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<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;">The
"Big Lie", left un-deconstructed, becomes truth. Having a "Rapid
Response" site on the web is great, IF someone cares, IF someone can
find it,and...IF they do something about it.</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Question
is, why weren't these issues raised with Kerry advocates and other
like-wise interested parties, by phone, fax or email before their
appearances? <br>
Lack of foresight and co-ordination!<br>
Wes Clark, Maureeen Dowd, Paul Krugman and others, all part of the"
rinse, spin, dry", weekend news cycle, came un-prepared and were,
subsequently, am-Bushed on Time Russert-CNBC, Chris Mathews & Late
Edition with Wolf Blitzer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Covering
for, and discounting the distortion, both Blitzer & Mathews
suggested the real issue for Viet Vets (as if they would know, neither
having served), was Kerry's protest after returning.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Is this
"Swiftbait", or "Swiftgate"?</span> </p>
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Text below pasted from the <a
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">Narrator: "Here's
what these men think about John Kerry." </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310">None of the
Following Speakers in This Ad Served on Either of Kerry's Two SWIFT
Boats (PCF44 & PCF94). Absolutely NONE of these men served on John
Kerry's SWIFT boats in Vietnam. Some of them were in Vietnam at the
same time, some of them did serve on SWIFT boats but none of them were
on John Kerry's SWIFT boat.<br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"John Kerry has
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>George
Elliott was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<p><b>Was Elliott Honest in 1996 When He Said This of Kerry?</b><br>
"The fact that he chased an armed enemy down is not something not to be
looked down upon but it was an act of courage. And the whole outfit
served with honor..."[T]here was no question that it was above and
beyond anything that we had seen down there in that case at that time
frame...It just so happened that this one was so outstanding that the
Silver Star was eventually awarded." <i>[Kerry Press Conference,
10/27/96]</i> </p>
<p><b>In 1969, Elliott Wrote This to Describe John Kerry's
Fitness as a SWIFT Boat Commander</b><br>
"In a combat environment often requiring independent, decisive action,
LTJG Kerry was unsurpassed. He constantly reviewed tactics and lessons
learned in river operations and applied his experience at every
opportunity. On one occasion, while in tactical command of a three boat
operation his units were taken under fire from ambush. LTJG Kerry
rapidly assessed the situation and ordered his units to turn directly
into the ambush. This decision resulted in routing the attackers with
several KIA. LTJG Kerry emerges as the acknowledged leader in his peer
group. His bearing and appearance are above reproach. He has of his own
volition learned the Vietnamese language and is instrumental in the
successful Vietnamese training program. During the period of this
report LTJG Kerry has been awarded the Silver Star medal, the Bronze
Star medal, the Purple Heart medal (2nd and 3rd awards)."<i>[U.S. Navy,
Officer Fitness Report signed by George Elliott; 18, Dec 1969]</i> </p>
<p><b>Elliott on Presenting Kerry the Silver Star: He Went "Above
& Beyond the Call of Duty."</b><br>
"The [Silver Star] ceremony [for John Kerry] was meant to be a morale
booster,' Commander George Elliot recalled. 'We were trying to pay
tribute to Kerry and the others for going above and beyond the call of
duty. The Silver Star is always a big deal." <i>[Tour of Duty, 2004,
Brinkley; p. 294]</i><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"He is lying
about his record." </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Al French
was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="561" colspan="3"><b>Kerry's
Not Lying And Neither Are the People That Back Up Kerry's Military
Actions:</b>
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<li>the U.S. Navy </li>
<li>Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Commander U.S. Naval Forces in
Vietnam </li>
<li>Admiral John Hyland Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet </li>
<li>Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley </li>
<li>the Boston Globe </li>
<li>James Rassmann and the Crewmates of PCF-44 & PCF 94. </li>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"I know John
Kerry is lying about his first purple heart, because I treated him for
that injury." </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Louis
Letson, Now Part of the Republican Veterans Efforts to Smear Kerry, WAS
NOT the Doctor That Signed Kerry's Sick Call Sheet and Was NOT a Kerry
Crewmate</u><br>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="561" colspan="3"><b>Letson
Offers NO PROOF He Treated Kerry.</b><br>
Despite Letson's claims to have treated Kerry, he is not listed on any
document as having treated Kerry after the 12/2/68 firefight. Offering
only an account of dates and places-which is readily available in
Kerry's biography and media accounts-Lester has produced nothing to
verify his treatment of Kerry.
