Blast Fax The Press For "Swift Boat" News Conference Blackout!

SBV ^ | 5-04-04

[jmstein7]

Blast Fax The Press For "Swift Boat" News Conference Blackout!

The press is carrying more water for Kerry than Gunga Din!  Take them to task for blacking-out today's news conference, where hundreds of Vietnam Vets, and many of Kerry's own officers "released a historic letter expressing the overwhelming opposition of those who served with Kerry or in his unit to his misrepresentation of his record and the unit’s record. The letter is signed by Swift Boat veterans at all levels and from the entire political spectrum; the entire chain of command during the period Kerry served in Vietnam; veterans who participated in the engagements resulting in his medals; and the majority of officers who served with him in Coastal Division 11, the unit in which he spent most of his four month tour of duty. Public circulation of the letter began one week ago and collected hundreds of signatures."

This is unacceptable.  Here is how you can give the press a piece of your mind:

1.  Click HERE.

2.  Enter the fax number in the window as follows (it must read exactly like this):

AP: +1-212-621-7520

Reuters: +1-212-859-1717

The NY Times Fax#1: +1-212-556-3690

The NY Times Fax#2: +1-212-556-3622

Newsweek:  +1-212-445-5068

Washington Post:  +1-202-334-7502

ABC News: +1-212-456-4866

CBS News: +1-212-975-1893

Fox News: +1-212-301-4224

NBC News: +1-212-664-2914

4.  If you use the form, don't forget to include your email address.  Otherwise, it won't send.

5. Draft a fax expressing your displeasure at their shilling for Kerry

You can read about the press conference here.

Also, here is the official news release (send it along in your fax if you want):

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(May 4-Washington, D.C.) Today, a group of Swift Boat veterans from the unit in which Senator John Kerry served announced the formation of an organization, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The organization has been formed in order to bring the truth about Kerry to the American people. The organization intends to discuss Kerry’s war crimes charges, Kerry’s record and to request that Kerry authorize the Department of Defense to release the originals and the complete files relating to his military service and medical military records.

The group released a historic letter expressing the overwhelming opposition of those who served with Kerry or in his unit to his misrepresentation of his record and the unit’s record. The letter is signed by Swift Boat veterans at all levels and from the entire political spectrum; the entire chain of command during the period Kerry served in Vietnam; veterans who participated in the engagements resulting in his medals; and the majority of officers who served with him in Coastal Division 11, the unit in which he spent most of his four month tour of duty. Public circulation of the letter began one week ago and collected hundreds of signatures. The signers already make up a majority of the Swift Vets whose addresses can be found. The complete record of signers and comments will be posted on Swiftvets.com.

Rear Admiral Roy Hoffmann, USN (retired), Commander of Coastal Surveillance Force Vietnam (Commander Task Force 115) and chair of the group said, “I signed this letter because I do not believe John Kerry is fit to be the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States. This is not a political issue. It is a matter of his judgment, truthfulness, reliability, loyalty and trust - all absolute tenets of command.”

“We don’t understand why Kerry would make the centerpiece of his campaign an exaggerated account of his four month service in Vietnam 33 years ago, but since he is, we believe the American public is entitled to the truth about his service and about his charges about war crimes and atrocities,” explained John O’Neill, a Swift Boat veteran who took charge of Kerry’s boat a few months after Kerry’s departure and who debated Kerry in 1971.

The Swift Boat Vets for Truth include the entire chain of command above Kerry: Lt. Commander Grant Hibbard, Lt. Commander Elliott, Captain Charles Plumly, Captain Adrian Lonsdale USCG (retired) and Rear Admiral Hoffmann (retired), as well as enlisted men, officers, men who served with Mr. Kerry, men who served in the same group of Swift boats and men intimately familiar with the operations and conduct of Swift boat operations during the war. The group also includes James Zumwalt, Lt. Colonel, U.S.M.C. (retired), representing his father, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, and brother, Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III, both deceased.

 

 

 

[jmstein7]

Go get 'em!

[jmstein7]

Blast the press for swiftboat conference blackout!

[Interesting Times]

Great work.

Okay, fellow conspirators... freep 'em if you got 'em.

[jmstein7]

Hit your list if you have one, IT :)

[onyx]

THANK YOU!

Don't ignore your studies...

[Interesting Times]

Ping!

[onyx]

Please ping your lists.

[tarawa]

The press ignoring news? Who woulda thunk it?

[NYTexan]

Fox on the story now!

[BMC1]

Did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam?

[spoiler2]

"Public circulation of the letter began one week ago and collected hundreds of signatures."

How about circulating the letter here on Free Republic?

I'm sure the internet exposure would quickly reach into the hundreds of thousands, and this issue would gain some real legs!

[cripplecreek]

It was just on FOX. Someone should check the vets forums i bet they're talking about it.

[rj45mis]

It's a done deal. I got them all. Thanks for the info.

[Mudboy Slim]

FReeped 'em all...thanks fer making it so easy...MUD

[SAMWolf]

John Gibson on Fox started his show with this story. Would have liked to see more of the Press Conference though.

[tarawa]

Did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam?

