http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kerrywasinvietnam/ en-us Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373161/posts RUSH: It is apparent, ladies and gentlemen, that General John "Swifty" Kerry has taken over Obama foreign policy. You people who thought you were voting for Obama to change foreign policy were wrong. You know, I still can't get over that last sound bite. President Obama, there aren't Bush troops, and there aren't Obama troops. Those are American soldiers, and you've abandoned them, while claiming to these naval people in Jacksonville yesterday you never -- he's embarrassing. Worse than that, it's dangerous. We got John "Swifty" Kerry, who served in Vietnam, by the way, yesterday afternoon at the Council on... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373161/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074735/posts It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing. On Tuesday night, 15-year-old Victoria Blackstone, a sophomore at the St. Agnes School in St. Paul, led the crowd at the Xcel Energy Center in the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience heard her 434-word essay, “Pledging myself to the Flag of the United States of America,” an essay she’d entered it in the “Wave the Stars & Stripes” essay contest and won. The... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074735/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:17:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773230/posts This loser just won't go away. I just received the following from the Kerry Camp in my disposable email; From: "John Kerry" {info@johnkerry.com}To: lewwaters@i’llnevertell.comSubject: Still fightingDate: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:04:48 -0500 Dear Lew, I wanted to start by just saying thank you -- thank you to each and every one of you who has come together in the johnkerry.com community. Thanks to you, we have a new Democratic Congress that is fighting to stop the administration's disastrous course in Iraq, thanks to you we can be a Congress that addresses issues like climate change and health care, and thanks... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773230/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:29:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758786/posts "This is a true story.....Check out this photo from our mess hall at the US Embassy yesterday morning. Sen. Kerry found himself all alone while he was over here. He cancelled his press conference because no one came, he worked out alone in the gym w/o any soldiers even going up to say hi or ask for an autograph (I was one of those who was in the gym at the same time), and he found himself eating breakfast with only a couple of folks who are obviously not troops. What is amazing is Bill O'Reilly came to visit with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758786/posts#comment Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645150/posts Dear xxxxx, This morning, Republicans are making laughable claims of momentum in the 2006 elections. They poured over $5 million dollars of national Republican money into a California special election to hold onto a seat that they've held since it was created by the GOP, for the GOP 15 years ago. And they eked out a victory by 5,000 votes. Their claims of momentum are as phony as their claims of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Help make today a day of defiant determination by personally joining in a remarkable display of grassroots support for four key Democratic challengers... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645150/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:51:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611999/posts WASHINGTON, April 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- RNC Press Secretary Tracey Schmitt responded to John Kerry's appearance on NBC's Meet The Press with the following statement: "In his never ending effort to remain relevant, John Kerry today put forward his trademark pessimism. From his calls for retreat and defeat in Iraq to censuring the President, the Senator is more consumed with his own political future than national security. Despite the Democrats' consummate defeatism, President Bush remains committed to winning the War on Terror and protecting Americans." -Tracey Schmitt, RNC press secretary MORE OF THE SAME FROM KERRY Sen. Kerry Once Again... US Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611999/posts#comment Sun, 9 Apr 2006 18:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472855/posts The Quiet American by Grhame Greene is the quintessential anti vietnam novel. Written in 1955 while the French effort in then Indochina was raging, the novel explores and illustrates the various feelings regarding Vietnam that came to dominate American political culture in the late 1960's. The protagnist of the book is a guy called Fowler. Fowler is an American hating, left-leaning atheist in the mold of Greene himself. On the other side is a fellow named Pyle, who works at the American embassy and is a strident anti-communist. Fowler is very Kerry-esque, tortured by every conceivable nuance missed by the... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472855/posts#comment Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:34:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381072/posts Kerry: Trickery Kept Voters From Polls 8 minutes ago Politics - U. S. Congress By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday. AP Photo "Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters. "There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381072/posts#comment Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/734316/posts The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/734316/posts#comment Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:39:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1272050/posts RETIRES TO VIETNAM... MEDITATES OVER THE LOSS... MEANWHILE, JOHN EDWARDS PREPARES FOR '08 RegisteredMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1272050/posts#comment Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:25:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1244269/posts http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1049673Vote_Clark_In_WI (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-13-04 10:35 AM Original message BAD news from one of the local Sinclair advertisers I got this response this morning... Dear ****, Would like to know who directed you to send e-mail to this address. Our buildings have been shot at the last two nights and police are investgating. I am forwarding this to them so you can expect a follow up from them. This was my letter, by the way, Good Afternoon, As a life-long Madison resident, I am very concerned to find that your business advertises on Fox47, which is a Sinclair Company. As... The DUmp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1244269/posts#comment Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1243546/posts <p>An official Navy document on Senator Kerry's campaign Web site listed as Mr. Kerry's "Honorable Discharge from the Reserves" opens a door on a well kept secret about his military service.</p> <p>The document is a form cover letter in the name of the Carter administration's secretary of the Navy, W. Graham Claytor. It describes Mr. Kerry's discharge as being subsequent to the review of "a board of officers." This in it self is unusual. There is nothing about an ordinary honorable discharge action in the Navy that requires a review by a board of officers.