My wife had rotator cuff surgery earlier this year, and the recovery is terribly
painful. Then, she developed a staph-epi infection, and they had to cut the same scar open
and operate on her again. Just thinking about the pain and anxiety of facing that painful
surgery a second time in the same wound, makes me cringe. That experience, however pales
in comparison to what I am going through right now, in my heart.
The old hurts are surfacing and the feelings of
betrayal by fellow citizens, and their leader stirring them up, are breaking my heart
again. I am being cut in the same scar. How did we who served in Vietnam suddenly become
cold-blooded killers, torturers, and rapists, of the ilk of the Nazi SS or the Taliban?Most of us were American soldiers who grew up
idolizing John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and all the other heroes. That was why I volunteered.
But for political expediency, John Kerry has rewritten history, again. After spending only
four months in the country of Vietnam, John Kerry testified before Congress in 1971 with
these exact words about incidents he supposedly witnessed or heard about from other vets:
They personally 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, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food
stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam."
I was a green beret officer who volunteered for duty in Vietnam and fought in the
thick of it in 1968 and 1969 on a Special Forces A-team on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, just for
starters. We were the elite. We saw the most action. Everybody in the world knows that.
But we did not just kill people, we built a church, a school, treated illnesses, passed
out soap, food, and clothing, and had fun and loving interaction with the indigenous
people of Vietnam, just like our boys did in Normandy, Baghdad, Saigon, and everywhere
American soldiers ever served. We all gave away our candy bars and rations to kids. Our
hearts to oppressed people all over the globe.
My children and grandchildren could read your words, and think those horrendous
things about me, Mr. Kerry. You are a bold-faced, unprincipled liar, and a disgrace, and
you have dishonored me and all my fellow Vietnam veterans. Sure, there were a couple
bad-apples, but I saw none, and I saw it all, and if I did, as an army officer, it was my
obligation to stop it, or at the very least report it. Why is there not a single record
anywhere of you ever reporting any incidents like this or having the perpetrators
arrested? The answer is simple. You are a liar. Your medals and mine are not a free pass
for lifetime, Senator Kerry, to bypass character, integrity, and morality. I earn my green
beret over and over daily in all aspects of my life.
Eight National Guard green berets, and other National Guard soldiers, have been
killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and you totally dishonored their widows and families by
lumping National Guard service in with being a draft-dodger, conscientious objector, and
deserter, just so you can try to sabotage the patriotism of our President who proudly
served as an Air National Guard jet pilot. I have a son earning his green beret at Fort
Bragg right now, and his wife serves honorably in the Air National Guard, just like
President Bush did, and I am as proud of her as I am my son. I volunteered for Vietnam and
have no problem whatsoever with President Bush being our Commander-In-Chief. In fact, I am
proud of him as our leader.
John Kerry, you personally derailed the Vietnam
Human Rights Bill, HR2833, in 2001, after it had passed the House by a 411 to 1 vote, and
thousands of pro-American Montagnard tribespeople in Vietnam died since then who could
have been saved, by you. Earlier, as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on MIA/POW
Affairs, you personally quashed the efforts of any and all veterans to report sightings of
living POWs, when you held those reins in Congress. You have fought tooth and nail
to push for the US to normalize relations with Vietnam for years. Why, Mr. Kerry? Simple,
your first cousin C. Stewart Forbes, CEO, of Colliers International, recently signed a
contract with Hanoi, worth BILLIONS of dollars for Colliers International to become
the exclusive real estate representative for the country of Vietnam.
Hanoi John, now that it works for you, you beat your chest about your
Vietnam service, but to me, you are a phony, opportunistic, hypocrite. You are one of
those politicians that is like a fertilizer machine: all that comes out of you is horse
manure, and you are spreading it everywhere.
Medals do not make a man. Morals do.
Don
Bendell
Canon City, Colorado
Don Bendell
served as an officer in four Special Forces Groups, is a best-selling author with over
1,500,000 copies of his books in print worldwide, a 1995 inductee into the International
Karate Hall of Fame, and owns karate schools in southern Colorado.
Kerry Daughters React to Defeat With 'F-word' Tirade
While John Kerry is winning high marks for delivering a classy and composed concession speech yesterday at Boston's Faneuil Hall, his daughters
Alexandra and Vanessa weren't quite as gracious.
