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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (621746)	9/10/2004 2:52:52 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Vietnam POWs Slam Kerry in Documentary WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- The presidential campaign of Democratic Sen. John Kerry suffered another blow Thursday with the release of a new documentary. The 45-minute film features 13 former Vietnam prisoners of war who tell of how they were physically tortured by their communist captors and threatened with execution for war crimes. The evidence against them was based on the testimony of Navy Lieutenant John Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971. "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" was produced by Carlton Sherwood, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and decorated Vietnam veteran. He reduced over 20 hours of vivid accounts of physical and psychological abuse suffered in North Vietnamese prison camps to a powerful indictment of the most prominent leader of the anti-war movement, John Kerry. One by one, the men tell their horrific stories of torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese while Kerry and his cohorts paraded through the streets of Washington, DC carrying the flag of their captors. Several of their wives appear in the film to describe the impact of their husbands' prolonged absence and their reaction to the vilification of their imprisoned spouses. The veterans in the film make the case that Kerry's public statements and antiwar activities along with Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden delayed the end of the war and postponed their release from the prison camps. While the North Vietnamese were losing the war in Southeast Asia, they say Kerry's words helped them "win the war in the streets of America." Several members of Congress made statements prior to a screening of the film Thursday at the Marine Officers Reserve Building. One of them, Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), who flew 116 missions over Southeast Asia during the war, said that the documentary would help to dispel the "falsehoods that have prevailed over truth for 30 years." Pitts suggested that while it was perhaps too late for an apology from Kerry, "it's never too late to correct the record." The group of highly decorated veterans in the film has impeccable credentials; two of them are Medal of Honor recipients. One of them, Col. George "Bud" E. Day, was held captive for nearly 6 years. He criticized Kerry for masquerading as a war hero and "casting the longest shadow" over the reputations over all who served. He said, "Every wound and every death after Kerry's testimony in 1971 could somehow be attributed to him." Sherwood briefly mentions in the documentary that the American media played a key role in amplifying Kerry's claims of atrocities committed by U.S. troops and failing to investigate his shocking accusations. He says that the three networks in existence in 1971 all refused his repeated requests for permission to use their footage in his film. He said, "It's time for the press to allow these men to speak. For 30 years this story has been there, for 30 years they've kept it inside." Sherwood referred to his work as "the story the media hasn't told you and surely this is the story that John Kerry never wanted to be told." Talon News asked if Sherwood and the men who appeared in the documentary are prepared for a smear campaign against them. He replied, "We are all aware of what happened to the Swift Boats Veterans for Truth and the price they had to pay for their honesty and courage. We know it's coming, in fact it's already started." Sherwood continued, "It's disgraceful that anyone would try to impeach the credibility of these fine distinguished veterans. These are among the bravest men we have alive in our country today." He pointed out that the men associated with the project have diverse political backgrounds. Sherwood said, "This is not political, it's deeply personal." The producer declared, "John Kerry ran on this, John Kerry brought this up. John Kerry has built his campaign and the foundation of his entire political career on this and we want him to be accountable." NBC's David Shuster accused Sherwood of misrepresenting Kerry's words in the editing. Sherwood shot back, "Why wouldn't NBC allow us to use their footage?" NBC also denied Sherwood's requests to use footage from Kerry's appearances on "Meet the Press." Noting that Kerry hasn't held a press conference in over a month, Sherwood told Shuster, "We're asking Kerry to explain what he did and rather than have you explain and defend him." One member of the media had a document from a source he refused to name entitled, "5 tough questions to ask those behind Stolen Honor." More information on the documentary is available at www.StolenHonor.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (621746)	9/10/2004 2:54:33 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769670

