The Last Battle of the Vietnam War - (Lt. Rich Webster, on Kerry's defeat!)

WINTERSOLDIER.COM ^ | JANUARY 5, 2005 | LT. RICH WEBSTER

[SandRat]

...we will always stand up for America.
BR> And despite the lack of acknowledgment we'll always do what is best for America.

OOOORAAH! You got that Right!

[MEG33]

Linking the SwiftBoat Vets with Republicans would have destroyed their credibility and brought on charges of collusion..
I am a rank and file Republican and I have been on many threads thanking the Swiftboat Vets...and thanking all the Vietnam vets who worked to expose Kerry..Are you talking about on this forum?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I'm talking about the GOP rank and file

i.e. The top politicians.

Who cares what the dims think about a so called collusion.

There wasn't any.


The election is over.
GOP party members, on FR, said Thanks many times over.

[FairOpinion]

I don't know exactly to whom are you referring to, but I remember seeing at least a few "Thanks to the Vets" threads right after election. I even had in my tagline, something like "Thanks SwiftVets, we couldn't have done it without you". I think there were also a few editorials giving them credit.

I think there should have been even more, but at least there were some.

Check this out:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=swiftvets

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I'm talking about the snail letters sent to GOP members Thanking them.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[KC_Conspirator]

I was pretty ambivalent about Bush and the campaign. Don't get me wrong, Kerry was a bad candidate. I almost did not vote this year, but I thought about the Vietnam vets and how they would feel having to listen to that scumbag for 4 years. I promptly went out and voted against Kerry.

[Radix]

Terrific article. Thanks!

[blackie]

I'm a registered Independent, I received a hand written signed (machine written) thank you letter, a signed photo of the President and the First Lady, a signed Christmas card and a RNC calender filled with pictures of the first family.

[BIGLOOK]

Good morning, Tonk!

My thanks to you and to the SBV and to the vets of Winter Soldier and the POWs who hammered Kerry at the end. My thanks is a glad heart that Kerry was defeated nationally. I'd like to think GWs 3 million popular vote win came from VN vets and kin.

We've unfinished business, Tonk. Battleground is now Massachusetts. No tea party this time!

BIGLOOK

[onedoug]

TFTF.

1/1 CAV Americal Div I Corps RVN 68-69, Bold Mariner bump!

[PowerPro]

bttt

[Lady Jag]

I was a teen then but our small town
respected all our vets

[darkwing104]

Thanks for the ping

[Ciexyz]

Well said.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I never got one.

I know I'm on the mailing list because I was solicited, by snail mail, in 2002 to join the Republican party.

Sent me a plastic ID with my name and a number.

Was signed by the GOP chairman at the time.

[stockpirate]

I think it may be too arly to say that this battle with Kerry and the Socialists is over. I think Kerry will learn and try again.

But the Vets helped in this one, as did many of us.

[The Shrew]

Herman Melville knew something about human nature when he wrote, when a person who has power over you finds that you are the better man, he will do everything in his power to belittle and destroy you.

Words to live by in many situations!

Regards,

TS

[windchime]

"Linking the SwiftBoat Vets with Republicans would have destroyed their credibility and brought on charges of collusion."

I think MEG33 is right.  The left would use anything they could find against the SwiftBoat Vets and the Bush Administration.  They certainly pulled some stunts during the campaign and there's nothing to stop them after it.  A letter or memo of thanks from an official source for SwiftBoat Vet activities obtained by the MSM is all they'd need.  Heck...... they don't even need a real one.

Google links to "impeach Bush" sites

The SwiftBoat Vets and Vietnam (and other) Vets were instrumental in exposing Kerry and deserve a huge THANK YOU.  No direct acknowledgement is disappointing, but maybe this part of the inauguration is a subtle way of saying it.

Full-scale inaugural set for Bush despite war - Up to $40 million to be spent on events that will also honor troops

~snip~

In January, as war continues in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush’s second inauguration will heavily emphasize the sacrifices by U.S. forces with the theme, "Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service." But the festivities will rival those held during peacetime.

~snip~

A commander in chief’s ball is a first, with some 2,000 free tickets to be given to service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families. The Defense Department will distribute the tickets.

While I was looking at the inauguration site found this interesting link to inaugural ball history.  Grant's parties take the prize, IMO.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Who cares what the dims think.

Hanoi Kerry WAS tied in with moveon.org

I never said the GOP politicians should
Thank the Swift Boat Vets by name.

Just Viet Nam Vets