The Democrat failure
John Kerry's liberalism had something to do with his defeat. Hence so did this: By Jan. 20, 2009, all the elected presidents for 44 consecutive years will have come from three Southern states -- Texas, Arkansas, Georgia -- and Southern California.
by George Will
Kerry Says Election Should be Decided by Voters, Not Legal Process
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in a concession speech Wednesday urged unity among Americans, adding that he believes the outcome of elections "should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process."
By Melanie Hunter
Kerry Concedes with Grace and an Inclusive Message
President Bush won four more years in the White House on Wednesday, pocketing a public concession from Democrat John Kerry that closed out a loud and long
campaign fought over the war on terror and the economy.
Swiftboat vets rescued Bush
Joseph Farah tells president, advisers they owe election to group exposing Kerry's fraud.
Kerry Campaign Party Turns to Tears and Bitterness
As President George Bush edged closer to the 270 electoral votes necessary to secure re-election, supporters of Democratic nominee John Kerry openly wept and consoled each other at the Election Night celebration in Boston's Copley Square.
By Marc Morano
Kerry Supporter Compares Conservatives to Hitler
A supporter of Democratic nominee John Kerry compared conservatives to Adolf Hitler in a series of interviews with the media at the Democratic Election Night party in Boston's Copley Square. Joe Pulliam of Bedford Mass., said "Thomas Jefferson - liberal, Abraham Lincoln - liberal, Jesus - liberal, Adolf Hitler - conservative. Hey where do you stand?" Pulliam told CNSNews.com.
By Marc Morano
Serial Self-Aggrandizer
When John Kerry was caught lying by my investigative news article in last Monday's Washington Times for repeatedly claiming that he had met with the ?entire Security Council? in October 2002, it fit a disturbing pattern: the Democratic candidate for president is a serial self-aggrandizer.
by Joel Mowbray
Monitors decry pro-Kerry schedule
European election monitors touring central Florida were dismayed yesterday at their local hosts' emphasis on Democratic events, saying their schedule of pro-Kerry and left-leaning themes has left little time for similar Republican visits.
By Betsy Pisik
Taking Kerry on Faith
John Kerry uses articles of his faith to inform nearly every political position he takes--except when it comes to abortion.
by Terry Eastland
Johnny's missing explosives
That New York Times-CBS News "scoop"about 380 missing tons of explosives in Iraq appears to be collapsing before our eyes,
raising new credibility problems for both media giants and for John Kerry — who sought to exploit the bogus story in an effort
to salvage his presidential campaign.
Washington Times Op-Ed
The Unlucky Senator
If Kerry is so right about the war in Iraq, then were are all the protests?
By Alan Caruba
"My Enemy's Enemy"
One has to admit to some surprise -- perhaps incredulity would be a better word -- to recent statements by Senator Kerry such as, "Iraq is now what it was not before the war: a haven for terrorists." This, despite reams of captured documents which establish, for example, a well-traveled audit trail from Saddam's coffers to the late Abu Abbas.
By Frederick J. Chiaventone
Kerry keeps up missing-explosives attacks
For the fourth straight day, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush of failing as commander in chief to secure explosives missing in Iraq, but implied that he doesn't know the facts, saying it's the administration's job to explain them.
By Stephen Dinan
Kerry Worried About Offending Troops?
The Kerry-Edwards campaign Wednesday released another last-minute TV ad - this one thanking America's soldiers and families for their sacrifice -- and stressing "John Kerry's commitment to always support our troops."
By Susan Jones
The case for Kerry
Joseph Farah reveals key people supporting Dem nominee's presidential bid.
Kerry aides see road to victory in the Midwest
What Iowa gave, Iowa can take away — this is why Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry made stops on opposite sides of this state yesterday to catch both the noon and evening news programs.
By Stephen Dinan and Charles Hurt
The media plays 'trick or treat'
The media are too busy repackaging old Iraq news in an October offensive against President George W. Bush's reelection to investigate truly startling evidence unearthed this week that the Communist Party may have been directing John Kerry's anti-war activities in the early 1970s.
by Linda Chavez
John Kerry, preacher-man
I have been following John Kerry's career for 22 years, ever since his 1982 run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.
by Jeff Jacoby
Sinclair and Watergate
"Stolen Honor" and stolen press freedom.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Bill Clinton Is Kerry's 'Special Guest' on Monday
Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry was campaigning in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin on Monday -- beginning the day with "working women" in Dover, N.H., before traveling to Philadelphia for a rally with "special guest President Bill Clinton," as the Kerry campaign phrased it.