The Kerry Loss on November 2 Will Be Messy by Chris Long Friday, September 10, 2004 One thing I have noticed about John Kerry is that he appears pliant at the hands of the advisors that the Clintons employed in their smear/fear campaigns. He's pliant enough to sic the lawyers on states where Kerry loses by slim margins, even if the electoral votes in those states would not give Kerry a winning margin. Kerry's one strategy for his presidential campaign since he first began having dreams about the office in the late 1960's was, and remains, Vietnam. After all, look how many citizen-soldiers have been elected to the presidency since this republic revolted against the British. Kerry’s monumental miscalculation was that honorable military service is not a one-size-fits-all proposition when running for office. It is, after all, possible to dishonor the military and veterans after the fact, which Kerry has done very nicely on many occasions. Beyond a Kerry loss in November reinforcing the Democrats' notion the American people don’t get it and can be monstrously misled by the likes of Fox news Channel, as the ''psychic'' Criswell used to say, I PREDICT that cries of massive voter fraud will be rampant and, again, many minorities will be paraded before ABC News cameras declaring police stopped them on the way to the polls. One question that I always had was: How did the cops know all those black voters they allegedly stopped and harassed in Florida were on the way to vote? After all, given the visionary programs that the Democrats field for the Utopian Dream (quotas everywhere, unlimited immigration, redistribution of wealth, etc.) for all of us, any defeat at the polls can only be fraud. No country in its collective right mind could possibly be against perfection, could it? In fact, I’ll bet that the Democrats are ''lawyer-ing up'' right now and buying all those lawyers running shoes to chase the election ambulance. Think about that: Kerry's heiress-wife can spend unlimited money on court actions but very little in getting him elected. And the military vote is going to be an issue--again--with lawyers a la Gore high-fiving like they did in Florida after getting the votes of soldiers and sailors invalidated for improper postmarks (military post offices don't postmark free mail) and the like. Thank the party of ''progressive'' values for morphing our elections into legal procedures that are decided in courts by the judges' liberals plan on packing into those courts. A new litmus test for judges to liberals must go something like ''Amenable to favorable decisions to election challenges by his/her own kind?'' That's a factor to add to the current judge shopping list like abortion, gun control, stamping out religion, and challenging in court those dastardly homeschoolers. The Clintons weighing in on Kerry’s campaign and the packing of the Kerry election staff with Clinton operatives is a bad sign. While the Clintons probably are no more than cynically undermining Kerry, he's desperate enough to grasp at any straw, even one offered up by the likes of the Clintons. Hillary's 2008 run for the presidency trumps all; Kerry is disposable to the Clintons and they’ll cut his political throat faster than a tick gets on a hound dog's neck if the Clintons see any potential gain in doing so. Witness the fact Clinton, before his heart operation, hung up the phone after talking to Kerry and promptly dialed his pals in liberal-elite media just to make sure Kerry got the message and will do what Clinton told him. So much for the ''confidential'' consultation to the Kerry campaign. Nothing is confidential to the Clintons except their own peccadilloes in Arkansas. Another troubling indicator that Kerry will attempt to have the election adjudicated: Kennedy. Kennedy is not getting the last hurrah he wants in politics and Kerry is Teddy’s last chance. The vast-right-wing-conspiracy (spelled C-H-A-P-P-A-Q-U-I-D-D-I-C-K in this case) has foiled Kennedy for years and even recently gone after Little Willie Kennedy-Smith again, ruining his chances for a senate run. A brief aside on Little Willie: allegedly a nurse is always in the examining room when Little Willie ogles, er…examines, female patients. Fine, but who monitors Little Willie's behavior when he gets the nurses alone? Ted Kennedy is outwardly frustrated and vindictive over what his career as a politician has come to, having his name the butt of innumerable jokes and a metaphor for back-door political dealings with rich fat-cats, even so far as allegations in coordinating attempts to foil the chances of judicial nominees who do not agree with Kennedy's ideological views and may not decide the ''right'' way in court cases involving racial quotas in the workplace and the catch-all ''women's issues,'' of power, Kennedy will be useless to the Democrats and he knows that--they’ll drop him faster than a monkey spits out a tamarind seed. Indeed, the Kennedy ''legacy'' has already been written and the only missing ingredient is the epitaph. In watching the Kerry midnight speech just after the close of the Republican convention last week, I couldn’t help having the impression that there, on the TV, was a man who had been drinking to excess angrily ranting, accusing and rambling practically incoherently, protesting that he is indeed a patriot. Perhaps a patriot to himself but what he thinks of the country and a people who refuse to elect him based upon a loosely defined ''vision'' remains to be seen. I say he'll lawyer up and Te-re-sah will loosen the purse strings for another round of Gore-esque recounts, court challenges, and trashing of military votes. Another I PREDICT: Kerry’s loss in November will make him disposable to Te-re-sah just like Slick Willie will be disposable to Hillary after she runs for the presidency. Liberal political marriages are strictly for appearance's sake and to appeal to the mainstream masses who, in the liberal view, are still foolish enough to value marriage, patriotism and faith. One thing about the War Hero: he is NOT a quitter by any stretch and will offhandedly and willingly trash the voters and political system that refuse to subscribe to his ''vision'' and become an enabler for his life-long pathology. Pack in the beer, hotdogs, carmel popcorn, Cinzano, and corn nuts for the evening of November 2, 2004, because it is going to be a very, very long night.