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Thank you Swift Boat Vets -- and all veterans who have ever fought for America -- for having the courage to go back to an unspeakable place in your lives to try and prevent the world from becoming an unspeakable place, where terrorism is thought of as a nuisance and America becomes the terrorist's playground and killing field. Thank you. I'm sorry that America didn't welcome you home after your service in Viet Nam. And just in case no one ever said it ... Welcome Home.

I heard about 2-3 weeks ago that the Swift Boat Vets had gotten some Pentagon documents on Kerry's discharge and they were apart of their october suprise. Anyone hear anything else on this? When is this suppose to be done? Any websites to read more into this?

At then endo of last night's "The Capitol Gang, Al Hunt decided to go after John O'Neill during his "Outrage of the Week." Here is the trasncript from CNN:____________________________________________________________________________ HUNT: John O'Neill, who first appeared as a Chuck Colson pawn to discredit John Kerry 33 years ago has reemerged, this time as the pawn of rich Bush backers. He's co-authored a book with a vicious bigot that tries to smear Kerry's Vietnam record again. ABC's "Nightline" sent a crew to Vietnam and actually found a few Vietnamese who corroborated some of the official counts and all first- hand witnesses of...

John Kerry’s Vietnam record and his anti-war statements following his tour of duty continue to haunt him as Swift Boat vets who served with the Democratic nominee release two ads attacking him. During his Senate testimony after he left Vietnam, young Kerry alleged that American soldiers committed war crimes – testimony that, some argue, lengthened the captivity of U.S. prisoners of war. With just over two weeks left prior to the Nov. 2 election, two new anti-Kerry ads have emerged, both generated by former soldiers who served in Vietnam. The ads were created by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and...

Sorry [not really] about the vanity, but something happened last night on Hannity & Colmes that really burned me up. Swiftie Van Odell was on and when Colmes got his turn, he claimed that some Vietnamese civilians had come out and taken Kerry’s side about the incident where Kerry had pursued and killed either a teenager or a young man … the “loincloth” incident, and that the Swifties’ accusation was therefore false. Odell, very calmly, pointed out that their charge was not based on anything a Swiftie was saying, but came from Kerry’s own words in Tour of Duty. Odell...

"Stolen Honor" will air in the Syracuse, New York area with two showings!! Thursday October 21st at 9:00pm on WNYS (wb43) and Friday October 22nd at 9:00pm on WSYT (fox68). You can check their programming by searching the internet with their call letters.

Statement by John O'Neill on "Nightline" Appearance Author: Dated: Friday, October 15 2004 @ 08:00 AM PDT Viewed: 1485 times While I have a tremendous amount of respect for Ted Koppel and ABC News I was appalled to learn that ABC News would go to the lengths of traveling to Vietnam to interview three Viet Cong communists in yet a third attempt by ABC to corroborate John Kerry’s version of the events that took place on February 28th, 1969. I would only ask the American people: "Who do you trust more, three members of a communist regime that tortured and...

The following statement from John O'Neil, member of Swift Boat Veterans and POW's for Truth, concerns a news segment that aired on October 14th on ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel. "While I have a tremendous amount of respect for Ted Koppel and ABC News I was appalled to learn that ABC News would go to the lengths of traveling to Vietnam to interview three Viet Cong communists in yet a third attempt by ABC to corroborate John Kerry's version of the events that took place on February 28th, 1969. "I would only ask the American people: 'Who do you...

The Swift Boat Controversy: New Witnesses October 14, 2004 John Kerry's service in Vietnam has become a campaign issue. The group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth alleges that Kerry has distorted the truth about what happened during the war and questions whether he deserved the medals he received. Tonight, you'll hear from eyewitnesses who have not spoken before: the Vietnamese who fought against him. We've had the debates and the race is a virtual dead-heat. This is the part of a campaign when there are daily fires--issues that rise, flare, and then go away, only to be replaced...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two groups of Vietnam veterans opposed to Sen. John Kerry once again have joined forces to run television ads against the Democratic . Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and POWs for Truth, which launched their joint ad campaign last month, unveiled two ads Thursday. In one commercial, the faces of dozens of men are shown as an announcer says: ``They're the men who served with John Kerry in Vietnam. They're his entire chain of command, most of the officers in Kerry's unit ... And they're the men who spent years in North Vietnamese prison camps. Tortured for...

The final anti-Kerry ad from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truch will air tomorrow. HUMAN EVENTS will have it at 6:30 tonight. This final ad from the Swiftees will be hit the air waves tomorrow in a $3.1 million buy in the states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Ohio, and also on national cable broadcasts.

We promised it, so here it is. And surprise - it's not one ad but two! These ads will debut tonight on FoxNews (Special Report w/ Brit Hume), but we have the transcripts. This is going to be a MASSIVE ad puchase, and as was hinted earlier, they will be aired during Monday Night Football The first ad is a 60-second spot featuring 90 swift boat veterans, in a a three-deep line, with the camera panning across the crowd - close-up and slowly. No vets speak, but the announcer delivers the following lines: Announcer: They served their country with courage...

I hope this is good

The Washington Times has a lot of the details. What the Times gets wrong, however, is the tone of the Swifties. To be sure, the Swift Vets are angry - and they have a right to be, not only because of John Kerry's action during and since the Vietnam war, but also because of the media's complete and utter smear job against them personally. What the Times missed, however, is the genuine reluctance of these men. They would all rather be doing something else, spending time with their families or enjoying their retirement. I had the great honor to meet...

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. In a split second, rocket fire shatters the silence, and through a plume of oily smoke, the boat sinks to the river's bottom. "My whole crew lost their lives that night. I was the only one who survived," Lt. Davis says. Lt. Davis, now 62, lost his left eye. The bones in both legs were shattered. But the...

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. In a split second, rocket fire shatters the silence, and through a plume of oily smoke, the boat sinks to the river's bottom. "My whole crew lost their lives that night. I was the only one who survived," Lt. Davis says. Lt. Davis, now 62, lost his left eye. The bones in both legs were shattered. But the...

The last time I posted, I mentioned the rumor of the Flag Burning video. I have heard that rumor is NOT dead, despite what many in here have said. I can not confirm it's true either, but "keep the faith." However, a source close to the heart of the matter says, that is not the next shot across the bow. It does say however, the next shot is "very powerful." Look for it soon.

To: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Upon your return from Vietnam, you betrayed your fellow veterans by accusing them of engaging in horrendous war crimes. Through your post-war activities, and during Senate testimony viewed by the entire nation, you created and nurtured the myth that American soldiers in Vietnam were involved in such crimes on a daily basis, and that such activity was sanctioned by our commanding officers. Specifically, you stated that we: "had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies,...

IF John Kerry loses the presidential election, ''Unfit for Command,'' by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi, will go down as a chief reason. The book -- a sort of companion piece to the political attack ads placed by O'Neill's group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- is a furious assault on Kerry's character and service in Vietnam. Navy records have discredited the book's claim that Kerry lied to get his Bronze Star and third Purple Heart -- though only after the sensation hijacked cable news for a month....."Susannah Meadows is covering the Kerry campaign for Newsweek.

Paid for by Swift Vets and POWs for Truth. PO Box 26184 • Alexandria, VA 22313 www.swiftvets.com WHY IS THIS RELEVANT? Because in a time of War - America needs a man that can be trusted to make the right decisions. JOHN KERRY CANNOT BE TRUSTED. We are the men who served with John Kerry. We are the entire chain of command for John Kerry...