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2004 VOTE John Kerry in 1971 TV Debate; From the June 30, 1971 broadcast of "The Dick Cavett Show," John Kerry debates John O'Neill on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. SUN.Aug. 15,2004, C-SPAN, 6PM ET & 9PM ET

It was like a rock concert, complete with bright lights and loud music. But it was not Jon Bon Jovi, who will wow the crowd in Portland during a campaign stop today. It was Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry who wowed them at the Isola Arena at the Jackson County Expo Center late Thursday afternoon. Not even the heat could keep an overflow crowd of nearly 7,000 from rising as one and raising the roof of the rodeo and livestock arena when Kerry and wife Teresa arrived nearly an hour late. Kerry, smiling from ear to ear, recognized the enthusiasm...

The Mudville Gazette is pleased to announce the First Annual John Kerry Fan Fiction Contest. Entries may be submitted in comments, via e-mail (greyhawk - at - mudvillegazette.com) or as entries on your own blog - I'll link from here. Have at it. Have fun. Speaking of fun, in reality, back during Christmas '68 I was almost seven, and mom and dad gave me my first shotgun. To this day it's seared in my memory - crawling on my belly through the rice paddies in the Cambodian fever swamp, hunting the elusive Khmer deer...

I live in Iowa. My hardcore, pro-Bush brother-in-law went to the Iowa State Fair today. He said, "I never thought I'd see the day that Iowa turned FOR Bush. But everywhere at the Fair today there were people walking around carrying 'Bush' yard signs!"I pressed him further, and he said that all folks were talking about was the 'Kerry Vietnam thing' and the Cambodia story in particular and how mad they were. He was absolutely amazed.He also said that the Democrat's booth was like a 'dead zone' and the Republican booth was swarmed to the point that he couldn't even...

ACU has just released a compact paperback detailing John Kerry's history of far-left extremism and why he would be a poor choice for President and Commander-in-Chief. It's an excellent personal campaigning tool when you're out there informing the indecideds this election season. One FREE electronic copy (PDF) sent to your email address.

A repeat of ABC's June 30, 1971, "The Dick Cavett Show." This show featured a debate between John Kerry and John O'Neill on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Both men served in the Navy and commanded swift boats in Vietnam. After returning from the war, John Kerry served as spokesman for an organization called "Vietnam Veterans Against the War." John O'Neill supported the U.S. policy toward Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.

Slow day for campaigning with Charley dominating the headlines today. Lack of wind prevented Kerry from windsurfing on the Columbia River, so we lost a great opportunity there.   Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry waves to a supporter as he walks the streets of Portland, Oregon on August 13, 2004. Kerry said on Friday President George W. Bush's handling of Iraq and the war on terror had contributed to Middle East instability and helped drive up oil prices for the U.S. consumer. Kerry, who will face Bush in the November 2 White House election, also pounced on a new report...

JOHN KERRY'S "MORE SENSITIVE WAR ON TERROR"WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA: UNFIT #19 by Mia T, 8.13.04   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) NEW! compleatjohnkerry.blogspot.com NEW! unfitforcommand.blogspot.comjohnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side. John Kerry America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive. A sensitive war will not destroy the evil men who killed...

MIDI - THIS MAGIC MOMENT Life-changing moment...seared in my memory And every last detail...is so clear to me We're facing gunfire...oh, what a Christmas eve It was in Cambodia...that is hard to believe Nixon sent us there...he said we should go with care But he said we could not squeal...the whole thing was so surreal Life-changing moment...seared in my memory Wait, am I mistaken? Was it in Jan-u-air-air-air-air-eee Life-changing moment...seared in my memory I killed thirteen hundred...oh, yes, really We're facing gunfire...oh, what a Christmas eve It was in Cambodia...that is hard to believe Nixon sent us there...he said...

<p>You wanted campaign finance reform. You got campaign finance reform. McCain-Feingold promised to take the money out of politics.</p> <p>If you believed that, you deserve what you got.</p> <p>And what you got is an avalanche of money into politics this year as George Soros, Democratic big shots and, to a lesser extent, Republican money men (Republicans are slower on the uptake) get into the business of “independent” political expenditures.</p>

Why I Am Running for President * * * I am a child of the greatest generation of Americans and therefore a member of the most fortunate generation of Americans. Like my parents, I have always hoped and often assumed that my own children will have more opportunities in life than I had and will live in a country and in a world where such opportunities are more widely shared and more deeply rooted than at any time in the past. I am running for president in no small part to redeem that promise for the America to come. While...

