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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (599563)	8/4/2004 12:37:41 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Former POWs reject Kerry's bid -- The Washington Times Sen. John Kerry's bid to become commander in chief of wartime America has opened old wounds among some former Vietnam-era prisoners of war who bristle over the Massachusetts Democrat's anti-war activism. His activities and statements, pushed out of sight by a campaign that spotlights Mr. Kerry's service in Vietnam, were used by the POWs' North Vietnamese captors to sap the morale of prisoners and U.S. troops still in the field in South Vietnam, say former POWs. "They were always talking about [anti-war demonstrations], and they picked right up on Kerry's throwaway line, 'Don't be the last man to die in a lost cause, or die for a lost cause,' " said Kenneth Cordier, an Air Force pilot who spent 2,284 days as a prisoner. "They repeated that incessantly. "They used these photographs and inputs, voice tapes, whatever, from these peace people to try to convince us the whole country had turned anti-war and we were showing a very bad attitude and would never go home." Jim Warner, a prisoner of the North Vietnamese in the Hoa Lo prison complex known to U.S. servicemen as the Hanoi Hilton does remember. In 1971, a North Vietnamese guard and interrogator nicknamed "Boris" by the prisoners pulled papers from his pocket and gave them to Mr. Warner to think about, he said. Apart from clippings from a leftist newspaper in the United States, there was a typewritten transcript of Mr. Kerry's testimony before a U.S. Senate panel in which he repeated charges that U.S. troops were committing atrocities routinely, attacked the war and said communism was not a threat in Vietnam. Mr. Warner said Mr. Kerry and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, which had staged large demonstrations in Washington, were often mentioned in the radio broadcasts that played incessantly over the camp's loudspeakers.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (599563)	8/4/2004 12:40:26 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Energy costs are hurting the economy.....THANKS TO THE DEMOCRATS REJECTING AN ENERGY POLICY SND REJECTING AMERICA'S EXPLORATION AND DRILLING FOR IT OWN ENERGY. Democrats would rather kiss Saudi asses than drill for our own energy needs.