No! I wish he would let people know about that.... it might help change people's opinions of him.

heheh

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Vietnam vets slam Kerry
By RICHARD TOMKINS, UPI White House Correspondent

"I do not believe John Kerry is fit to be commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces," said retired Rear Adm. Roy Hoffmann, chairman of the organization. "This is not a political issue. It is a matter of honesty."

At least no spin on this story!

[Just mythoughts]

These guys should make their own campaign ad.

Emphasizing the fact they did not have time to film "reenactments" of their battles, like JFKerry did, and is now using them as campaign ads running for president as a medal winning "hero".

Note the footage of JFKerry is not in a boat or near water, he is in the jungle.

[calcowgirl]

NOTE: For Articles on FR about News Conference, Keyword: UNFIT

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth News Conference
To be televised on CSPAN-2

CSPAN2
08:42 pm EASTERN
1:20 (est. duration)
News Conference
Kerry Presidential Candidacy

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[CyberAnt]

PRESS CONFERENCE:

C-SPAN2 8:42 PM EST

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[tiamat]

This is good!

BUMP!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks.

[Saundra Duffy]

No kidding. What's up with this?! Thanks for the FAX numbers. I'll get on it tonight. Thanks again.

[Yaelle]

It is inexcusable that this is not top news. If Bush's Guard buddies got together, including his entire chain of command, to denounce Bush as a liar and as having misrepresented his service record, it would be top story on all hourly broadcasts. And since it's Kerry... dead silence.

Fair and balanced, my foot.

[Nick Danger]

This is one of the ones where the press will end up taking the hit. There is no way they are going to spike this. It will get out, and it will be patently obvious that there was some "news management" going on here for the benefit of Senator Kerry. And it will be equally obvious who participated.

If they cannot viscerally feel what this story means, they are in space. To imagine that they can spike this is sheer arrogance combined with unbelievable ignorance about how people outside Manhattan think.

Media bias? Bring it on, guys. You're so over-the-top with it now that people are laughing at it... the way they laughed at Baghdad Bob. And for the same reason.

[jmstein7]

Actually, the 5pm and 6pm Fox News shows both lead with the story. Kudos to Fox.

[jmstein7]

Hear hear! Well put, ND.

(Great icon, too).

[MonroeDNA]

I hope that you are correct.

The freeper attacks are underway. Zot status: Full asault.

IMHO

[Don Corleone]

Note the footage of JFKerry is not in a boat or near water, he is in the jungle.

TerRAyZa must have been using the yacht!

[SwinneySwitch]

Press Releases Away! KABOOM!!

[Wild Irish Rogue]

I am watching the rerun on C Span and these guys are blowing me away !!
Well dressed, well spoken- not the rag tag bunch that Kerry pimps.

[wingnutx]

PING

[wingnutx]

PING

[WOSG]

After the tons of ink they spent on the bogus Bush Alabama NG story, you'd think they be a little less biased.

[n-tres-ted]

I've noticed the "jungle" footage. He was never assigned to ground duties in VN, was he?

[Just mythoughts]

The only time I remember reading anything about him going ashore was to kill that wounded one.

Since JFKerry won't release his military records there is no way to know "officially" where he was assigned.

Guess no one would let him on his Swift boat to film his reenactments of his boat battles.

[hoosiermama]

BUMP!

[jmstein7]

Time to sue for Journalistic Malpractice.

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

If Bush's Guard buddies got together, including his entire chain of command,

Actually, if even ONE of them said something that could be spun negatively towards Dubya, it would be "STOP THE PRESSES!! MAJOR NEWS EVENT!!!"

[MamaLucci]

Great work. I suggest we all send the Washington Times article on this press conference to our local newspapers to run on their editorial page, pointing out the spiking of this story by AP. The Associated Press needs to be outed for this outrage.

[bjcintennessee]

Kerry bombs again, expecially among his fellow soldiers.

[MeekOneGOP]

[bushfamfan]

Amazing how there is silence in the media. Drudge has it up on his website though and it will get out there. The press is fond of reminding us mimicking Kerry is saying how Kerry is a 'Vietnam war hero', but fails to mention the fact that he served a mere 4 months and requested to get out only to come back and speak of US servicemembers being 'war criminals' committing attrocities and making that a major point of his denunciation of the war. Despicable. Think of how people react when they see that on Drudge or catch it on c-span or get it off the internet and to realize the media networks didn't even mention it! They are self-destructing and have no credibility whatsoever. They did give good coverage to a letter criticizing Bush by former State Department officials though, didn't they? We can protest Kerry throughout the campaign with great signs that get the message across about his lying, slandering record.

[Beckwith]

This is so cool.

Once you fill out your name, rank, horsepower and message all you have to do is cut and paste the fax numbers.

I did the whole bunch in 5 minutes.

Good hit JMStein7.

[Beckwith]

By the way, killing a wounded combatant is MURDER, plain and simple.

[Just mythoughts]

"By the way, killing a wounded combatant is MURDER, plain and simple."


Could be this was the "atrocity" JFKerry was admitting to without being specific, and needed to cast a wide net of everybody did it.

[Interesting Times]

By the way, killing a wounded combatant is MURDER, plain and simple.

The Swift boat veterans dispute that account of Kerry's actions, and some have done so in public. I didn't hear anybody say he deserved a Silver Star for that action, and I heard mutters of "never should have got off the boat," but they don't think he executed a helpless combatant.