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<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...

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...

The photo at right was displayed on the website of Boston Capital & Technology and shows Senator John Kerry on an outsourcing trade mission he led to China. The BCT website, as of this posting, has been removed from the internet. We've captured as much of the website as we could, but some images now appear as broken links. Captured on our hard drive, however, is the picture from the BCT website showing Senator John Kerry at a banquet in Beijing China during the outsourcing trade mission. The BCT web site, presumably owned and operated by a Paul Marcus, head...

GRUMBLING FROM THE KERRY PRESS CORPS: This is from a Kerry pool report about the candidate's departure from Springfield, Oregon that was just e-mailed to reporters. It about sums up how the national press traveling with Kerry feels these days. kerry walked through the crowd, tickling babies and talking to folks. But traveling pool was not allowed nearer than a telephoto lens, so we don't really know what was said. Local press however seemed to be allowed to wander freely. So, why are we paying all this $$$ again? In many ways, Kerry's press aides are extremely attentive to the...

Odd how sometimes thing jog ones memory. I thought of Joe W. yesterday. I hadn't thought of him in a long, long time. He is a Swift Boat Veteran. He used to be my shipmate on the USS Corry DD-817 In Jan of '68 we just finished a shakedown cruise in Gitmo, followed by 6 weeks at the 3 mile limit to Havana. After constant General Quarters conditions with Cuban gunboats Joe W. said something like "I'd give anything to get off this tin can." (We already knew we were going to Viet Nam in Aug of '68) "Why don't...

John Kerry has undergone so many contortions to avoid admitting he lied when he told the Senate in 1986 that President Nixon had illegally ordered him to enter Cambodia. (The Dem slogan seems to be: If in doubt, blame Nixon). For John Kerry to have successfully maintained his Cambodian fiction his lie would have had to be difficult or impossible to refute. The Cambodian lie revealed that Kerry really is not that bright. To state that Nixon ordered him into Cambodia when in fact the then-president was L. B. Johnson was an incredibly stupid thing to do. If nothing else...

John Kerry must be feeling the heat because he was forced to wheel out Vietnam vet Jim Rassman to defend him. Rassman devoted about 700 words of a 1000 word article describing how Kerry fished him out of a river, and what a great guy John Kerry is. Rassman devoted the rest of the article to accusing John Kerry's vet critics of being part of a "Republican smear campaign", of being "dishonest and dishonorable", "without decency" and being "vicious" liars. This, readers, is a Democrat's idea of a debate. The tactic is capture the high moral ground by overwheling your...

It’s been a LONG time and almost everything has changed. So there’s not much left that can make me think back to my college years. But John Kerry forced the issue last week by siccing his attack lawyers on assorted TV stations. Say what? Here’s how it happened. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth started running an ad in which several of their members stood up, faced the camera, gave their name, rank and serial numbers, and called John Kerry a liar about his service in Vietnam. This veterans’ organization has 260 members and Rear Admiral Roy Hoffmann (ret.), is its...

According to Benjamin Franklin himself, many of the proverbs and aphorisms found in "Poor Richard's Almanack" were gleaned from the "wisdom of the ages and nations." In the dictums and maxims that follow, one hears echoes of the Bible, the ancients, and collections of proverbs readily available in Franklin's own time. Yet, in recrafting many older sayings, Franklin, who was among other things an inventor and musician, brought new design and melody to timeworn truisms. Franklin once created a list of 13 virtues to live by. This baker's dozen included temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness,...

The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have hired their own lawyers in response to the Kerry/Edwards campaign's threat of ruinous lawsuits for anyone who allows the independent 527 to purchase ad time at their media outlet. For some reason, the Democrats seem to have a problem with the actual practice of free speech, even after having their party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, call George Bush a deserter and John Kerry question the quality of his National Guard service. When the shoe moves to the other foot, suddenly the Democrats switch from "Bring It On" to "We'll Sue You Into Silence," quite...

John Kerry is either a "war hero" or a "war criminal" Can't have it both ways. John Kerry and War Crimes in Vietnam He was in command of a Swift Boat and ordered his men to do these things. Listen to this 1971 audio clip in Kerry's own words. LONG BEFORE THE '04 Election Listen Here John Kerry went before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 1971 to accuse the United States military of committing massive numbers of war crimes in Vietnam. So my question is did Kerry lie about his "heroism" or the "atrocities" that he took part...

The swiftvets cannot let RAThack Donna Brazille get away with this incredible lie this morning on FOX News with Chris Wallace. Mary Matalin and Brazille were debating the controversy, when Brazille actually said the following -- "These are hired guns who went after John McCain." The Swiftvets had nothing to do with John McCain. Brazille must be forced to retract this statement that she knows is false.

click on purple heart to see my webpage of Kerry's Purple Heart Lie.It's simple, consise, you can send it's URL to email folks, or print it out and post it in public places...