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I just want to honor and salute all the veterans out there, especially the ones who were betrayed by Kerry. Hopefully his impending defeat will finally bring some closure to the pain that traitor brought upon you. God bless you all.

When Swift Boat Veterans author John O'Neill appeared on "Scarborough Country" two weeks ago, MSNBC commentator Lawrence O'Donnell ripped into him and his "disgusting, lying book." O'Donnell, a Democrat and "West Wing" writer, repeatedly interrupted O'Neill with his literary critique: "That's a lie, John O'Neill. Keep lying. It's all you do." And: "That's a lie. It's another lie. That's a lie." And: "You lie in that book endlessly." And: "You're just lying about it." And: "You're totally afraid of the truth." Undeterred when O'Neill accused him of lying, O'Donnell kept firing: "You have no standards, John O'Neill, as an author....

Midnight in South Vietnam, and the river is black. Past the rice paddies and shacks, small fires are burning by the shoreline as Lt. John H. Davis' 50-foot aluminum swift boat — PCF 19 — makes its routine patrol through the reeds.

Stolen Honor was aired in the Orlando market on CBS and PAX today...now the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have their own film presentation...not a good day for Kerry on TV at all!

MANCHESTER—Members of the Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth came to New Hampshire yesterday, bringing their attack on Sen. John Kerry for his post-Vietnam War activities. The veterans said they feel the anti-war statements Kerry made as a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War bother them more than any questions that their group has raised about his war medals. They say his work helped the enemy and caused prisoners of war greater distress, prolonging their captivity when he alleged that U.S. servicemen committed atrocities against Vietnamese civilians. Democrats dispute the claims, saying Kerry at the time spoke for...

A non-profit Florida group is purchasing air time this weekend in major markets in eight battleground states to show a 30-minute television special featuring Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth, the group challenging Sen. John Kerry's version of his war record and his antiwar activities. With 13 stations already lined up, including five in Florida, Campaign Truth says it can broadcast the special on three more stations if it can raise an additional $15,000 by noon Eastern time today.

TAMPA - Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, a political organization attacking John Kerry's Vietnam War record, has launched another broadside with a $3.2 million ad buy in Florida - several times the size of a previous purchase. In the final stretch of a bitter race between Kerry and President Bush, the organization is airing two ads locally and plans to continue through Election Day, members said Wednesday in Tampa. The $3.2 million figure cited by the group is unusually large, and it means a typical Florida TV viewer may see either one of the ads about 20 times. An...

First event is at the Lake Eola Bandshell downtown Orlando, corner East Washington Street and North Rosalind Ave in 32801 17:30 hrs (5:30 PM National Guard time) Movie "Stolen Honor" will be shown there. Bring any undecideds. (Mapquest for directions) Afterparty at Chapters Restaurant, 358 North Park Ave (corner of Canton) Winter Park 32789 About 8-10 minutes from Bandshell. Best route is I-4 east to Fairbanks Ave East, (about 3 miles,) right turn coming off Interstate. Then about 3 miles east on Fairbanks (over RR tracks,) to left at Park Avenue (at small 7/11) About one mile north on Park...

Today (Wednesday) from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Lake Eola Bandshell, Orlando, FL., Swift Boat Vets and POWs will be holding a rally for Truth. We would love to have a large group of fellow FReepers and friends at the rally. With less than 6 days to determine America's future, let's all rally, even only in prayer and spirit, and show our support for these TRUE heroes.

Kerry's Vietnam ghosts won't go away By Robert J. Caldwell October 24, 2004 In a race appropriately dominated by questions of presidential leadership, the war on terror, Iraq and the economy, Vietnam nonetheless continues to haunt Democrat John Kerry. For this, Kerry has only himself to blame. It is Kerry who quite deliberately made his brief four months on Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam in 1968-69 his signature credential to be commander in chief 35 years later. It is Kerry and his surrogates who repeat constantly the mantra that he "defended this country as a young man." It was Kerry...

On now. Just started. I'll get the details

This just in. The Swift Boat veterans will be hosting a major rally in Orlando Wednesday evening. Will also include MOH winners and POWs. There will be an afterparty in Winter Park later in the evening. Ping me if you want an invitation to the afterparty.

URGENTRight now, we are only able to afford to air ads in two states. We need to at least get into Pennsylvania. If all of our email contributors simply repeat 75% of their first contribution, we can do it. And if you have thought about giving but have yet to do so, this is it. We need your help now. Most of us survived on Navy pay, so we know how difficult this might be. But, we also know how important it is. Help us get into Pennsylvania. Without your help, we will have to abandon any advertising in...

Attention FReepers: I am a student here at the University of Pennsylvania. I have made contributions to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth organization in the past, and today I received the following email from them. Please consider making a donation via SwiftVets.com: https://www.swiftvets.com/swift/ccdonation.php?op=donate&site=SwiftVets --- URGENT Right now, we are only able to afford to air ads in two states. We need to at least get into Pennsylvania. If all of our email contributors simply repeat 75% of their first contribution, we can do it. And if you have thought about giving but have yet to do so, this is...

The Swift Boat Vets for Truth Need Donations. Please support them. I have made two contributions because I believe in their cause (to get the truth out about Kerry and protect our future national security).

'Swifties' make $4.7 million ad buy Washington, DC, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Swift Vets and POWs for Truth said Thursday they had purchased nearly $5 million in television time for anti-Kerry ads in critical swing states. The group, a 527 organization representing more than 250 Swift Boat veterans who served in Vietnam with Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry along with a number of the American POW's held captive by the North Vietnamese, said it had purchased $3.2 million in TV time in Florida and $1.5 million in Ohio for ads that will run beginning Friday. The first of the ads...

October 20, 2004 Mr. Leonard Downie, Jr., Executive Editor Mr. Michael Getler, Ombudsman The Washington Post “The story is a legend now, but it really did happen.” So begins page one of The News About The News: American Journalism in Peril, the book co-authored (with Post colleague Robert Kaiser, 2002) by Leonard Downie, Jr., an omnibus review of the condition of American news media. The legend referred to is Watergate. Mr. Downie reminisces about the unfolding of the Watergate saga—he had a ringside seat as the direct supervisor of Woodward and Bernstein at the time--and the Post’s role in driving...

The O’Reilly Factor originally appealed to me because it was one of the very few semi-conservative prime time news programs on TV, but I now consider Bill O’Reilly to be far more liberal than conservative. For the past two years, I have regularly watched his show and frequently disagreed with his position on a number of issues. I put up with his misperceptions only because I considered it to be nothing more than that we had differences of opinion. However, when recently, he repeatedly attacked the legitimacy of the Vietnam War while attacking the Swift Boat Veterans credibility, I detected...

Dear Friends, John Kerry's truth-twisting squad is out in full force and we are the only thing standing in their way. Now is the most crucial time of our effort to tell the American people about the true John Kerry. We need your help. We are only advertising in three states right now and without your help we cannot continue to get our message out to all the places it needs to be heard. It's obvious we have been the most effective communicators of the truth about John Kerry's time in Vietnam and his anti-war activities. However, we have been...

fns@foxnews.com Chris Wallace just let Juan say that the Swift Boat Veterans and POWS for TRUTH had ALL been discredited .. we KNOW thats a lie....NO ONE Challenged him.....PLEASE WRITE to the above addy and tell them its ONLY FAIR AND BALANCED that they have John ONeil from the swifties ON to challenge what Juan said......HELP pals!! I've already dont my 10