MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERING UP VIETNAM VET REJECTION OF KERRY AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
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By Leonard Magruder
April 21, 2004
The national or mainstream media is gambling with national security when it hides what it probably already well suspects, that most Vietnam veterans are opposed to the idea of Kerry as Commander-in-Chief. It is that section of the American public, along with veterans of other wars, that can be most expected to understand something about national security. The war on terrorism, and the economy, are the two top issues in this presidential campaign. The media is emphasizing the economy as they believe this would probably help Kerry, their favorite to win. However, because the university and the media have kept the American people so starved for information as to the true nature of the war on terrorism, in particular its relation to Islam and its notion of “jihad,” the public would be very interested in knowing how those who have served feel about Kerry as a potential Commander in Chief. A poll on how Vietnam vets feel about this would seem to be a natural. But, while we have polls on everything else, oddly a poll on this has never appeared.
In one of our recent articles we did report on what anecdotal data we had seen on this subject to that date as follows:
In the wintersoldier.com poll, it is running 96% against Kerry. In The Wall Street Journal letters section, 66% against. In a San Diego newspaper an editor reports “100 to 1” against, a South Carolina media poll reports two thirds against. Talk show host Hewitt reports of his callers, “the vast majority hold Kerry in contempt because of his actions,” and view his antiwar activities as “profoundly wrong and disqualifiying for the presidency.”
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