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (621746)	9/10/2004 3:12:34 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm John Kerry's Record and I'm Reporting for Exposure by Frank Salvato Friday, September 10, 2004 ''I'm John Kerry and I’m reporting for duty.'' Those were the words that opened the dog and pony show that was John Kerry’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. As Kerry has told us ad nausem, he served in Vietnam. What he hasn’t told us could be compiled on a list that would make Santa Claus' ''naughty and nice'' list look like a Post-It Note. Let's first expose the fact that John Kerry was not the enthusiastic patriot he portrays himself to be. This isn't to say he is unpatriotic even though I believe his patriotism should be examined. His insistence that the United Nations, especially in light of the Oil-for-Food scandal, approve any U.S. military action, suggests that he would acquiesce to the whim of the international community before taking action to secure our nation. This sentiment alone mandates an examination of his patriotism, especially when one considers the ''over the top'' rhetoric he used in false testimony before the Senate in 1971--but I digress. Kerry applied for a deferment in 1966 so he could study in France for a year. Only when he was denied this deferment did he opt to volunteer for the Navy signing an officer candidate contract to join the Naval Reserves. It was popular among young men of that day to volunteer in an effort to avoid being drafted into the Army. Kerry’s contract was for six years of active and reserve duty, and one year of inactive standby reserves. The ''three Purple Hearts and out'' clause simply made it possible for Kerry to transfer out of harm's way. It didn’t void the contract he signed with the Navy. He was still obligated to serve out his contract, a contract that would have seen his active duty ending in 1972 and reserve duty ending in 1978. In Kerry's letter asking for early release from active duty, he falsely stated that his ''regular period of obligated service would be completed in December of this year.'' On January 3, 1970, Lt. Kerry was transferred to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainridge, Maryland. On July 1, 1972, Lt. Kerry was transferred to Standby Reserve Inactive. On February 16, 1978, Lt. Kerry was discharged from Naval Reserve. John Kerry was discharged from active duty, not the military, on January 3, 1970 after serving only three years and eighteen days of his contract with the Navy. At this time he was obligated to attend 48 Naval Reserve drills per year and complete 17 days of active training during each of the years required. But because Kerry hasn’t been forthright with the American people, because he hasn’t been transparent to the point of signing a Form 180 to release the total of his military records--not the incomplete and embellished offerings posted on his campaign website--we’ll never know if he satisfied these requirements or not. Of course, the mainstream media could force him to open his files as they have forced President Bush to do, but that would require the media to be non-partisan, something they have consistently proven they're not. Even though Kerry's contract with the Navy mandated that his service would have been completed in total in 1978 it is troubling to note that he didn’t receive an Honorable Discharge until March 12, 2001. This raises questions as to the category of his discharge at the time he left military service. It also raises questions as to how he came to acquire an Honorable Discharge almost 30 years after the fact. But that isn’t the most troubling aspect of the time directly after his service in Vietnam. It's interesting to note that no official military records have been released regarding the whereabouts, actions or daily status of John Kerry from January 3, 1970 to July 1, 1972. We know he was active with Vietnam Veterans Against the War during this time and that he even appeared before the Senate, testifying--or perjuring himself--to the atrocities American soldiers were committing, ''on a daily basis and with the full knowledge of their superiors,'' both actions in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. But where the military is concerned, nothing. As the liberally biased media start to rehash President Bush's National Guard record, let's demand some straight answers from Senator Kerry about his military record beyond the ''honors'' he insists he acquired. Let's find out if he satisfied his military obligation and if his actions and testimony after he left the service constitutes activities illegal. Let's get Senator Kerry to release all of his records so we can truly see who and what he is. It's the least he can do when asking for the trust of the American people. Next up for exposure: John Kerry’s Senate accomplishments. Oh wait, there aren’t any.