By Susan Jones
Dems Register al-Qaida Terrorists in Ohio Vote Drive
Democratic Party activist groups in Ohio have registered at least two known terrorists involved in a plot to blow up a shopping center in a bid to get
out the vote for John Kerry.
Kerry Covered Up Second Meeting with Viet Cong Negotiators
John Kerry met twice with representatives of the North Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War, in separate visits to Paris over the span of more than a year - and
planned a third meeting before he left the leadership of the anti-American protest group Vietnam Veterans
Against the War.
Kerry's Dishonorable Discharge
For a guy who's hitched his entire presidential campaign to his military service record, John Kerry sure is parsimonious when it comes to releasing that record.
by Mark Alexander
When Johnny went a-huntin'
In Ohio this week, John Kerry tried to stage something for the press to show that he's not an anti-gun elitist who looks down his nose at the voting public.
Washington Times Op-Ed
Kerry on Zarqawi: Wrong
The Democratic nominee is ignoring the evidence on Zarqawi's activities in Iraq.
by Gary Schmitt
Clinton-Gore's Kiss of Death for Kerry?
Sen. John Kerry’s decision to have Bill Clinton and Al Gore campaign for him could cost him the election if recent history is any indication.
by Chuck Noe
Longwinded Kerry Prompts Audience Walkout
John Kerry has tightened up his rhetoric on the campaign trail, but he's still sometimes too longwinded on the stump - even for some of his
biggest fans.
Why Kerry Fears ‘Stolen Honor’
His campaign has devoted a huge amount of resources – and even risked increasing interest in the documentary – to stop Sinclair Broadcast Group from airing it on television.
by Christopher Ruddy
Liberalism Camouflaged
If his own views contained substance, John Kerry wouldn’t need conservative disguises to form a winning identity.
By George Neumayr
Hey, Big Spenders
Given that President Kerry would want to spend even more than President Bush, what’s a small government voter to do?
By Jeremy Lott
Clinton's Return to Campaign Trail Shows Kerry's Weakness, Says Pollster
Following the announcement that former President Bill Clinton would return to the campaign trail after six weeks of recovery from heart surgery, one Republican pollster Wednesday said it showed Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry was desperate.
By Robert B. Bluey
The Kerry Paradox
What he thinks of us and what he thinks of al Qaeda.
By Mark Goldblatt
Why I cannot vote for John Kerry
For reasons that are more psychological than political, George W. Bush has been the most hated president in memory.
by Dennis Prager
Former POW: Kerry Preyed on My Family
A former Vietnam War prisoner of war charges that as he was being tortured by his communist captors, John Kerry was preying on his family to denounce the United States.
by Dave Eberhart
Anything to get elected
After the second presidential debate, in which John Kerry used the word ``plan" 24 times, I said on television that Kerry has a plan for everything except curing psoriasis.
by Charles Krauthammer
A 55-point chasm in military support for Kerry and Bush
Oct. 11 editions of Military Times publications (Navy Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, Air Force Times) carried an astounding story not likely to get much coverage in the establishment press.
by Ross Mackenzie
Lieberman Praises Bush, Chides Kerry
Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman took the unusual step of praising President Bush while chiding John Kerry during a campaign stop in Florida Wednesday.
by Dave Eberhart
Firestorm Erupts Over Kerry's 'Lesbian' Attack
The White House blasted John Kerry Wednesday night for outing Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter as a "lesbian" during the third and final
presidential debate.
Injured, angry, determined, Swiftees unite to fight Kerry
Midnight in South Vietnam, and the river is black. Past the rice paddies and shacks, small fires are burning by the shoreline as Lt. John H. Davis' 50-foot aluminum swift boat — PCF 19 — makes its routine patrol through the reeds.
By Stephanie Mansfield
'In the Face of Evil'
Joseph Farah praises new film, notes Kerry's role as 'useful idiot'.
