http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kerry2004/ en-us Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:34:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954736/posts Countering Kerry’s Orwellian HistoryFReeper Review of Swett and Ziegler, To Set the Record StraightBy Fedora I recently had the pleasure of reading Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler’s new book To Set the Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry (Foreword by John O’Neill, New American Media Publishing, 2008, 389pp, hardcover $29.95, ToSetTheRecordStraight.com). As someone whose research is given an acknowledgment by the authors, I would like here to share some of my reactions to this important book. The first chapter begins with a review of John Kerry’s role in promoting Vietnam Veterans Against... Original FReeper review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954736/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:34:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826231/posts A civil servant who leaked a secret memo about George W. Bush wanted it to be seen by US presidential candidate John Kerry, the Old Bailey heard. David Keogh, 50, from Northampton, is said to have passed a highly sensitive document detailing talks between Mr. Bush and Tony Blair to Leo O'Connor. Mr. Keogh told jurors the contents of the memo had preyed on his mind. Mr. Keogh and Mr. O'Connor, 44, also of Northampton, deny three charges under the Official Secrets Act. Mr. Keogh had been asked to copy out the memo for distribution to high-ranking UK officials. The... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826231/posts#comment Tue, 1 May 2007 00:09:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799101/posts Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the richest man in the presidential race.Presidential candidates are not required to disclose their net worth, and Romney has not. But analysts who track compensation in Romney’s business field said it was likely to exceed $500 million, according to a report in Saturday's New York Times.Romney built his fortune with the Boston-based Bain Capital, a venture and buyout firm. In 1984, Romney began investing Bain’s $40 million venture fund that eventually grew to billions. Romney’s fund was the first investor in Staples, the office supplies store. The Times also suggests that Romney has... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799101/posts#comment Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:00:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1291639/posts Ohio — Today, attorneys representing the Kerry-Edwards campaign filed papers in Delaware County, Ohio to intervene in legal proceedings in defense of Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb, Libertarian Michael Badnarik and their legal counsel, the National Voting Rights Institute, who are seeking a recount of all votes cast for president in the Ohio 2004 general election. Vote Cobb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1291639/posts#comment Wed, 1 Dec 2004 03:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288628/posts Editorial: Anglosphere's leadership is singing in tune IN an analysis of George W. Bush's election victory in the current issue of The Economist, the magazine's acerbic US commentator, "Lexington", warns the Democrats against the self-serving view that the US President won by appealing to base instincts such as fear and hatred. The Republicans "clobbered them on hope". Mr Bush was better than John Kerry at "exuding optimism" and "addressing the aspirations of an aspirational people". This is always the winning strategy in a pro-growth culture such as the US, and shows the Republicans have turned themselves into the "party of... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288628/posts#comment Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287234/posts Thank goodness for pollster Brad Coker and his Mason-Dixon research organization. Their late polls may rescue us from a wrong-headed interpretation of the 2004 election results. Coker offers an alternative to Warren Mitofsky’s flawed exit-poll-driven conclusion that moral values were the driving force behind this election. Yes, the fact that moral values were more frequently mentioned in this year’s exit poll is significant, but it’s not as significant as it’s being touted to be. Although morality was a plurality winner in the exit poll’s “most important issue” sweepstakes, barely one in five voters (22 percent) said values were the top... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287234/posts#comment Wed, 24 Nov 2004 04:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286976/posts "THEY are like mules," a particularly cool bishop remarked the other day of progressives in the Catholic church. "They have no heirs." Might this also be true of the deconstructionist Left in politics, with its conceivably sui generis progenitors traceable only back to the counter-cultural sixties and seventies? There's an argument to be made. The re-election of George Bush, an unequivocally combative conservative, and the return of John Howard for a fourth term, suggests climate change in American and Australian politics rather than seasonal variation. After fighting Bush with dedicated unscrupulousness throughout the presidential campaign, The New York Times tacitly... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286976/posts#comment Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1257200/posts VVAW, FBI files and John Kerry, What I have found 1. “On September 30, 1971, Robert Malone, Chief of Police, University of Nevada, advised Kerry’s speech at the University was sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of Nevada, and that he was paid $1,200.00, including expenses for his appearance.” Kerry is paid for VVAW speeches, pg 25 2. VVAW pickets restaurant because owner refuses to serve long haired, barefoot and dirty veterans in his place of business. It is also noted that the organization encourages the use of narcotics. VVAW pickets restaurant, pg 28-29 3. VVAW distributes literature... FBI Files on Vietnam Veterans Against the War VVAW and John Kerry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1257200/posts#comment Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:18:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177438/posts