Posted on 10/21/2004 11:50:28 AM PDT by senna
Every Network Should Show 'Stolen Honor'
What is Kerry hiding that he has used amny connections to try and get this movie cancelled. It will be shown 10/22/04 at 9PM EST in 62 Sinclair markets, check inclair's web site for your city http://sbgweb2.sbgnet.com/index.shtml
The first sentence of the New York Times' review today of "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" was what we expected: It said Sinclair Broadcast Group should not show the documentary. Then the pro-Kerry daily explained why in a stunning recommendation:
"It should be shown in its entirety on all the networks, cable stations and on public television." This is the same paper that ran such a bizarre, hateful campaign against Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" and trashed "Unfit for Command" while touting Kitty Kelley's anti-Bush gossip?
TV reviewer Alessandra Stanley indicates she doesn't like the fact that "Stolen Honor" will hinder Sen. John Kerry's candidacy, but she nonetheless advises that "it does help viewers better understand the rage fueling the unhappy band of brothers who oppose Mr. Kerry's candidacy and his claim to heroism."
Stanley writes:
This film is payback time, a chance to punish one of the most famous antiwar activists, Mr. Kerry, the one who got credit for serving with distinction in combat, then, through the eyes of the veterans in this film, went home to discredit the men left behind. The film begins with dirgelike music and a scary black-and-white montage of stark images of soldiers and prisoners as a deep voice sorrowfully intones, "In other wars, when captured soldiers were subjected to the hell of enemy prisons, they were considered heroes." The narrator adds, "In Vietnam they were betrayed."
The imagery is crude, but powerful: each mention of Mr. Kerry's early 1970's meeting with North Vietnamese government officials in Paris is illustrated with an old black-and-white still shot of the Arc de Triomphe, an image that to many viewers evokes the Nazi occupation of Paris. ...
The film's producer, Carlton Sherwood, a former investigative reporter and a Vietnam veteran, gives his own testimony, explaining that even though he has uncovered all kinds of misdeeds in his career, the history of Mr. Kerry's antiwar activism is "a lot more personal.'' He recalls listening to Mr. Kerry's testimony in 1971, saying, "I felt an inner hurt no surgeon's scalpel could remove.''
That pain is the main theme of the documentary, which can be seen in its entirety on the Internet for $4.99. One former P.O.W., John Warner, lashes out at Mr. Kerry for having coaxed Mr. Warner's mother to testify at the Winter Soldier Investigation, where disgruntled veterans testified to war crimes they committed. Calling it a "contemptible act," Mr. Warner, who spent more than five years as a prisoner, tells the camera that Mr. Kerry was the kind of man who preyed on a mother's grief "purely for the promotion of your own political agenda."
for those who think this is weird......hellary
The Times has jumped ship on Kerry to await Hillary's arrival in 2008.
E X A C T L Y !!!!!!
Yes that's for sure, they love the carpetbagger.
Am I dreaming? This is the NYeT???
Yep, they're throwing Kerry under the train.
...what the!!!??? Ok! Then SHOW IT!
Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
why does the link go to the crooks at Newsmax?
Probably about five minutes before they realized that he, Teraaaza, Johnny and the "large one" all collectivley jumped the shark within about 24 hours of each other...
No, it's not an op-ed. It was written by a television reviewer and was printed on the front page of today's Arts section.
You are not dreaming. Here's the hit piece:
"Instead, the film shows lesser-known young, long-haired antiwar activists preparing witnesses to testify to war crimes. In the film these men seem to be prompting a fellow veteran to describe a massacre he did not witness. But one of the veterans, Kenneth J. Campbell, a decorated marine who is now a professor at the University of Delaware, recently sued the filmmakers, claiming the film was edited to take out clips in which Mr. Campbell made clear that only soldiers who witnessed the atrocities firsthand would be allowed to testify."
This is a historically factual piece--using John Kerry's VERY OWN WORDS AND ACTIONS!! I guess the media wants to minimize Kerry's own words and actions--where he FLAUNTS the fact,,,with 'in your face' comments,,,,that he is a SELF-ADMITTED WAR CRIMINAL!
Aha! Thanks for pointing that out. At first, I thought it must be some sort of NYT reverse psychology kung-fu or something. But now it makes sense.
I wish I knew how to post a link, but the article is in the Arts section of the Times as a review, not an OpEd piece. You can go to the NYT site and register for free. I can copy and paste the article here if that helps, but I'm guessing that would be annoying. Anyhow, it was shocking to read. But then again, it's late October so anything can happen!
If he is talking about Winter Soldier, I don't remember anyone saying that in the film.
IT, do you remember that? I would rather not sit throught the thing again.
I'm not much of one for conspiracy theories, but the timing of this is suspicious!
This looks like an alternate-universe version of "Revenge of the Sith". The Sith, for those who aren't Star Wars Geeks, are evil former Jedi of which there are always two -- master and apprentice. Here we all thought Bubba was the master, but he was only the Phantom Menace. He killed George HW Bush's career, but the Son has ended his influence. Now, Darth Pantsuitious, who wants to become Chancellor Palparodham, is engineering the Kerry Wars, which are weakening the Republic. The apprentice of Dubya, John McSkywalker, will I fear become Darth CFRaider and wipe out the Jedi. We will all then have a new Mistress -- Darth Pantsuitious, Emporer of the Planet.
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