Conservatives (CPAC) Laud Swift Boat Veterans

FoxNews ^ | Feb. 15, 2005 | Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

[FairOpinion]

Euphoric after a big election victory, the organizers of this year's Conservative Political Action Conference say it's only fitting to pay tribute to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth for helping to stop Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid.

Former Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, the Democrat credited with giving one of the most memorable speeches in favor of President Bush at the Republican National Convention this summer, will present the award to Adm. Roy Hoffman (Ret.), founder and chairman of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

"For a second time, the Swift Boat Veterans stepped up to serve their country honorably and courageously by telling the truth about John Kerry's tour of duty in Vietnam," said ACU President David Keene. "Despite vilification, character assassination and the hostility of the elite media, these veterans dared to tell a side of the story that the American people otherwise would not have heard."

[FairOpinion]

God Bless the Swifties.

(I searched, but didn't see this posted before)

[DJ MacWoW]

Bless them! They certainly deserve being honoured. Thanks for posting this.

[MEG33]

This is good news! Thank you Swift Boat Veterans!

[Conservative in Lib-town USA]

Alright, I'm gonna be there, I'll have to check that out for sure. Some pictures will most definitely be closely following.

[FairOpinion]

"Some pictures will most definitely be closely following."


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Make that "lots of pictures". ;)

We'll be looking forward to it.
Video of Zell Miller's speech would be nice too.

[GretchenM]

There aren't honors enough, or a medal big enough, to give these guys.

Only God can sufficiently repay them for all they've done.

All I can do is keep reminding them of my gratitude.

[Brad's Gramma]

BACK!
TO!
THE!
TOP!!!!!!!

[SeaBiscuit]

I'm glad CPAC will be honoring the Swift Vets, they sure deserve it. America has benefited from their courage and service more than once. God Bless the Swift Vets.

[FairOpinion]

The Swifties saved the country, again, in the most literal sense of the world.

I am glad they are getting recognition.

[Brad's Gramma]

Big ole Swift Boat ping to ya, my friend!

[GloriaJane]

Hero's twice over!!

I feel like they not only served their country... but they "saved" their country!!

God Bless the Swifties!!

[Route101]

Though their contributions to our country in Viet Nam were admirable...they all deserve medals for their latest efforts in the war to save our country from socialism....God Bless you all!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

CPAC ping.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147729,00.html

[beyond the sea]

"Despite vilification, character assassination and the hostility of the elite media, these veterans dared to tell a side of the story that the American people otherwise would not have heard."

Thank God there was an alternative media who would treat these men's words with fairness!

Kerry came too close to winning. The Swift Boat Vets brought him down (with a big help from FR and others).

[libstripper]

Once again I have to express my absolute, deep, and complete gratitude to these wonderful, courageous men who gave an even greater service to America in this campaign than they gave in Vietnam many years ago. The $500 I contributed to them is the best $500 I ever spent on any campaign in my life. We Freepres should also take great credit for this, since we gave these wonderful men our full, unstinting support from the very beginning.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"We Freepers should also take great credit for this, since we gave these wonderful men our full, unstinting support from the very beginning."

libstripper

There is STILL much work to be done.

It's up to us to carry on.

Name one so called MAIN Stream Right Wing Media
personality that has asked,

in 2005,

these questions?

"Asked when Kerry will sign Form 180.

Or why Kerry is still in the US Senate.
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3

Or when Kerry will set the record straight
on his false testimony in April 71"

Kerry: Bush Still Hiding His Guard Records (Idiot Alert!)
NewsMax.com

Posted on 02/11/2005 12:19:28 PM PST by Fan_Of_Ingraham

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341323/posts


"...But not everyone thinks the veterans behaved honorably nor are they surprised that this annual conservative confab, which boasts speakers like Vice President Dick Cheney, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and nine Republican senators, is honoring the group.

