‘Swifties’ Sink the USS John F. Kerry [Good read]

IntellectualConservative.com ^ | 03 December 2004 | by Gary Larson

[Chieftain]

Kerry’s nearest brush with one was telling Ted Koppel on ABC-TV’s Nightline that he [Kerry] "had not expressed myself [in ‘71] as well as I might have.". He wrote a book, the ironically titled Tour of Duty, a deceitful litany of GI Joes’ barbarity. Old Glory flies upside down on its cover; inside, vets are demeaned, too. (Good luck if you try to buy a copy. Kerry has retrieved nearly the entire press run. Why?)

This guy got lots of stuff wrong in his story, not just the amount of money raised by the SBVFT, (which, by the way is probably closer to $15M).

Kerry told Tim Russert on "Meet The Press" the quote attributed to "Nightline". The guy even quoated the title of Kerry's ONLY book WRONG! The book that Kerry authored in 1972, (that is almost impossible to finds a copy of), is "The New Soldier".

"Tour of Duty" was written as a hagiography by Douglas Brinkley, who lost all credibility as a historian with his complete lack of objectivity and limited fact checking for "Tour of Duty", a complete butt-kissing of Kerry from start to finish.

[PeterFinn]

Gee, for a moment I was hoping the Navy was going to name it's newest Surrender-class fast retreat ship the USS John Kerry.

[The Shrew]

Donations poured in -- astonishingly, over $250 million.

I think this number has an extra Zero in it. I believe the real number is much closer to $25 million than $250 million.

Regards,

TS

[VOA]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[pabianice]

Vindication

[ORECON]

If John Faux Kerry were innocent of charges, he could have cleared it up within days of signing a Form 180. Since he did not sign the Form 180, I will take it as a nolo contendere. He should be in prison for treason instead of running for President or being a Senator.

[BlessedBeGod]

Thanks! I put it on my Amazon wish list.

[Smartass]

Thanks For The PING

[johnny7]

OUR Navy doesn't employ this type of vessel.

You must have seen them in France.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Agreed, this story while basically true, does get several facts wrong.

However, the main fact that the author gets correct is that the Swifties were a major factor in sinking hanoi john.

I proudly have displayed in my office a card from the Swifties thanking me for the $400 that I contributed. That $400 was without a doubt the best expenditure that I made this year.

[DragonflyT-10]

Anyone interested in the actual copy of "The New Soldier" on CD - with all the photos scanned in - you can get one by sending me your mailing address. If you have cable or other broadband means of receiving the file that might work better. Email won't work because the file is over 500 mb.

Email me at dragonflyt10@yahoo.com

[OESY]

To all Swift Boat Vets and POWs who participated, we thank you.

May I suggest that, if you were to be in the DC area around January 20 for our Inaugural Ball, would it not be fitting and proper, and stylish, to find a serviceable Swift boat and to use it to sail up the Potomac to a warm and well-deserved welcome home?

I suspect we could raise some funds to support the project.

[Ciexyz]

My local NBC affiliate, WPXI-Pittsburgh PA, is still pushing the Ohio recount on their website, "Kerry watching Ohio Vote Count", apparently looking for loopholes to challenge the count. The rabid Democrats in this area eat that stuff up.

[Interesting Times]

Yep... see my #28.

[AFPhys]

I hate to nit-pick, too, but since you're at it: the amount donated to the Swiftees was no where near the 250M$ the article states. I think that is even greater than all the 527s in total.

[investigateworld]

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[JLO]

"Old Glory flies upside down on its cover; inside, vets are demeaned, too. (Good luck if you try to buy a copy. Kerry has retrieved nearly the entire press run. Why?)"
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[JLO]

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