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1. Prior to “Dewey Canyon III” Mike Thelan East Coast Coordinator for the VVAW tells a gathering of possible attendants that the VVAW’s official position is not to encourage anyone to commit acts of violence, but that VVAW activists are not “discouraging someone from “doing it”. VVAW activists are not “discouraging someone from committing acts of violence, pg 4 2. FBI files indicate that “VVAW is under active investigation in view of indications of communist and other subversive infiltration”. indications of communist and other subversive infiltration, pg 24 3. Speaker at VVAW antiwar rally Carl Moore makes following statements, “President...

Eric Allie, of The Pioneer Press, has done many wonderful political cartoons supporting the President and the Swift Boat Vet for Truth. Here are a few of his best from the All Thing Republican website and some others that hammer the point home. So enjoy... Laugh... Then donate to the Swift Boat Vets for Truth! Other of Eric Allie's cartoons HERE. You may e-mail Eric Allie at eallie_2000@yahoo.com

YOU MIGHT BE A DEMOCRAT... * You own something that says, "Dukakis for President, " and still display it. * You've tried to argue in favor of anything based on, "Well, they're gonna do it anyway so..." * You've ever said, "We really should call the ACLU about this." * You believe that a few hundred loggers can find another career, but the defenseless spotted owl must live in its preferred tree. * You ever based an argument on the phrase, "But they can afford a tax hike because..." * You've ever argued that with just one more year of...

Bill Means needed to talk to me, he said. Right away. I didn't ask why; I figured it had something to do with Vietnam. We'd talked briefly a couple of months earlier about the war and about Swift boats. Thirty-five years ago, as a Navy seaman, Means had patrolled the southern coastline of the South China Sea and the mangrove-dense rivers of the country's interior -- 12 months in all, mostly spent in the pilot house of one of those 55-foot, aluminum-hulled Navy fighting boats. About a week ago, we made tentative plans to talk again. Then I didn't hear...

This is huge! Leading UK newspaper reports that the Pentagon's inspector general is going to investigate ALL of Kerry's decorations and citations. John Lehmann quoted as saying he never signed Silver Start citation in 1986.

WASHINGTON - Two former Vietnam prisoners of war who appear in ads attacking Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) were appointed by the Bush administration to a panel advising the Department of Veterans Affairs (news - web sites). The former POWs in the ad, Kenneth Cordier and Paul Galanti, serve on the VA's 12-member Former POW Advisory Committee. VA Secretary Anthony Principi appointed Cordier in 2002 and Galanti in 2003. Cordier said the VA panel has nothing to do with the Bush campaign or the anti-Kerry group. "It's totally apolitical, and we meet twice a year to...

Nixon redux Guest View Bruce Kesler Special to The Augusta Free Press If, as is often quoted, the first casualty of war is truth, then the first casualty of truth in this war between the Vietnam veterans is the mainstream press. The "mainstream press" is sometimes also referred to as the old press: The New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times, Associated Press, NBC, ABC, CBS. Most of us grew up depending upon them for facts, and even aspiring to be of them. Most of us, whether partisan or not, saw the mainstream press as the civic center that a...

WASHINGTON: Two new polls show President George Bush having gained a distinct edge on Senator John Kerry. A new Bush-Cheney internal polling reveals that President Bush has turned around his Electoral College deficit and is now leading by a few votes more than the 270 needed to win. Bush aides claim that the president now has 288 electoral votes and is surging in even more states. Bush is also leading Kerry by 1 to 3 percent in likely voter polling, meaning he could win the popular vote, too, according to them. Pollster Tony Fabrizio has said that Kerry’s bad August,...

The widow of a Bush family confidant says her husband gave the future president an Alabama Senate campaign job as a favor to his worried father. Did they see him do any National Guard service? "Good lord, no." - - - - - - - - - - - - By Mary Jacoby Sept. 2, 2004 | NEW YORK -- Before there was Karl Rove, Lee Atwater or even James Baker, the Bush family's political guru was a gregarious newspaper owner and campaign consultant from Midland, Texas, named Jimmy Allison. In the spring of 1972, George H.W. Bush phoned his...

The New York Times has a new typewriter key for the Swift Boat Veterans story that reads: "the unsubstantiated charges of the Swift Boat Veterans." Unsubstantiated? It was Kerry – not the Swift Boat Veterans – who told The Washington Post: "I wish they had a delete button on LexisNexis." The Swift Boat Veterans haven't been forced to retract any of their story. Meanwhile, John Kerry has been issuing about a retraction a day since the Swift Boat Veterans started talking.

