CPAC 2005: Courage Under Fire Award (Story AND Audio Link)

Tonight was a great night. The Reagan Banquet was a great event. I was sitting at a table with Robin Burke, Adam Doverspike, and La Shawn Barber... This was truly a night to remember. Zell Miller was to present The Swift Boat Veterans For Truth with the Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award.

Of course, the Swifties in attendance each received standing ovations when they were introduced. When Zell Miller spoke before the presentation of the award, he commended the Swifties efforts, and for having the courage to "call a lie a lie." There was a point when he speaking about Vietnam that he appeared to be choking up a bit.

When John O'Neill spoke, he began saying he didn't want to talk about Kerry, but he wanted to talk about "the real heroes," and he mentioned Zell Miller, and gave the crowd a chuckle when he said he didn't want to go on Chris Matthew's show again unless Zell was with him.

It was great to hear O'Neil credit bloggers for helping to get the Swifties' message out.

Bill Franke, who spoke after O'Neill mentioned the bloggers as well. He mentioned how he didn't really know what we were, and thought that "bloggers" sounded like a skin disease. Ultimately, he would appreciate the role us bloggers played in helping them get their message out. He showed us a few Swift Vets ads, telling us that the first ad run cost $400,000, and the calculated value of the earned media that followed was about $40 million. The third ad he showed was the ad was the one titled "They Served". The dinner guests cheered with a standing ovation.

Roy Hoffman spoke next. He was immediately emotional, and it was a moving speech. He recalled about making the decision to speak out against John Kerry. He said they felt they "had to do something" to stop him, after what he had done to all them. He described Kerry as a loose cannon who didn't obey orders, who was a headache to everyone.

I thought it was great when he mentioend that Kerry campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill refers to them as the "discredited Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," and challenge her to to come up with one paragraph, one sentence, or one statement that was not true.

The whole event was incredible, and moving to say the least. These are men of honor who doing what they felt was right to do. Kerry betrayed his fellow veterans and the Swifties just could let him become our Commander-In-Chief.

Below you will find the audio of Zell Miller's introduction of the Swift Vets and John O'Neill's remarks:

NOTE : Click on the link, scroll down for the audio.

Since the so called MAIN Stream Right Wing Media
"forgot" to carry this show I found this on the Internet.

"...Roy Hoffman spoke next. He was immediately emotional, and it was a moving speech. He recalled about making the decision to speak out against John Kerry. He said they felt they "had to do something" to stop him, after what he had done to all them. He described Kerry as a loose cannon who didn't obey orders, who was a headache to everyone.

I thought it was great when he mentioned that Kerry campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill refers to them as the "discredited Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," and challenge her to to come up with one paragraph, one sentence, or one statement that was not true..."

MAIN Stream Right Wing Media personalities
could learn something from 80 year old Rear ADM. Roy Hoffman

Rear ADM. Roy Hoffman asking the questions
that Main Stream Media should be asking!

Both Right and Left!

02/18/05

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346397/posts

"Mary Beth Cahill getting it for referring to"discredited" swiftboat vets.
Challenged anyone to come up with anything that has been "discredited"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346397/posts?page=113#113

Tainted media [Kerry's 'honorable' discharge?]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345874/posts

"Some of the public have begun to wake up but more need to do so.
Many in the media also need to wake up to what they are doing, or failing to do,
when their politics taints their work."

TownHall.com ^ | February 18, 2005 | Thomas Sowell

For those who say the GOP can't acknowledge Swift Boat Vets,
they are wrong.

Karl Rove also exposed the false testimony by Hanoi Kerry in 1971

Rove Credits Swiftvets With 'Energizing' Bush Vote (Thank You Karl Rove!)

"...Rove recalled that his uncle had done several tours of duty in Vietnam.
I've never been able to think of Colonel Verhi as somebody who would have
'raped and pillaged in a manner reminiscent of Genghis Khan,'"
a reference to Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony where he accused Vietnam veterans
of committing widespread atrocities."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345603/posts

Viet Nam Vet Ollie North nailed Hanoi Kerry on his false 1971 testimony.

"Kerry testified under oath before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 that Americans in Vietnam had "raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war."

Set aside the horrific and defamatory nature of these accusations and ask this: Did he witness these atrocities? Did he try to stop them? If not, was he held accountable for dereliction of duty? If he knows the perpetrators, did he ever see that they were brought to justice? If not, why?"

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ollienorth/on20040220.shtml

And FR's own Interesting Times nailed Hanoi Kerry for his lies in 1971

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

Now can anyone name 1 so called MAIN Stream Right Wing Media
personality

(we know Russert on tv and Imus on radio from the Left have)

that has asked,

in 2005,

these questions?

"Asked Kerry when he will sign Form 180.

(Even though President Bush signed his Form 180)

Or how could Kerry have a top secret clearance,
and access to US intelligence
WITHOUT revealing ALL his military records to the US Senate

Who in the US Senate has seen ALL of Kerry's military records?

Who, in the US Senate, gave him his top secret clearance?

Or why Kerry is still in the US Senate.
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html

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

BUT he's still attacking President Bush in '05

Kerry Trashes Bush in Baghdad Jan '05

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315333/posts

Kerry: Bush Still Hiding His Guard Records Feb '05

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

Distribute these url's in e-mail, Vet boards, Conservative boards, etc.

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

Terrific occasion. Wish I could have been there. The era 2004-2005 will eventually be recognized, even at Columbia Journalism School, as the time when bloggers came of age as the cutting edge of journalism. And remember that though O'Neil and his courageous shipmates did the heavy lifting, the bloggers played a part in building that story.

For a review of this process, click below. Or, if you want to see it presaged six months ago, see "The Manifesto of Pukin Dog," back in September, and posted here on FreeRepublic.

It is a new world. We know that, full well. The MSM (at least the brighter ones in that closed world) are beginning to realize that as well.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, Confessions of a "Salivating Moron"

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