</p> New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1243546/posts#comment Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:56:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1242235/posts 1035549, DNC Press Release: Sinclair Broadcasting Group Posted by Skinner on Mon Oct-11-04 02:15 PM For Immediate Release October 11, 2004 SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP The Sinclair Broadcasting Group is a conservative broadcasting network that controls television airwaves in dozens of major television markets, including markets in battleground states such as Florida and Ohio. Recently, it has banned shows that are critical of the war on terror, ordered its stations not to air a tribute to our fallen U.S. soldiers, and now plans to air an anti-Kerry movie days before election day. The Sinclair Broadcasting Group has historically contributed thousands of... Democratic Underground http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1242235/posts#comment Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236242/posts 9:00 P.M. EDT Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236242/posts#comment Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:59:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217967/posts Remember Michael Kranish, the Boston Globe reporter who is one of the Kerry campaign’s prime boosters in the media, and whose name mysteriously disappeared from the official Kerry campaign book sometime during the publication process? Well, look who’s starring in a new film about John Kerry’s Vietnam service: Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry. From IMDB: Credited cast: Ben Affleck .... Narrator (voice) John Kerry .... Himself Michael Kranish .... Himself http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407263/ Littlegreenfootballs.com, IMDB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217967/posts#comment Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205381/posts HEWITT: Sitting across from me Terry McAuliffe. Strike me dead. It’s so good to see you here Mr. Chairman. It’s good to have you at the Democratic National Convention and at the Republican National Convention MCAULIFFE: Who would have thought that I’d be going around with a credential at the Republican Convention. HEWITT: Can you stay for a couple of hours? MCAULIFFE: Love to. Love it here. Everybody is being hospitable to me. HEWITT: I want to start with some very easy questions. MCAULIFFE: Yeah. HEWITT: Do you believe that John Kerry took a CIA man into Cambodia and kept... hughhewitt.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205381/posts#comment Thu, 2 Sep 2004 05:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1204193/posts STOP THE WAR ON HEROISM As an American, I am very upset about how people are attacking Sen. John Kerry's (USN '66-'70) war record. I can't help but think about how these attacks will effect soldiers serving so bravely today. I am writing to show my support to ALL soldiers that server during a time of war, regardless of your service length, location or level of danger you are in. When critics refer to Kerry's service as "only 4 months," they are completely dismissing his first tour of duty on the USS Gridley. What message does this send to soldiers... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1204193/posts#comment Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:10:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199747/posts As reported on Brit Hume's "Special Report" on Wednesday, August 25, 2004. Kerry, in his speech, said: "I remember well April, 1968 - I was serving in Vietnam -- a place of violence --  when the news reports brought home to me and my crewmates the violence back home - and the tragic news that one of the bullets flying that terrible spring took the life of that unabashedly maladjusted citizen." AfricanAmericans.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199747/posts#comment Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199345/posts Minneapolis Star Tribune censors IPW cartoonist IowaPresidentialWatch.com’s political cartoonist, Linda Eddy, has been censored by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Eddy distributes her cartoons by email and regularly sends them to the Tribune. Her latest, showing John Kerry during his 1971 Senate testimony, is titled “Silencing Veterans since 1971” and shows an American soldier in Kerry’s hand, his head covered. Tribune Deputy Editorial Page Editor B. James Boyd responded to Eddy’s latest cartoon by banning any future editorials from the artist: “Please take me off your e-mail list. Your latest statements about Kerry are too much. He said no such... IowaPresidentialWatch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199345/posts#comment Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1197274/posts HANOI (Reuters) - In the heart of what was once enemy territory for American forces, Hanoi residents seemed bemused Monday over the debate in the U.S. presidential campaign about who did what in the Vietnam War three decades ago.Nearly half of Vietnam's 81 million people were born after what is known here as the "American War" ended in April 1975 with the ignominious withdrawal of the last U.S. forces before the communist North reunified the country. Nguyen Lu Dung, a 23-year-old office clerk, was one of them. She said she did not know Democratic candidate John Kerry had fought in... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1197274/posts#comment Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:10:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193235/posts (with apologies to Hank Williams) Your purple hearts Will tell on you: You'll try to lie - We'll see right through. Those mem'ries seared Will come unglued. Your purple hearts will tell on you. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193235/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188172/posts Will Kerry's supporters stop at nothing? The cover of the new anti-Kerry book, Unfit for Command, set to hit shelves soon, has been given an alternative, pro-Kerry cover at the Barnes & Noble online store. The title of the book has been changed to Fit for Command, and the cover image has been changed from a close-up of a finger-pointing Kerry to a picture of Kerry in uniform with other Vietnam veterans. (The book currently sits at #7 on the Barnes & Noble Top 100 and at #2 on Amazon.) The book, which challenges the "war hero" status of John... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188172/posts#comment Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:45:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186997/posts Kerry defends his '70s anti-war activities KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] expressed pride in his 1970s antiwar activism yesterday as controversy continued to swirl over a TV ad accusing him of betraying his fellow veterans when he protested the Vietnam war. ``I stood up against the war in the 1970s,'' Kerry said. ``Some people still don't like that, and they're still trying to fight that. That's 35 years old. But I'm proud of what I did to stand up. And I learned a lot.'' A group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth launched... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186997/posts#comment Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186749/posts FReeper and co-author of 'Unfit for Command' Jerome R. Corsi, PhD is being attacked on WashingtonMonthly and MediaMatters. From WashingtonMonthly: LUNATICS?....A few misguided souls took issue with my cavalier dismissal of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth as "certifiable lunatics" yesterday. If you're one of them, I have two words for you: click here. It turns out I was being too kind.... That leads to this MediaMatters page: While much has been written about the identity and history of John E. O'Neill -- one of the authors of the forthcoming Regnery book Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against... Political Animal/Media Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186749/posts#comment Sat, 7 Aug 2004 03:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185696/posts In Rush's closing segment he said that he just received a story or document saying that lawyers for both the Kerry and Edwards teams were sending out letters to TV stations warning them about showing the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth advertisement! Rush http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185696/posts#comment Thu, 5 Aug 2004 19:01:48 GMT