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To: Rascal who wrote (61627)	8/19/2004 3:18:26 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793939

The Public Counters the Washington Post Criticsm of the Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth. The public is repudiating the Washington Post for its continuing attempt to derail the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the publication of Unfit to Command,an expose of the four month John Kerry tour of duty in Vietnam. And how is the public showing its repudiation of the Post? 1. By purchasing the book Unfit for Command in such numbers to drive it overnight to the top ranks of the New York Times Best Seller list of books currently being purchased, and 2. By reading everything they can find which reports the true story of the Vietnam Vets case against Kerry, something that the Washington Post is yet to do. 3. By refusing to buy the Washington Post on the street and by threatening to cancel their home delivery service. Although the venerable Post has launched an all-out assault on the authors of Unfit for Command and on any of the veterans who have dared to come out in opposition to Kerry's limited service, the Post has pointedly refused to report the actions of the Swift Boat Vets and boycotted the Swift Boat Vets news conference of a few weeks ago, a boycott joined by all of the leading news media of the nation. Only the Fox News Network showed up to give the Swift Boat Vets conference fair and balanced treatment. It is only since the Swift Boat vets launched their now successful made for TV ad, giving them a chance to make their case against Kerry and the Democratic National Committee, that the Washington Post deigned to acknowledge their existence. Now, the fat in the fire and the Democrats in the frying pan, the Post is doing everything in its power to deride and derail the Swift Boat efforts. Note: For information on how to cancel home delivery, call or email the Washinton Post, Customer Service or go to washingtonpost.com. There you will find a form to use in cancelling your subscription. This is a developing story.

To: Rascal who wrote (61627)	8/19/2004 3:38:45 PM
From: MrLucky	Respond to of 793939

Statement By Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Member Larry Thurlow Author: Dated: Thursday, August 19 2004 @ 09:00 AM PDT Viewed: 41077 times For Immediate Release Statement By Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Member Larry Thurlow I am convinced that the language used in my citation for a Bronze Star was language taken directly from John Kerry's report which falsely described the action on the Bay Hap River as action that saw small arms fire and automatic weapons fire from both banks of the river. To this day, I can say without a doubt in my mind, along with other accounts from my shipmates -- there was no hostile enemy fire directed at my boat or at any of the five boats operating on the river that day. I submitted no paperwork for a medal nor did I file an after action report describing the incident. To my knowledge, John Kerry was the only officer who filed a report describing his version of the incidents that occurred on the river that day. It was not until I had left the Navy -- approximately three months after I left the service -- that I was notified that I was to receive a citation for my actions on that day. I believed then as I believe now that I received my Bronze Star for my efforts to rescue the injured crewmen from swift boat number three and to conduct damage control to prevent that boat from sinking. My boat and several other swift boats went to the aid of our fellow swift boat sailors whose craft was adrift and taking on water. We provided immediate rescue and damage control to prevent boat three from sinking and to offer immediate protection and comfort to the injured crew. After the mine exploded, leaving swift boat three dead in the water, John Kerry's boat, which was on the opposite side of the river, fled the scene. US Army Special Forces officer Jim Rassmann, who was on Kerry's boat at the time, fell off the boat and into the water. Kerry's boat returned several minutes later -- under no hail of enemy gunfire -- to retrieve Rassmann from the river only seconds before another boat was going to pick him up. Kerry campaign spokespersons have conflicting accounts of this incident -- the latest one being that Kerry's boat did leave but only briefly and returned under withering enemy fire to rescue Mr. Rassmann. However, none of the other boats on the river that day reported enemy fire nor was anyone wounded by small arms action. The only damage on that day was done to boat three -- a result of the underwater mine. None of the other swift boats received damage from enemy gunfire. And in a new development, Kerry campaign officials are now finally acknowledging that while Kerry's boat left the scene, none of the other boats on the river ever left the damaged swift boat. This is a direct contradiction to previous accounts made by Jim Rassmann in the Oregonian newspaper and a direct contradiction to the "No Man Left Behind" theme during the Democratic National Convention. These ever changing accounts of the Bay Hap River incident by Kerry campaign officials leave me asking one question. If no one ever left the scene of the Bay Hap River incident, how could anyone be left behind?

To: Rascal who wrote (61627)	8/19/2004 4:21:49 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793939

That was posted earlier. You gotta pay attention. eom