John Kerry's Resume [Be Afraid... Be VERY Afraid!]
By David Allen Jared
Aug 7, 2004
It looks like the Democrats have good reason to be afraid. Their guy, Senator John Kerry, has chosen to almost ignore his 18-year Congressional record and make his 4 months in Vietnam as the centerpiece of his resume in an effort to convince us that he should be elected President this coming November. Now come a group of men--men JUST as well-decorated, most of whom served FULL tours of duty in Vietnam and NONE of whom came home to trash their shipmates-- who served alongside Lt. Kerry in Vietnam and are now disputing his claim to the Presidency. To be sure, most dislike his politics, which are decidedly left-leaning, but most oppose his aspiration to the world's most powerful position for two primary reasons. First, they insist that Senator Kerry is NOT telling the truth about his service in Vietnam--exaggerating his self-proclaimed "heroism," disputing the stories Senator Kerry has told about how he "earned" his medals and the circumstances surrounding his departure for greener pastures.
More importantly, however, most do not think Senator Kerry is fit for the Presidency because of what he did upon his return to the United States. First, he joined (and became one of the leaders of) "Vietnam Veterans Against the War." Then, he used that association to appear before the Fulbright Committee in 1971, dressed in grubby fatigues with his ribbons affixed above the left pocket (which is NEVER done, by the way) and told horror story after horror story about how he and "thousands of other soldiers" in Vietnam routinely committed the most heinous sorts of atrocities--including rape, dismemberments and massacres of innocent civilians--none of which he ever had personal knowledge about (unless, of course, those sorts of things were what he was "confessing" to when he included himself as being guilty of war crimes.)
We later learned from now-Senator John McCain, a former Vietnam POW, that the Fulbright Committee's public testimonies were, "The most effective propaganda that the NVA had to use against the POW's at the Hanoi Hilton." Curiously, (and as an aside) Senator McCain refused to even SPEAK to Senator Kerry for several years, but they "reconciled" their differences in the early 90's and are now quite friendly. In fact, Senator McCain has now vigorously condemned the testimonies of those 250-odd Vietnam Vets who now accuse Senator Kerry of lying about his service and fitness for command as CIC, as a "dirty, reprehensible trick."
There's no "trick" here, folks. I've read every word these guys have published (and will buy their book when it comes out next month) and am convinced that they are sincere and are coming forward only now because they see the danger of allowing Senator Kerry to get himself installed as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. They don't believe he's fit to be President (and neither do I.) They say that as long as he was merely a Senator, he couldn't do much damage, so it didn't matter but, as President, he could do enormous damage to the military that these men honorably served.
The next day after all this hit the news programs (those that chose to even run it), a Boston Globe reporter reported that one of the men who'd signed a sworn affidavit and testified in a TV ad run by the group had told him (the reporter) that he (the veteran) had made a bad mistake and now recanted his story critical of Senator Kerry. THAT story hit ALL the news programs. Then, around noon that same day, the ex-officer in question said that the reporter's story was dead wrong and that not only did he stand by his sworn statement, but he wanted the critical ad to continue to be run. Then it emerged that the Globe reporter, in fact, had been HIRED by the Kerry/Edwards campaign to write part of their campaign brochure--even while still "reporting" on the race. It appears that the Kerry campaign is in a panic over this group of 250+ veterans, many of whom served with him in Vietnam, telling a different story than the one the campaign wants us all to hear. They (the Kerry Campaign) have resorted to sending out threatening letters to the TV stations in the so-called "battleground States" telling them, in essence, that if the stations run the ad, they would be sued.
This "Champion of the People," this "protector of the Constitutional right of free speech" is pulling out all the stops to see that these heroic men are not heard. In my opinion, they are TWICE heroes. Once for their heroic service in Vietnam (for which they were reviled by Senator Kerry and his pals of the time) and again now that they've chosen to end their decades-long silence to tell the truth about Senator Kerry's "unfitness to command," for they have absolutely NOTHING to gain, and everything to lose by doing so. The Democrat smear machine is already gearing up to dig up the dirt on these guys and has accused them of being directed by the White House (on absolutely NO evidence, by the way.) The "evidence" they (the Democrats) claim to have is that a substantial donation was made to help them produce and distribute their TV ad by a Texas man who also supported President Bush's reelection campaign. I suppose they think we're stupid enough to believe that a Democrat donor would ever donate to these guys in their efforts to tell the truth about Senator Kerry's resume. Just as Mr. Soros has not given a single penny to any Republican, but millions to Democrat organizations, why would anyone with an ounce of common sense think that he (or any other Bush-hater) would donate to the campaign of Swiftboats for Truth?
Yes, Democrats SHOULD be afraid. This story has the potential (on several levels) to sink Senator Kerry's nascient Presidential bid once and for all. It's showing him to be a hypocrit and a liar (or at least someone guilty of gross exaggerations.) After the 8 years of the Clinton regime we need another one like that like we need a hole in the head. |