Even the stomach of the liberal-left Village Voice has turned at John Kerry's role as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs in covering up the substantial body of evidence that captured American servicemen were held back by the North Vietnamese to assure U.S. performance on peace agreements. On Sept. 21, 1992, former CIA director and secretary of defense James Schlesinger told the Kerry committee flatly that Americans were left behind in Vietnam. The precise numbers were a matter of record. Sworn affidavits say that Kerry gave orders on or before April 9, 1992, to shred intelligence... Insight http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177438/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240673/posts If the name of a "Big Money" Political Party Donor with ties to Enron were discovered on the Saddam's Coalition of the Bribed, what do you think would happen to the Candidate of that party? What if that Candidate of that Party was John Kerry? Newsweek drops a bombshell on the Kerry Campaign: Texas Oil Baron and Big-Time Democrat Donor Oscar Wyatt has received perhaps as much a $22 million dollars in profits through oil allocations bought illicity from Saddam Hussein. From MSNBC: United Nations: Oil-for-Food Fiasco?"Law-enforcement sources say Americans who participated in alleged oil-for-food scams also may face further... The Kerry Fairy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240673/posts#comment Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240633/posts TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would welcome a proposal by U.S. presidential candidate Senator John Kerry's running mate for a "great bargain" to solve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards has said that Kerry, a Democrat, would be willing to supply Iran with nuclear fuel for power generation if Tehran abandons its own fuel-making capability - if Iran did not accept this offer, it would confirm Iran wanted to make an atom bomb. Iran earlier rejected the proposal, saying it would be "irrational" for Iran to jeopardize what... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240633/posts#comment Sun, 10 Oct 2004 06:31:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235287/posts There are many similarities between the fictional Manchurian Candidate, Sergeant Raymond Shaw, who returns to America after the Korean War with a Medal of Honor, and John F Kerry. In the original 1962 movie-THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, not the recent politically correct version of the movie, the communists in the Korean War capture an American infantry platoon and subject them to intense brainwashing techniques. One of the patrol members, Sergeant Shaw, played by Harvey, is a carefully programmed sleeper agent, brainwashed to go back to America to kill the future President of the United States.... WINTER SOLDIER.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235287/posts#comment Tue, 5 Oct 2004 00:54:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1232844/posts Perhaps Sen. John Kerry does have an advantage after all over President Bush in understanding the complex political issues of the Middle East. New research by Burke's Peerage reveals that Mr. Kerry is the only presidential candidate in U.S. history who has genealogical descent from Muslims, Jews and Christians. "Senator Kerry ... is a virtual walking United Nations," says Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's. Mr. Kerry is kinsman of the Shi'ite shahs of Persia (the most famous was Shah Abbas I, who reigned from 1587 to 1629), as well as the Muslim kings of Tunisia, all of whom —... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1232844/posts#comment Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:44:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1222227/posts Monday, September 20, 2004 The Kerry campaign: Definition of insanity Posted: September 20, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Doug Powers © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com John Kerry is down in the polls, and his campaign is now the political equivalent of a hooved animal on a frozen pond. The news for Kerry keeps getting worse. Why? For the Democrats, the textbook definition of "insanity" comes to mind: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Months ago, it all seemed so promising for Kerry. He came back from a distant third to win in Iowa, he had the best hair of... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1222227/posts#comment Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:20:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1207043/posts The state troopers' union is seriously considering an endorsement of President Bush, a vote that would be an embarrassment for Sen. John F. Kerry and a risky move for the union, according to government and law enforcement sources. ``It would be embarrassing for the senator that the state police in his own state aren't supporting him,'' said one law enforcement source. Members of the executive board for the State Police Association of Massachusetts met earlier this week but took no action on an endorsement - despite intense speculation the leadership was poised to reach a decision, according to state police... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1207043/posts#comment Sat, 4 Sep 2004 04:02:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200373/posts There appears to be concern here about the safty of President Nixon while he is visiting his compound in Fla. The FBI report is from the Miami office of the FBI. Start on page 10 read until bottom of page 13 http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/fbifiles/100-HQ-448092/Section%2013/Section%2013.pdf FBI Files on Vietnam Veterans Against the War and John Kerry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200373/posts#comment Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201178/posts Several days I ago I realized that all the dates of John Kerry's activities were totally jumbled in my head. I sat down to make a little timeline. It grew into a massive timeline - and covers his entire life. I know several other FReepers had the same confusion. So here is the result. It is still a work in progress, and any additions, corrections, etc. will be most appreciated.The entire timeline along with pictures will be archived at my web site: http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html. I will be making the additions there, so you might want to bookmark that site. John... John Forbes Kerry Timeline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201178/posts#comment Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:12:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201491/posts <p>BODY: Vietnam. The Mekong Delta. February 1969.