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To: LindyBill who wrote (63481)	8/24/2004 6:48:25 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793570

There is so much out there that the bloggers are putting together. Good old "lexus-nexus." Q&O blog Rood forgot Bellodeau Posted by McQ Well you can't have a day pass without noting something new or different in the Kerry Vietnam flap. Today it has to do with whether the VC Kerry chased was wounded or not. Yesterday I went through William Rood's article in the Chicago Trib. This was about Kerry's Silver Star. In it Rood says: "Kerry, followed by one member of his crew, jumped ashore and chased a VC behind a hooch – a thatched hut – maybe 15 yards inland from the ambush site. "Some who were there that day recall the man being wounded as he ran. Neither I nor Jerry Leeds, our boat's leading petty officer with whom I've checked my recollection of all these events, recalls that, which is no surprise. Recollections of those who go through experiences like that frequently differ." Well they do, unless they're the guy who wounded the VC. "You know, I shot that guy," Bellodeau told the Boston Globe during a 1996 interview, correcting an earlier Globe report that echoed Kerry's claim that he alone had neutralized the enemy ambusher. "He jumped up, he looked right at me, I looked at him," Bellodeau continued. "You could tell he was trying to decide whether to shoot or not. I expected the guy on Kerry's boat with the twin 50s to blast him, but he couldn't depress the guns far enough. We were up on the bank." Only after the enemy soldier was wounded, said Bellodeau, did Kerry leap from the boat onto the beach and pursue him around the back of a nearby hut, where the would-be president finished him off. So there's a pretty definative account that says the VC was wounded. And only after he was wounded and headed away did Kerry jump off after him. More importantly, though, this again makes a point I made yesterday. Bellodeau points out that they were essentially defenseless against this guy because Kerry had beached the boat and made them unable to respond with their on-board weaponry. Bellodeau has since passed away. His 1996 statement has been ignored (whether purposely or accidentally), both by Kerry and Rood. But if the standard for relevance is having to be on Kerry's boat, Bellodeau was there and his recollection of the wounding is recorded by the Boston Globe. One other point. Bellodeau says the VC was trying to decide whether to shoot or not. That stongly suggests that the launcher was loaded and it was Bellodeau who saved PCF 94 .... not Kerry. After Bellodeau fired on him, he took off instead of firing the RPG. qando.net

To: LindyBill who wrote (63481)	8/24/2004 7:35:59 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793570

certainly fair in his representation of Chris Matthews. fipping cable channels i found most journalists or head talkers were saying book doesn't make it's case. Of course outside of Christmas eve in Cambodia. one person was the woman who works for washington post and on panel fox news at night. Later on another cable site i heard the same thing unfit for command will not change votes, full of holes. It appears to me this men are not getting a fair journalist review and most do not want to press for kerry's records. On local radio, a barnes and noble employee said the liberals are coming in and hiding the unfit for command books on the shelves or moving them to other sections, or putting a bunch of liberal books in front of the book. another announcement was Barnes and Noble cannot get the book. Many stores are out of the book. some think Barnes and noble are not ordering the book. All i know is i got mine and couldn't get one from amazon. Also local book stores are getting pressure to not stock the book per local radio. some dealers are saying they are getting calls and kerry supporters coming into store requesting they not stock the book. Whatever happen to free press , we are trying to control books on shelves now?

To: LindyBill who wrote (63481)	8/24/2004 9:42:57 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793570

It keeps getting better and better! Front Page got an interview with John O'Neil. Good stuff here. O'Neil is powerful in that interview. Makes me want to clone him...several times. His credentials are awesome too. >>>John O’Neill is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Texas Law School. He was law clerk in 1974 for Justice William Rehnquist at the United States Supreme Court, one of the highest honors any law clerk can have.