Kerry's Cambodia account challenged by ex-commander By Scott Canon Knight Ridder Newspapers KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Kerry's repeated claim that he spent Christmas Eve of 1968 upriver in Cambodia — against official United States policy — has drawn harsh criticism from anti-Kerry veterans. Roy Hoffmann, a retired admiral who was a Navy captain in command of Kerry's unit at the time, said the candidate's Cambodia statements can't be true. "I think he just outright lied," said Hoffman, a founder of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. "He never was there." Over the years, Kerry has referred to spending Christmas...

John Kerry has our respect and gratitude for the things he did to defend this nation. Unfortunately, he seems to have embellished. The truth needs to be known. While he should get credit for the service he actually performed (about which he has not lied), he deserve criticism for what he did afterward. Men were tortured while the torturers used John Kerry's words against them. Kerry had phonies testifying before Congress. Kerry is in a place of honor in the commie war museum in Vietnam. They are grateful for his help in their great communist victory. ...DFU ============================================ PHONY VET...

War stories Neal Boortz August 13, 2004 The mask is off. Further denials are useless. After the events of the past seven days the ingrained leftist, pro-Democratic Party bias of the nation’s mainstream media has been fully exposed. All it took was for a certain Vietnam veteran to write a book daring to question the war hero status of Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry. Media lips are now drawn into a permanent snarl; the knives are out and the scent of blood is in the air. Circle the wagons and may the effort to protect the Democratic candidate proceed. To...

John Kerry's "band of brothers" hasn't had much to say about his 1971 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where he claimed GIs in Vietnam routinely committed atrocities. Now former CNN executive Ted Kavanau says it's high time for somebody to ask them to verify Kerry's under-oath account. The would-be commander in chief claimed that American soldiers, "personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, [blew] up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle...

Earlier this afternoon, John Kerry's former commanding officer in Vietnam, Lt. Thomas Wright told talk radio audiences of his personal first hand account of how he asked John Kerry to leave Vietnam after he knew Kerry had received enough purple hearts to ship out. Wright told of how Kerry would frequently disobey orders and was a general nusiance to the operation of the Swift Boats. Click Here for Audio from Kevin McCullough Show earlier this afternoon.

The following statement from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth concerns an article appearing in morning edition of the Boston Globe: "Viet Vet Captain George Elliott describes an article appearing in today’s edition of the Boston Globe by Mike Kranish as extremely inaccurate and highly misstating his actual views. He reaffirms his statement in the current advertisement paid for by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Captain Elliott reaffirms his affidavit in support of that advertisement, and he reaffirms his request that he ad be played. “Additional documentation will follow. The article by Mr. Kranish is particularly surprising given page 102...

ST. PAUL - Scott O'Grady, the Air Force pilot who captured headlines in 1995 when he survived being shot down over Bosnia, on Friday said Sen. John Kerry committed "treason" during the Vietnam War. O'Grady, in an appearance with other military veterans coordinated by President Bush's re-election campaign, said Kerry helped push North Vietnam's proposals for the United States to withdraw at a time when the two countries were still officially at war. "I see that as treason," said O'Grady, who lives in Texas and has been speaking at veterans events for Bush around the country. He's now retired from...

  Anti-Kerry Vietnam Veterans Hold Strong   The following statement from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is in response to an article appearing in the morning edition of the Boston Globe ("Veteran Retracts Criticism of Kerry") which implies that one Vietnam Veteran wishes to retract an affidavit he signed regarding John Kerry's actions during and after Kerry's time in Vietnam. The signed affidavit can be seen below. "Captain George Elliott describes an article appearing in today's edition of the Boston Globe by Mike Kranish as extremely inaccurate and highly misstating his actual views. He reaffirms his statement in the...

I have called and confirmed this myself. Posted by we_will_prevail to jmstein7 On News/Activism 08/06/2004 3:20:11 PM EDT · 54 of 54 I live just outside Toledo and this Globe article managed to scare the local ABC station here, WTVG. THEY CAVED IN TO THE KERRY CAMPAIGN AND ARE REFUSING TO AIR THE TV AD, PER DRUDGE. Being that Ohio is CRUCIAL to Bush in November, does anyone in Toledo or near Toledo wish to get together in front of the station on Dorr St, to show dissatisfaction with their decision to NOT air the Swift Boat ad? WTVG TOLEDO...