"This is a fairly cynical recognition of the fact that their dirty tactics helped and worked to elect their candidate," said Joe Conason, investigative editor for American Prospect magazine and author of "Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth."

Conason was referring to the fact that the Swift Boat Veterans received big money donations from Bush contributors. The Bush campaign adamantly denied it had anything to do with the group..."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147728,00.html

Steve Gardner : Sorry Brother, Hanoi Kerry lied about you again today on Meet the Press

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1332349/posts

September 6, 2004 -- **BREAKING** In Yesterday's Lies: Steve Pitkin and the Winter Soldiers, Scott Swett tells the story of a former VVAW member and participant in the Winter Soldier Investigation who states that John Kerry and others pressured him to give false testimony about American atrocities in Vietnam.

After more than 33 years, Pitkin is the first Winter Soldier "witness" to file a legal affadavit regarding that event...


AFFIDAVIT OF STEVEN J. PITKIN combat veteran of the Vietnam War (Kerry pressured him to give false Winter Soldier testimony)
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinAff

Pitkin Affidavit
AFFIDAVIT OF STEVEN J. PITKIN
STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF PALM BEACH

Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared Steven J. Pitkin, known, to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, who, after first being duly sworn by me, upon oath stated:

1. My name is Steven J. Pitkin. I am over the age of twenty-one years, and I am fully competent and able to make this affidavit. I am able to swear, as I do hereby swear, that all facts and statements contained in this affidavit are true and correct and within my personal knowledge.

2. I am a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, having served with the Ninth Division of the U.S. Army beginning 25 May 1969. A mortar explosion wounded me, my wounds gradually became infected, and I was treated in an Army hospital in Okinawa. I contracted hepatitis C from blood transfusions I received during that time. I left Vietnam on 28 August 1969 and was honorably discharged from the Army on 9 September 1970.

3. Medals received for my Army service include: Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, RVN Cross of Gallantry, Air Medal, Purple Heart.

4. During my service in Vietnam, I neither witnessed nor participated in any American war crimes or atrocities against civilians, nor was I ever aware of any such actions. I did witness the results of Vietcong atrocities against Vietnamese civilians, including the murder of tribal leaders.

5. Upon my return to the United States I encountered anti-war protestors who, at various times, threw feces, spit, and screamed obscenities.

6. I joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), at Catonsville Community College in Baltimore in 1970.

7. In January of 1971, I rode in a van with John Kerry, a national leader of the VVAW, and others from Washington D.C. to Detroit to attend the Winter Soldier Investigation, a conference intended to publicize alleged American war crimes in Vietnam. Having no knowledge of such war crimes, I did not intend to speak at the event.

8. During the Winter Soldier Investigation, John Kerry and other leaders of that event pressured me to testify about American war crimes, despite my repeated statements that I could not honestly do so. One event leader strongly implied that I would not be provided transportation back to my home in Baltimore, Maryland, if I failed to comply. Kerry and other leaders of the event instructed me to publicly state that I had witnessed incidents of rape, brutality, atrocities and racism, knowing that such statements would necessarily be untrue.

9. In April 1971, I attended a VVAW protest in Washington D.C. known as “Dewey Canyon III.” During this event I was present when protestors, including John Kerry, threw medals and ribbons over a fence outside the U.S. Capitol. I witnessed a man holding a bag of ribbons and medals and handing them out to other protestors. I saw that many of the ribbons and medals were not those that would be received by veterans of combat in Vietnam.

10. During the “Dewey Canyon III” protest, others and I confronted protestors who were wearing or carrying Vietcong flags.

11. After the “Dewey Canyon III” protest, I was no longer invited to meetings of the VVAW in Baltimore, and ended my association with the organization.

12. I joined the 5/20th Special Forces Group of the Maryland National Guard in 1974, was graduated from paratrooper “jump school” with honors in 1976, joined the Coast Guard in 1978 and served there until my retirement in May 1997.

(signed) Steven J. Pitkin

Further affiant saith not.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th Day of September, 2004.

