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EXPLOITING MAX CLELAND by Mia T, 8.29.04   ax Cleland is remarkable. What a pity he allowed delusory left-wing flights of fancy and lust for power rob him of his nobility. The irony and the tragedy of Max Cleland overwhelms. Remarkably, Cleland did not become an embittered man when John Kerry's self-inflicted, bacitracin+bandaid-treated, tickets-out-of-Vietnam scratches were deemed worthy of three purple hearts while his three missing limbs were deemed worthy of none; this, even after insult was added to injury and he was dispatched to Texas to lend his phantom limbs to Kerry's self-serving cause. Cleland became embittered, rather, because...

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'I also went into Cambodia' I served as Officer-in-Charge of a Swift Boat (PCF-71) in Vietnam and my tour overlapped with that of John Kerry. With regard to your editorial ("Kerry's 'Christmas in Cambodia'," Tuesday), I can tell you that my crew and I also went into Cambodia (without orders). As units assigned to Coastal Division 11, we patrolled the Ha Tien River and an adjacent canal that ran along the Vietnam-Cambodian border and, on occasion, crossed into Cambodia. Mr. Kerry was assigned to Coastal Division 11 in December 1968, and, while I don't recall who was where on Christmas...

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have re-launched their web site at SwiftVets.com, changing the style and adding a considerable amount of new information. The Swift vets are also conducting a detailed review of John Kerry's Vietnam tour and should have some more interesting things to say in the near future.

Please post or alert your supporters that John O'Neill will appear on The Free Speech Show on AM 1540 KMPC in L.A. The program is also broadcast live over the Internet at www.1540theticket.com/kmpc.wax. We have a nationwide toll free number (800) 770-1540 so people can call in and participate and help get the message out. The program airs at 11:00 PM Pacific Time. The format will be one conservative host, and at least two liberal hosts. I am the conservative. I am a Navy Viet Nam Era Vet who served as a CTT3 for the Naval Communications Security Group assigned...