<p><b>Another Doctor Signed Kerry's Sick Call Sheet.</b><br>
Regarding Dr. Letson's recollection of Mr. Kerry's wound, Michael
Meehan, a campaign spokesman, noted that a different person, J. C.
Carreon, had signed the "sick call sheet" summarizing treatment of the
injury, and asked, "Who is this guy? How do we know that he was the
doctor who treated him?" The aides produced several veterans to attest
to Mr. Kerry's bona fides. <i>[New York Times, 5/4/04]</i> </p>
<p><b>Letson Didn't Record His Memories of Vietnam Until Kerry's
Emergence in 2003.</b><br>
"Letson says that last year, as the Democratic campaign began to heat
up, he told friends that he remembered treating one of the candidates
many years ago. In response to their questions, Letson says, he wrote
down his recollections of the time." <i>[National Review Online,
5/4/04]</i><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"John Kerry lied
to get his Bronze Star. I know. I was there. I saw what happened." </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Van O'Dell
was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="561" colspan="3"><b>The
Simple Truth:</b> John Kerry was nominated for the Bronze Star by James
Rassmann and eyewitness accounts, official naval documents and
independent analyses all state that Kerry and his crew were under fire
on the day in question.
<p>Official Naval documents available to the public at the Naval
Historical Center in Washington, DC and available at <a
href="http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/service.html">www.JohnKerry.com</a>
include the after action reports, also known as "spot reports." These
reports contain the details of the four boats involved in these actions
on March, 13. 1969-including Kerry's boat PCF-94. These reports contain
specific details of time, personnel, combat action and even maps. These
report specifically detail the boats involved receiving, "HEAVY A/W
(automatic weapons) AND S/A (small arms) FROM BOTH BANKS. FIRECONTINUED
FOZNABOUT 5000 METERS." </p>
<p>Kerry's injury report for this action, also available at the
Naval Historical Center in Washington DC, reads: </p>
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<pre> KERRY, JOHN F., XXXXXX, USN WOUNDED IN ACTION - <br> 13 March 1969 vicinity of Song Bay Hap, South <br> Vietnam. Received shrapnel wounds in the left <br> buttocks and contusions on the right forearm <br> when a mine detonated close to PCF-94 while <br> engaged in operations on river. CONDITIONS AND <br> PROGNOSIS EXCELLENT. RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION<br> </pre>
<p>The Boston Globe, which has repeatedly criticized John Kerry
for any exaggeration or misstatement for the past 30 years, did their
own investigation into Kerry's military career. The Globe wrote in
their book, "John F. Kerry; A Complete Biography by the Boston Globe
Reporters Who Know Him Best", that a mine blast threw James Rassmann
into the water and made him "a bobbing target as he dodged the bullets
whizzing around him." <i>[p.106]</i> </p>
<p>Eyewitness account from James Rassmann also detail the fact
that PCF-94 and other boats were under fire. In March of 2004,
Rassmann, a registered Republican who had not seen Kerry in more than
30 years before their reunion in Iowa this year, recalled the
following: "Viet Cong snipers fired at him, and Rassmann submerged over
and over to avoid being hit. The bullets came from both banks, and
Rassmann had nowhere to go. He began thinking his time had come, but
the fifth time he came up, he saw the convoy had turned around. Kerry
had ordered the boats back to pick up the man overboard. Kerry's boat,
under heavy fire, sidled up to the struggling soldier. Rassmann tried
to scramble up a cargo net at the bow but was too exhausted to make it
all the way. He clung to the net as bullets whizzed past." <i>[Los
Angeles Times, 3/13/04]</i> </p>
<p>Kerry's Bronze Star citation recounts the events of that day
and include this sentence, "In addition, all units began receiving
small arms fire and automatic weapons fire from both banks." Versions
of this citation were signed by the Secretary of the Navy and the
Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Vietnam. This citation is available
for the public to read at <a
href="http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/service.html">www.JohnKerry.com</a>.<br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"His account of
what happened and what actually happened are the difference between
night and day." </td>
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Vet Named Chenoweth Appears Out of No Where to Accuse U.S. Navy &
Fellow Vietnam Vets of Lying: Its Not Kerry's Account on the Bronze
Star Citation-It's the Account of the U.S. Navy, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
Commander U.S. Naval Forces in Vietnam and backed up by Presidential
Historian Douglas Brinkley, the Boston Globe, James Rassmann and the
Crewmate of PCF-44 & PCF 94.<br>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Roy Hoffmann
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<p>"Hoffman acknowledged he had no first-hand knowledge to
discredit Kerry's claims to valor and said that although Kerry was
under his command, he really didn't know Kerry much personally." <i>[Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, 5/7/04]</i> </p>
<p><b>Hoffman's Boss Awarded Kerry Silver Star & Bronze Star:</b>
"Captain Roy Hoffman" was Admiral Zumwalt's "trusty aide." </p>
<p>This is What Zumwalt Said About Kerry: "KERRY's calmness,
professionalism and great personal courage under fire were in keeping
with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." <i>[Kerry
Bronze Star Citation; www.JohnKerry.com]</i> </p>
<p><b>Former Senator Bob Kerrey Described Roy Hoffman as "The
Classic Body Count Guy"</b><br>
Hoffmann was a cigar-chomping officer who brandished an M-16 assault
rifle and wore a revolver when he visited troops in the field. "He was
the classic body-count guy," Kerrey says. "Bunkers destroyed, hooches
destroyed, sort of scorekeeper." <i>[New York Times Magazine, 4/29/01]</i>
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<p><b>Hoffman Thought His Rules of Engagement in Vietnam Were
"Too Restrictive"</b><br>
In the summer of 1968, Hoffmann complained to his superiors in Pearl
Harbor that the prevailing rules of engagement were too constrictive.
"This was war," Hoffmann said in an interview last month. "This wasn't
Sunday school." He made what he said was a pro forma request for looser
rules, which was granted. Previously, Hoffmann said, military personnel
had not been permitted to fire unless they were fired upon. Under the
new rules, he said, they could attack if they felt threatened. "I told
them you not only have authority, I damned well expect action,"
Hoffmann recalled. "If there were men there and they didn't kill them
or capture them, you'd hear from me." <i>[New York Times Magazine,
4/29/01]</i> </p>
<p><b>Hoffman Described by Fellow Vets as "Hotheaded",
"Bloodthirsty" and "Egomaniacal"</b><br>
"Interviews with various Swift boat veterans turned up descriptions of
Hoffman as 'hotheaded,' 'bloodthirsty,' and 'egomaniacal'." <i>[Tour
of Duty, Brinkley, 2004, p. 105]</i><br>
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<p><b>Adrian Lonsdale in 1996:</b><br>
"As far as I was concerned, the war was won over there in that part for
that period. And it was mainly won because of the bravado and the
courage of the young officers that ran the boats, the SWIFT boats and
the Coast Guard cutters and Senator Kerry was no exception." <i>[Kerry
for Senate Press Conference, 10/27/96]</i><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"When the chips
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<p><b>Thurlow's Statements Do Not Fit With History - Says Navy is
Lying?</b><br>
On the day Kerry pulled Rassmann from the water, "Larry Thurlow had
maneuvered his PCF-51 over by this time and he hopped aboard PCF-3 to
offer assistance. The boat was in shambles but they were still shooting
too hard to assess any damage" "BOATS RECEIVED HEAVY A/W [automatic
weapons] & S/A [small arms] FROM BOTH BANKS…ALL BOATS AND MSF
RETURNED FIRE…PCF-94 [Kerry's boat] PICKED UP MSF ADVISOR WHO WENT
OVERBOARD…PCF-94 TOWED PCF-3." <i>[Tour of Duty, Brinkley, 2004, p.