</p> <p>US Navy boats glide through rays of sunlight glinting off cobalt waters. Lush green palms and mangroves sway on river banks, and just under them dozens of Viet Cong snipers are dug in deep. John Forbes Kerry, then a 25-year-old skipper of the six-man crew on Patrol Craft Fast 93, is about to be ambushed.</p> The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201491/posts#comment Sat, 28 Aug 2004 05:07:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196265/posts Not a flame, just a thought. If McCain-Feingold prohibits coordination between independent 527 organizations, like Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth, and candidates and campaigns, then how can John Kerry expect President Bush to ask that the Swift Vets stop running their ads? If President Bush affects a 527 organizations's activity in any way, isn't that "coordination?" Doesn't CFR, as things currently stand, legally prohibit President Bush from doing anything but stand on the sidelines, with regard to the Swift Vets? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196265/posts#comment Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:38:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189380/posts In an interview this morning on Fox and Friends, Kerry spokeman Jeh Johnson backed off of Democrat presidential nominee Senator John Kerry's repeated statements that he had spent Christmas 1968 on a secret mission in Cambodia.Fox's Brian Kilmead asked Mr. Johnson whether Sen. Kerry would release the action report from January 20, 1969 regarding purported action in Cambodia.Mr. Johnson said, "I believe you're referring to an incident that happened near Cambodia. Okay, well John Kerry has said on the record that he had a mistaken recollection earlier. He talked about a combat situation on Christmas Eve, 1968, which at one... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189380/posts#comment Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:41:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187224/posts The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have hired their own lawyers in response to the Kerry/Edwards campaign's threat of ruinous lawsuits for anyone who allows the independent 527 to purchase ad time at their media outlet. For some reason, the Democrats seem to have a problem with the actual practice of free speech, even after having their party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, call George Bush a deserter and John Kerry question the quality of his National Guard service. When the shoe moves to the other foot, suddenly the Democrats switch from "Bring It On" to "We'll Sue You Into Silence," quite... Captain's Quarters Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187224/posts#comment Sun, 8 Aug 2004 05:20:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187398/posts When conservative Alan Keyes of Maryland accepts the Illinois Republican U.S. Senate nomination today in Arlington Heights, he'll be joining the ranks of some very liberal company: Hillary Clinton, Robert F. Kennedy and even John Kerry All three of those prominent Democrats had to battle the carpetbagger tag when running for federal office after jumping into a race outside their home bases. Expect the out-of-state issue to be one of the first Keyes addresses when he is scheduled to officially get into the Senate contest at a 2 p.m. rally today at The Wellington restaurant, 2121 S. Arlington Heights Road,... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187398/posts#comment Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186907/posts 7 p.m. CDT Thursday - cw-3At the capitol building in Jefferson City, Mo., the state where Mark Twain lived, Sen. John F. Kerry jokes that Huck Finn never wanted to grow up - just like some guys his daughters have dated. He laughs and hugs daughter Alex. 10:30 p.m. - The whistlestop tour halts in Sedalia, Mo., where some Bush fans heckle. Kerry tells his supporters to let them chant because they have only three more months to do so. Sen. John Edwards says his children are aboard and to please show some good Missouri manners. Teresa Heinz Kerry tells... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186907/posts#comment Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:30:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185049/posts Three Vietnam veterans who were held captive for years in the prison known as the "Hanoi Hilton" revealed Tuesday that their Communist jailers repeatedly cited John Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony branding them as war criminals to justify threatening them with execution and drive down their morale. "These statements [by Kerry] ... were proof I deserved to be punished," former POW Air Force pilot Jim Warner told United Press International. During every interrogation session, said Warner, his Vietnamese jailers echoed Kerry's charges that he was a war criminal. "The memory of that was still pretty fresh in my mind, and I... NewsMax .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185049/posts#comment Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182988/posts "We resent very deeply the false war crimes charges he made coming back from Vietnam in 1971 and repeated in the book "Tour of Duty." We think those cast an aspersion on all those living and dead, from our unit and other units in Vietnam. We think that he knew he was lying when he made the charges, and we think that they're unsupportable. We intend to bring the truth about that to the American people. We believe, based on our experience with him, that he is totally unfit to be the Commander-in-Chief." -- John O'Neill, spokesman, Swift Boat Veterans... www.wintersoldier.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182988/posts#comment Sun, 1 Aug 2004 19:51:18 GMT