Posted on 07/29/2004 3:38:48 AM PDT by kattracks
Free Speech Zone? What happened if they said "Kerry is a f'n liar" outside the "zone"?
Poseur Troll Alert.
On aisle 62.
The long run on paragraph strikes a memory bell with me. This is probably not his first Trolling on Free Republic.
It is amazing how fast the Lunatic Left's Brownshirt Digital Response Trolls respond to threads like this.
bttt
My letter to the editor:
'Hanoi John' Gets Unwelcome Reception From Veterans
Thank you for writing and covering the story about the Swift Boat Vets and other Vietnam veterans. I am not a veteran - I am someone who kept my mouth closed during the Vietnam era days and let people like John Kerry and his ilk dishonor these warriors.
I am ashamed for my silence 30 years ago. I am speaking out now and I hope to do everything I can to see that John Kerry NEVER becomes commander in chief over our military.
This topic deserves more coverage and I thank you for writing about it.
I sent the wintersoldier.com and the switvets Web sites to Canada Free Press along with the NewsMax article and a photo of the Vietnam vets protest.
I suggested they speak to some of the vets and then maybe do a story.
We should pick one conservative and one non-conservative local newspaper and ALL do the same! Be sure to mention that these are non-political Web sites (only Vets speaking out)
My dad was the first person in the family to put a Bush bumper sticker on his truck. Before that he had "Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry". First bumper stickers he's ever put on.
Breaking News from NewsMax.com
CBS Poll: Kerry Still Losing Vet Vote to Bush
Military veterans still aren't buying into Sen. John Kerry's campaign sales pitch that his service in Vietnam qualifies him to be Commander-in-Chief, the latest CBS News poll shows.
The survey - taken on the eve of the Democratic Convention and never mentioned in formal news reports - shows that veterans back President Bush over Kerry, 47 to 41 percent.
Kerry's fellow Vietnam veterans were not surveyed independently. But anecdotal evidence suggests that most veterans of that era still harbor deep resentments against Kerry because of anti-war protests where he trashed his comrades in arms as war criminals and cavorted with Vietnam Veteran Public Enemy No. 1, Jane Fonda.
The survey shows some improvement for the Massachusetts Democrat over a CBS poll taken in June, where Kerry trailed Bush with veterans by 15 points. Still, if the presidential challenger doesn't top Bush in the veterans catagory by the end of the Democratic Convention, it's sure to be a huge political embarrassment.
To that end, the Kerry-Edwards campaign has rounded up support from a handful of ex-military commanders such as former Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. William J. Crowe, who also vouched for Bill Clinton's national security credentials in 1992.
But outside of a few of Kerry's Swift Boat comrades, most who served with him in Vietnam seem to oppose his bid for the White House.
In May, 220 out of the 229 Swift Boat veterans contacted by the group "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" signed an open letter questioning Kerry's fitness to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
Among those registering their objections to Kerry: the entire chain of command he served under in Vietnam; including Lt. Commander Grant Hibbard, Lt. Commander George Elliott, Captain Charles Plumly, Captain Adrian Lonsdale USCG, and Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman.
I am a 22 year USMC veteran and proud GOP supporter. I can honestly tell you that there are career Marines, and I am sure other branches as well, are cuddled in their warm cocoon of gubmint security.
Mind you, most of these guys are R.E.M.F.'s. They are the ones who bogart the accompanied tours and never deploy, when all the rest are out in the field 300 days a year. They like that nice warm soft gubmint teat. They are Democraps from jump street.
Fortunately, they only comprise a very small minority (maybe 15%) of the active duty forces.
That's exactly it. He wants to play the hero now, but he tried to make all the soldiers look cruel and evil back then. He doesn't deserve to be commander in chief.
I wish everyone could read what you wrote on this thread. Thanks for sharing your sadness, and outrage at sKerry. God bless!
SheLion,
My husband was also Army.(Sgt.,also) He used to send me pictures when he was in VietNam (we weren't married at the time). He had sent me a couple of pictures of the spraying. I never thought much about them until after he died. Those pictures are what got me my widows benefits. My Veterans Affairs Officer made copies of them and told the VA that we had them. I had waited over a year for those benefits.
Here's one
(taken from NewsMax article)
To that end, the Kerry-Edwards campaign has rounded up support from a handful of ex-military commanders such as former Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. William J. Crowe, who also vouched for Bill Clinton's national security credentials in 1992.
I didn't know hubby when he was in Nam. I met him a few months after he came home. I am GLAD I didn't know him at that time. I would have been a total wreck. I'm happy your got the widows benefits. I'm not sure what that is...........so I guess I am not getting them. :(
Thanks so much. I kept it in as long as I could. But the more the media toots Kerry's horn about being in Nam the madder I get. 4 and a half months? I bet that man never had a dirty fingernail in his life.
He should have lived in the dirt for over a year like the rest of the Vets! Kerry is sickening!
Ping!
WooHoo!
You took the words right out of my mouth; I think that is why I am so furious about John Kerry. I was so upset when the realization came to me that I didn't post for days.
I'm sorry to hear that your hubby is gone. Kerry isn't fit to even shine his boots, let alone walk in them.
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