Why John Kerry Fears "Stolen Honor" Film:
by Fourth Estate
John Kerry fears you, the public, will see the film “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal.”
Kerry's campaign has devoted a huge amount of resources – and even risked increasing interest in the documentary – to stop Sinclair Broadcast Group from airing it on television. Sinclair is a large station group, with 62 stations, but its reach covers only about 25 percent of the U.S. market – a fraction of the almost total reach of the big networks: CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox.
So, what is Kerry so worried about? After watching the film, the public can understand why. For starters, “Stolen Honor” offers a compelling indictment of John Kerry as a man and as an American. This is powerful stuff. Any reasonable, independent American would likely be swayed by it.
Kerry cannot risk this. This past summer the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth launched their first TV ad – including fellow vets who described Kerry’s activities as a naval officer in Vietnam. The ad caused a hubbub and Kerry blew it off. But then the Swift Boat Vets ran an ad featuring former POWs stating that Kerry betrayed them and his country with his anti-war activities.
With that charge Kerry’s lead over Bush evaporated – and the Swiftboat veterans became a national sensation. The issue of Kerry’s Vietnam activities has been a blur in the minds of Americans. About one dozen former SwiftVets stand by his account, while almost everyone else who was there(250+) says Kerry is a liar.
But what is not a blur is what Kerry did after he returned from Vietnam. Kerry, as we know, became one of the major leaders of the anti-war movement. That story has not been fully told – and “Stolen Honor” opens the window for the first time. Kerry thought that after decades had passed people would forget. He even brazenly tried to play off his Vietnam War experience as the main selling point of his campaign.
But some people have long memories, including the POWs, many who spent over five years in brutal imprisonment that included regular torture. Kerry was not the cause of their imprisonment, but as 17 of these men state in “Stolen Honor,” Kerry gave aid to the enemy when he accused American soldiers of having committed war crimes, including burning villages and killing babies.
The POWs remember Kerry because he apparently was oft-quoted by their Vietnam captors. Kerry had made a name for himself in America for his anti-war activities, and in communist Vietnam he became a national figure. In fact, to this day, Kerry's photograph is displayed in the country’s war museum with words that state he was a great friend to the Communist North Vietnamese.
Today, this same man is on the doorstep of the White House and trying to gain entrance. He wants to be commander in chief. But the men who remember him, who have no political ax to grind, do not want us to forget what young John Kerry did.
Clearly, Kerry is afraid the American public may see this film and that is why he has ordered his campaign Lawyers to launch a massive 11th-hour effort to stop this film.
Sinclair was the major target. Since it announced its plan to broadcast the film, Sinclair has been hit with a barrage of negative media attacks. Eighteen Democrat senators demanded the FCC intervene and stop the airing of the program. Kerry’s campaign wrote to Sinclair and demanded they not show the program. Sinclair took other beatings as well.
The gutsy Sinclair is sticking to its guns and will air portions of “Stolen Honor” this Friday. Still, the whole film has yet to be shown to the American public.
Kerry’s campaign also lashed out when a small movie theater in suburban Philadelphia sought to show the film this past Tuesday night.
Legal threats caused the owner to cancel the showing. When producer Carlton Sherwood came to the theater anyway to hand out free DVDs to those who came and found a locked door, he was also greeted by pro-Kerry goons who were their to rough up him and his supporters. The police had to be called to clear the area from the goons.
As several radio hosts noted, Michael Moore’s film FAHRENHEIT 9/11 was shown throughout the country in major theaters and at colleges . There was no objection from Republicans – despite the fact that it was filled with hate, distortions and outright lies.
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