Jonathan Feldman
Commission # DD235268
My commission expires July 28, 2007

Steve Pitkin Affadavit, August 31, 2004
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinAff

Steve Pitkin DD-214
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/PitkinDD214.jpg

Steve Pitkin WSI testimony
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinWSI

Steve Pitkin WSI video clips -- February 1, 1971 (4:16, 1.6MB)
http://www.wintersoldier.com/video/pitkin2.wmv

This story ran on Radio FR 0n 1/31/05

All programs are replayed for 24 hours and again on weekends so tune in when it’s convenient for YOU!

"...Mr. Webster has extensive military and civilian legal experience, and will be discussing the implications of Kerry's strange 1978 DD-214 discharge certificate that appears to represent an upgrade from an undisclosed less-than-honorable discharge...."

Here the REAL stories that MAIN Stream Right Wing Media refuse to carry!

http://www.rightalk.com/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1332730/posts

01/31/2005

Don't be a CINO (Conservative in Name Only)
Don't listen to CINO's in politics,
the Main Stream CINO media,
and even here on Free Republic.
EXPOSE the traitor for what he really is, The Enemy Within.

Don't listen to CINO's who want to "move on".
And tell you "get over it Kerry lost"
"Kerry is finished."
He's NOT finished!

And remember this.

All it will take is for Clinton to have more problems with her health
to guarantee that Kerry WILL run in '08.

Remember all who told you not to worry about klintoon, hitlery and reno
after the 2000 election?
Remember all who said Ashcroft would prosecute them.
Remember Chinagate, Pardongate, Waco, Vince Foster, the Jewish town in NY etc., etc., etc. ?
Well reno ran against Jeb Bush and hitlery wants to beat Hanoi Kerry in 08

Are YOU willing to listen to the CINO's again?


For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.

Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen

Hanoi Kerry Timeline of a traitor
includes FBI files

http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html

Contact the GOP controlled US Senate
AND
The MAIN STREAM RIGHT WING MEDIA

Distribute these url's!

EXPOSE HANOI KERRY!

MUST SEE WEBSITE!!!!

http://www.kerrystreason.com/index.html

Full details on these url's!

http://tonkin.spymac.net/hanoikerry1.html

There is a backup site
if the 1st url is unavailable.

http://stophanoikerry.150m.com

IF FReepers want to support Swift Boat Vets
call and write MAIN Stream Right Wing Media
AND the GOP controlled US Senate.

Special Note to the FReepers
who want me to "move on" and "get over it"
Guess what, I'm not.

[Bahbah]

to the FReepers who want me to "move on" and "get over it" Guess what, I'm not.

GOOD!

[Calpernia]

"For a second time, the Swift Boat Veterans stepped up to serve their country honorably and courageously by telling the truth about John Kerry's tour of duty in Vietnam," said ACU President David Keene. "Despite vilification, character assassination and the hostility of the elite media, these veterans dared to tell a side of the story that the American people otherwise would not have heard."

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Let's hope the opportunity arises for either Senator Miller or Adm. Roy Hoffman (Ret.) to note that Senator Kerry has yet to sign an SF180 as he promised to do on Press the Meet.

[E.G.C.]

BTT!!!!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Despite vilification, character assassination and the hostility of the elite media, these veterans dared to tell a side of the story that the American people otherwise would not have heard."

This is STILL true.

Both on the outside AND FR

Viet Nam Vets, in the eyes of some, are useless now.

We gave our vote now we should "move on"

Try being an Independent voter and a Viet Nam Vet
and your at the bottom of the heap.

[blackie]

Big Swifties ~ Bump!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[sweetiepiezer]

I just love those Swifties.

[Soaring Feather]

bump!!

[SafeReturn]

Special Note to the FReepers
who want me to "move on" and "get over it"
Guess what, I'm not.