The Sun-Times has put this article into their archives to be viewed for a fee. So to recap: in his last Friday article, Thomas Lipscomb said: "In the midst of the controversy between the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and Kerry campaign representatives about Kerry's service in Vietnam, new questions have arisen. "The Kerry campaign has repeatedly stated that the official naval records prove the truth of Kerry's assertions about his service. "But the official records on Kerry's Web site only add to the confusion. The DD214 form, an official Defense Department document summarizing Kerry's military career posted on johnkerry.com,...

The New York Times has a new typewriter key for the Swift Boat veterans story that reads: "the unsubstantiated charges of the Swift Boat veterans." Unsubstantiated? It was Kerry -- not the Swift Boat veterans -- who told The Washington Post: "I wish they had a delete button on LexisNexis." The Swift Boat veterans haven't been forced to retract any of their story [Unfit for Command]. Meanwhile, John Kerry has been issuing about a retraction a day since the Swift Boat veterans started talking. Most recently, Kerry has had to back-pedal on the circumstances surrounding his first Purple Heart. Kerry...

BOYCOTT BORDERS BOOKSTORE. I went to a local Borders Bookstore last night and not only did they not stock "Unfit for Command" they were bursting with anti-Bush books and of course, Hill & Bill books. Looking at the prominent display (right behind the cash registers starring at you) for Bill Clinton's book, I knew they were biased. I say "Boycott Borders". I know I will. I also emailed the manager to complain about their political bias effecting customer service.

I just listened to Don and Roma on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago. This is morning talk radio that tends to be conservative. They had their regular visit from Peter Jennings this morning (who comes on a few times a month). After a brief talk about Arnold and the convention last night, Don asked Peter Jennings why nobody in the media will even ask John Kerry a question about the Swift boat vets' accusations or his Christmas in Cambodia. Peter Jennings responded that, (perhaps not an exact quote) "none of the Swift boat critics were on the boat with John Kerry."...

(It may not do any good, but if they get flooded with e-mail everytime they give the Kerry Rep. a free pass, they might eventually ask a tough question.) Dear Fox & Friends, Your guest Democrat this morning, like they do every time the subject comes up, claimed that Kerry was only repeating what some disgruntled soldiers told him. When they go to this DNC talking point, why do you never ask: Why then did Kerry never apologize after many of those same veterans were exposed as imposters and or liars. Kerry’s Co-leader of the VVAW claimed to be an...

Kerry: Swift Boat Vets for Bush Ad Fact Check - 'Medals'8/31/2004 3:12:00 PM To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, 202-464-2800, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release of Kerry-Edwards 2004:"Let's take this garbage off the air. Let's get on to address the future of the American people and all that rests on this country. All George Bush has to offer is fear and smear," said former Georgia Senator Max Cleland.FACT CHECKAD TITLE: "Medals"DATE: 8/30/04PAID FOR BY: Bob Perry, Harlan Crow and Other Texas Friends of GeorgeBush, Karl Rove &...

Tuesday, August 31, 2004, I saw what looked like the entire Swift Boat Veterans For Truth Ad, on CNN.

Brian Kilmeade: These swift boat ads are really hurting you guys. John Kerry needs to address them, don't you think? Kerry Campaign Advisor: They aren't hurting us. A recent NPR poll shows us up by 4 percent. Brian Kilmeade: Don't you think it would help if Kerry actually addressed these charges? This new ad by the Swift Boat Veterans talks about the medals that John Kerry threw in the trash. Kerry Campaign Advisor: All we see from Republicans are attacks by these Swift Boat Guys and Rudy Guilliani. Thats all they have is negative attacks. Brian Kilmeade: Shouldn't Kerry address...

In new ad, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ask: "How can the man who renounced his country's symbols now be trusted?" http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_video4.html

Miami, FL, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush has edged ahead of Sen. John Kerry in a poll of Florida residents released Monday, erasing an earlier 5-point deficit. Bush, who is to be formally nominated to run for president this week at the Republican National Convention, was the choice of 48 percent of registered voters surveyed in a poll conducted for the Miami Herald and the St. Petersburg Times. Kerry, the Democratic Party nominee for president, was the choice of 46 percent of respondents. Four percent said they were undecided and 2 percent said they supported independent candidate Ralph...