ABC's special June 30, 1971 broadcast of "The Dick Cavett Show," during which former Navy Lieutenant John Kerry represented Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He was opposed by fellow Navy veteran John O'Neill, representing Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace. ---------- MR. CAVETT: The fact is I don't have an opening monologue tonight because the subject of the show is quite serious, and I figured why make it more serious with one of my monologues, so I thought I would just start in. You know, I guess, who my two guests are tonight: John...

There is a brand new ScaryJohnKerry.com video just released this evening and emailed to me by the VietnamVeteransForTheTruth group, a.k.a. KerryLied.com (click here to see their website)Please view this and if possible email it out to your lists. If we keep at this, we can get it so groundswelled that the mainstream liberal press will look like idiots not to cover at least some aspect of Kerry's continual lies about Vietnam.click here or on artwork above to view Kerry video!!

Kerry’s vet photo fraud, II The Kerry campaign ran a much-hyped “Band of Brothers” photo of Kerry with 19 other fellow Vietnam Swift Boat commanders, which implied all 19 support Kerry’s bid for the presidency. All 19 did not support Kerry – only two did. Today, Iowa Presidential Watch has received information from Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth (www.swiftvets.com) that states: “We have new information that Ralph Dobson in fact considers Kerry unfit.”So, now Kerry is down to just one of the 19 Swift Boat commanders supporting him.We have updated the photo-graphic to show the truth about Kerry’s...

Summary - (Jul 29, 2004) NASA's Swift satellite is due to arrive at Florida's Cape Canaveral today, to prepare for its launch in October. Named after the fast-moving bird, Swift will track down the fastest and most powerful known explosions in the Universe: gamma ray bursts. Swift has one instrument to detect bursts in the sky, and then it can swing around two high-resolution telescopes in less than a minute for a closer look. It'll also inform the astronomical community of a blast so that anyone watching the sky can tune in as well and watch the explosion unfold....

Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman, USN (retired), chairman, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth   "I do not believe John Kerry is fit to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the United States. This is not a political issue. It is a matter of his judgment, truthfulness, reliability, loyalty and trust -- all absolute tenets of command. His biography, 'Tour of Duty,' by Douglas Brinkley, is replete with gross exaggerations, distortions of fact, contradictions and slanderous lies. His contempt for the military and authority is evident by even a most casual review of this biography. He arrived in-country with a...

Questions? ‘Tell a lie, tell it big and tell it often by Roger Wm. Hughes Tell a lie, tell it big, and tell it often – Herman Goebbels, Hitler’s propagandist Senator John Edwards and the Kerry campaign continue to use Sen. John Kerry’s Vietnam service as the gold standard for trusting Kerry to be Commander in Chief. This is because in time of war no other question is more important in the election for President in 2004. Edwards offers in a much-repeated ad in battleground states with the statement, "there is no one better prepared than Senator John Kerry...

We believe it is incumbent on ALL presidential candidates to be totally honest and forthcoming regarding personal background and policy information that would help the voting public make an informed decision when choosing the next president of the United States. Now that Senator John Kerry is the presumptive nominee of his Party for president, numerous questions have been raised concerning Mr. Kerry’s service in Vietnam and concerning his subsequent antiwar activities. Our mission is to provide solid factual information relating to Mr. Kerry’s abbreviated tour of duty as a member of Coastal Division 14 and Coastal Division 11. Since many...

"Hanoi John"  June 15, 2004...  "The critical issue is that the Vietnamese communists have chosen to honor Senator Kerry in their War Crimes Museum for his assistance in helping them achieve victory over the United States." -- Vietnam Veterans for the Truth."The Vietnamese communists clearly recognize John Kerry's contributions to their victory. This find can be compared to the discovery of a painting of Neville Chamberlain hanging in a place of honor in Hitler's Eagle's Nest in 1945." – Larry Epstein, Vietnam Veterans for the Truth, regarding photo of John Kerry in the Vietnamese Communists’ museum.

 On March 13, 1969, Jim Rassmann, a U.S. Army Green Beret, was aboard PCF-35 - one of three swift boats traveling together on the Bai Hap River - when one, the PCF-3, struck a mine and immediately began to take incoming fire from the river bank. Kerry's boat at some point turned around and headed toward the damaged vessel when a second mine exploded nearby, throwing him against a bulkhead, causing an contusion to his right arm. The explosion also tossed Rassmann out of a third vessel, the PCF-35. With Rassmann in the water, it is alleged that enemy...

The events of February 28, 1969 that lead to Senator John F. Kerry being awarded the Silver Star is analyzed. Action by Lt.(jg) Kerry on the 28th of February can be broken into two distinct combat engagements, which I will refer to as events A and B.Event A consisted of a three swift boats whose mission was to insert some 70 VN Marines (Kerry tells of 70 VN's, while Zumwalt mentions 30 VN troops per boat in the first Silver Star citation) for the purpose of sweeping an area where small arms fire were encountered by the same three...

  On March 13, 1969, Jim Rassmann, a U.S. Army Green Beret, was aboard PCF-35 - one of three swift boats traveling together on the Bai Hap River - when one, the PCF-3, struck a mine and immediately began to take incoming fire from the river bank. Kerry's boat at some point turned around and headed toward the damaged vessel when a second mine exploded nearby, throwing him against a bulkhead, causing an contusion to his right arm. The explosion also tossed Rassmann out of a third vessel, the PCF-35. With Rassmann in the water, it is alleged that enemy...

The events of February 28, 1969 that lead to Senator John F. Kerry being awarded the Silver Star is analyzed. Action by Lt.(jg) Kerry on the 28th of February can be broken into two distinct combat engagements, which I will refer to as events A and B.Event A consisted of a three swift boats whose mission was to insert some 70 VN Marines (Kerry tells of 70 VN's, while Zumwalt mentions 30 VN troops per boat in the first Silver Star citation) for the purpose of sweeping an area where small arms fire were encountered by the same three...

  Navy Shows Off Next-Generation Vessel By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USAAmerican Forces Press Service Alexandria, Va., April 2, 2004 -- The huge vessel looks quite out of place among the small yachts and sailboats at a shallow pier. Neighborhood people on their morning jogs and dog walks looked amazingly at the HSV 2 Swift on its four-day port call here March 30. The HSV 2 Swift may one day become the Defense Department's transformation into the future. The Swift floats on two sleek, wave-piercing catamarans and can travel at speed of 42 knots or 85 plus kilometers...

HSV-X2 Swift flies at nearly 51 mph. Call her Swift. If only poor Ahab had commanded the HSV-X2 Swift instead of the Pequod, he might have turned Moby Dick into mincemeat. That much was obvious Friday afternoon when the Navy showed off the capabilities of the high-speed vessel that's serving as the command ship for the mine warfare fleet at Naval Station Ingleside. With the ability to travel at speeds up to nearly 50 knots, the Swift could have easily caught and overrun the fictional white whale. She could have even sped past him as she did to numerous skiffs,...

E-mail This Page Print This Page New ship sails through Navy’s early testing The Australian-built HSV 2 Swift is being considered by the Navy as a possible solution to its need for a high-speed combat ship. Four diesel engines drive four water jets that give the aluminum-hulled Swift a top speed of 53 mph. It was tied up at Naval Station Norfolk Tuesday after a demonstration. PHOTOS BY STEVE EARLEY/VIRGINIAN-PILOT. By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot © February 11, 2004 NORFOLK — If it’s a new ship the Navy wants, it may not get any better than this. It’s fast,...