Hats off to the Swifties, and its good to hear you aren't finished.
Thanks for the PING

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Here is a perfect reason why we must NEVER let up.

Kerry Meets With Syrian President Jan 05

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316737/posts

[smokeyb]

Thanks Tonk! I'm gonna be there!

[StarCMC]

Special Note to the FReepers who want me to "move on" and "get over it" Guess what, I'm not.

Good!

[StarCMC]

ROFL!! You and I had the same response to Tonk's post and I didn't see yours before I posted mine!! He he he!

[doug from upland]

DOWNLOAD MP3 OF "ONE FINE SOLDIER"

A studio quality version is included in the new CD ---

[doug from upland]

THE CPAC SONG

[bitt]

NICE!!!!

"you'll never know finer men!"

[ORECON]

We will never get over it, but November 2 was the parade we never got.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"We will never get over it, but November 2 was the parade we never got."

These are the ones I seek justice for Brother

From my FR profile

I VOW to the 58,000 + Brothers and Sisters on
The Viet Nam Wall who never came home
and to those who died at home from injuries and
from broken hearts.

"I will do everything I LEGALLY can
to expose Hanoi Kerry once and for all.

I will not tire, I will not falter,
and I will not fail.

I solemnly vow to do all I can to restore your honor
until I give my last breath on earth."

[Colt .45]

Your thanks should not only be going out to the Swifties, but to all US veterans from Vietnam, the Vietnam era and subsequent years (Cold War, Gulf War, etc.) who stood up for our country once more to defeat this turncoat's election bid to become the leader of this great Nation.

Bravo Zulu to the Swifties for bringing it to the fore of national attention, but they couldn't have accomplished it without many other vets who stood alongside of them! AND John Kerry who has broken faith with the Constitution and his country (we veterans call it treason) IS STILL A SITTING SENATOR IN CONGRESS! So where is the hue and cry calling for his resignation? Only Tonk has been courageous enough to keep on that aspect of it.

[redrock]

"Viet Nam Vets, in the eyes of some, are useless now. "

Idiots are everywhere.....and those who think that Veit Vets are going to just go sit in the corner and be quiet....are....idiots.

We gave our vote now we should "move on"

No.

redrock

[redrock]

Veit =Viet...

Sheesh....

redrock

[JLO]

"We will never get over it, but November 2 was the parade we never got."

[JLO]

"Viet Nam Vets, in the eyes of some, are useless now. "
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Maybe, but "eyes of some" are not your FReeper FRiends. And you, Tonk, have a WHOLE HEAP of FRiends here!! We know the drum you beat and we stand behind you 100%

Don't ever give up! And recall - even Jim Robinson gave you the thumbs up about your work here not so long ago.

[GloriaJane]

"Your thanks should not only be going out to the Swifties, but to all US veterans from Vietnam, the Vietnam era and subsequent years (Cold War, Gulf War, etc.) who stood up for our country once more to defeat this turncoat's election bid to become the leader of this great Nation."


But Darlin, I have tried to thank the people who are my Hero's. And they are this countries Officers of Law, who put their lives on the line to protect our families each and everyday. They are our Firemen, who run into burning buildings to save a life. And they are all those who have, or are serving in our Armed Services. Without them and their sacrifices we would have no freedom. Our very lives depend on all of these, my Hero's.

The only thing is, I tried to thank them in my own way. I wrote a song back in 2003 called: "Some Stand Tall" It's dedicated to all of them. You can download a copy and see that I tried my best not only to thank them but to tell them what I think of them. It's here: http://www.music.download.com/gloriajane

[JLO]

"But Darlin, I have tried to thank the people who are my Hero's. And they are this countries Officers of Law"
===

That is NOT what this about.

[jla]

Thank God for the Swift Vets and God bless all of our Vets.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[GloriaJane]

Sorry, if I misunderstood what Colt .45 meant when he posted to me.

I thought I was being told that I should value all those who have served in our armed services. And I just tried to point out that I do.