314; U.S. Navy After Action Report: <a
href="http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/SpotReports_March1969.pdf">http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/SpotReports_March1969.pdf</a>]</i>
</p>
<p><b>Larry Thurlow Even Praised Kerry Despite Coming From
Different Backgrounds:</b><br>
"John was sharp as a tack... But he came from a background most of us
couldn't understand." <i>[Tour of Duty, Brinkley, 2004 p. 300]</i><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"John Kerry is no
war hero." </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Bob Elder
was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<p><b>Kerry's Silver Star Citation:</b><br>
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with
Coastal Division ELEVEN engaged in armed conflict with Viet Cong
insurgents in An Xuyen Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 28 February
1969." </p>
<p><b>Kerry's Bronze Star Citation:</b><br>
"For heroic achievement while serving with Coastal Division ELEVEN
engaged in armed conflict with Viet Cong communist aggressors in An
Xuyen Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 13 March 1969." </p>
<p>These citations are available for the public to read at <a
href="http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/service.html">www.JohnKerry.com</a><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"John Kerry
betrayed the men and women he served with in Vietnam." </td>
<td class="td_compare" width="11"> </td>
<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Shelton
White was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="561" colspan="3"><b>Jim
Rassmann, Says Kerry Risked His Life to Save Him:</b><br>
"Rassmann was 21 at the time, a Special Forces lieutenant in charge of
a company of American and Chinese fighters. On that day, they traveled
on a convoy of five patrol boats led by the 25-year-old Kerry, a Navy
lieutenant - and they were on the run, being chased down the Bay Hap
River by enemy soldiers firing guns and rockets. The group had already
lost one soldier that day. As they sped down the river, one boat was
blown out of the water, and then another. An explosion wounded Kerry in
the arm and threw Rassmann into the river. Rassmann dove to the bottom
to avoid being run over by the other boats. When he surfaced, he saw
the convoy had gone ahead. Viet Cong snipers fired at him, and Rassmann
submerged over and over to avoid being hit. The bullets came from both
banks, and Rassmann had nowhere to go. He began thinking his time had
come, but the fifth time he came up, he saw the convoy had turned
around. Kerry had ordered the boats back to pick up the man overboard.
Kerry's boat, under heavy fire, sidled up to the struggling soldier.
Rassmann tried to scramble up a cargo net at the bow but was too
exhausted to make it all the way. He clung to the net as bullets
whizzed past. 'Next thing I knew, John came out in the middle of all
this,' Rassmann says. 'I couldn't believe it. He was going to get
killed. He ran to the edge, reached over with his good arm [Kerry had
been wounded in his right arm] and pulled me over the lip.' Rassmann
later recommended Kerry for the Silver Star, and was upset when the
Army instead awarded Kerry a lesser Bronze Star with a 'V' for valor." <i>[Los
Angeles Times, 3/13/04]</i><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"He dishonored
his country. He most certainly did." </td>
<td class="td_compare" width="11"> </td>
<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Joe Ponder
was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<p><b>Kerry's Silver Star Citation:</b><br>
"His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United
States Naval Service." </p>
<p><b>Kerry's Bronze Star Citation:</b><br>
"KERRY's calmness, professionalism and great personal courage under
fire were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States
Naval Service." </p>
<p>These citations are available for the public to read at <a
href="http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/service.html">www.JohnKerry.com</a><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"He betrayed all
his shipmates. He lied before the Senate." </td>
<td class="td_compare" width="11"> </td>
<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Grant
Hibbard was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="561" colspan="3"><b>Kerry's
Crewmates Are "All Fiercely Loyal"</b><br>
"Vietnam crewmates, [are] all fiercely loyal to John Kerry." <i>[AP,
7/29/04]</i>
<p><b>Just This Week, General Tommy Franks Came to Kerry's
Defense on Sean Hannity's Show.</b><br>
When pressed by conservative talk show host Sean Hannity, retired
General and Former Commander in Chief of Central Command, Tommy Franks
believed Kerry's summary of what other soldiers had told him about
unfortunate actions by a few U.S. soldiers in Vietnam: "I'm not sure
that -- that activities like that didn't take place. In fact, quite the
contrary. I'm sure that they did." <i>[Fox News, Hannity & Colmes,
8/3/04]</i> </p>
<p><b>Pulitzer Prize Winning Series Further Backs Kerry.</b><br>
In April of 2004, the Toledo Blade was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
their series detailing the atrocities committed by a few American
soldiers in Vietnam. The series was based upon the Tiger Force which
operated for several months in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. <i>[<a
target="new"
href="http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SRTIGERFORCE">http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SRTIGERFORCE</a>]</i><br>
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<td class="td_compare" valign="top" width="240">"I served with
John Kerry. John Kerry cannot be trusted." </td>
<td class="td_compare" width="11"> </td>
<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="310"><u>Bob Hildreth
was NOT a crewmate of John Kerry's</u> </td>
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<td class="td_compare_r" valign="top" width="561" colspan="3"><b>But
Jim Wasser Was:</b>
<p>"If John Kerry came to us and said he had one more mission and
we're going to hell, he'd have a full crew" -- Jim Wasser <i>[Dallas
Morning News, 7/29/04]</i><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Will Ferrell from "Saturday Night
Live" skewers George W.</span> <a href="http://www.whitehousewest.com">Click
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