Looks like a veto, acts like a veto - it's... the 'Global Test'
John Kerry is supposed to be the man of nuance. But he can't seem to grasp the implications of his boldest foreign policy statement in last week's presidential debate - a principle that might be described as the "Mother, May I?" doctrine.
by Jonah Goldberg
True words from John Kerry
After his largely stylistic victory in the presidential debate on foreign policy, John Kerry inadvertently reminded Americans of an imminent domestic threat to our system of government.
by Terence Jeffrey
Blood Brothers
Why the leading practitioners of late abortion wrote checks to Kerry.
by Douglas Johnson
The Senate
One of the biggest problems that John Kerry has is that he is still an enigma to most people. We all know more than we
want to about his service in Vietnam, but very little about what he has done between then and now. In particular, his
20-year Senate career is a blank.
by Bruce Bartlett
How Kerry won
Dennis Prager reveals smooth doubletalk used to fool America's voters.
DEBATE MYSTERY: DID KERRY HAVE CHEAT SHEET?
Section 5, pages 4-5 of the binding "Memorandum of Understanding" that was negotiated and agreed upon by both political campaigns states. . .
by Matt Drudge
Teresa Goes Into Hiding
In case you've missed her, Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, hasn't been on prominent
display lately.
Kerry Concedes Missouri to Bush
Is it too late for the Democrats to replace dusty old John Kerry with dusty old Dick Gephardt?
Iraq Marine: Troops 'Terrified' of a Kerry Presidency
U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq are "terrified" at the prospect that Americans back home might elect John Kerry president, a Marine and Iraq veteran
who is on his way back to the front lines said Monday.
Troops Demoralized?
Not yet, but they will be if Kerry has his way.
by Jed Babbin
In-credible
Last week John Kerry once again attacked George W. Bush -- not to mention Ayad Allawi -- as lacking credibility over the issue of
Iraq. Keith D. Cummings responds that it's the Democratic nominee who's not sure where he stands on the war
and reconstruction.
Kerry's bet on Iraq is risky
Sometimes the dumbest thing a politician can do is to follow polls religiously.
by Matt Towery
Lehrer's Network Aided DNC Fund Raising, Hired Kerry Strategist
When he's not moderating presidential debates, newsman Jim Lehrer anchors "The News Hour" for the Public Broadcasting System, which shared its donor lists with Democratic Party
officials throughout the 1990s. The Boston consultant hired to finesse the ensuing scandal is now a top strategist for
Sen. John Kerry.
Disgraceful
The disgraceful behavior of John Kerry and his team is sufficient grounds for concern about his fitness to be president.
by William Kristol
Kerry and the Other "F"-word
The Democratic candidate doesn't want to talk about how to deal with Falluja.
by Fred Barnes
Dems Counting Kerry Supporters Before Ballots Are Cast
Call it a pre-vote headcount: The Association of State Democratic Chairs says it will take an online head-count of Kerry supporters in advance of the Nov. 2 election.
By Susan Jones
Top Executives at Viacom, Parent of CBS, Support Kerry
Two top executives at media giant Viacom, which owns CBS, have given money to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign and are supporting other liberal Democrats this year.
By Robert B. Bluey
Kerry claims Bush might reinstate draft
Sen. John Kerry yesterday warned parents and grandparents here that it's "possible" that President Bush will reinstate the draft to handle the war in Iraq if re-elected, while promising that he would not take that step.
By Charles Hurt
Kerry Campaign Touted Forged Doc Info in April
The Kerry campaign made an explicit reference to information in at least one of four forged military documents broadcast 14 days ago by CBS's
"60 Minutes" - in a detailed campaign press release attacking President Bush's National Guard service dated months before the Sept. 8
"60 Minutes" broadcast.
Nothing To Do With the Truth
John Kerry continues to insist that Saddam Hussein had "nothing to do with al Qaeda." And he continues to be wrong.
by Daniel McKivergan
TV Station Defends Teresa's 'Scumbag' Outburst
The Pittsburgh TV station that aired an interview with Teresa Heinz Kerry where she blasted her critics as "scumbags" is defending the outburst,
claiming the word was taken out of context by The New Yorker magazine.
Kerry and Kyoto: Killing the dream
Cheryl K. Chumley says that a vote for John Kerry is a vote for the revival of the Kyoto Protocol, the one issue he hasn't
flip-flopped on.
Stretch Fun
Kerry looks for something, anything to run on.
by Jeff A. Taylor
Kerry dismisses progress in Iraq, talks of 'chaos'
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry told the National Guard Association yesterday that President Bush is in "a fantasy world of spin" as he continues to mislead the nation about the war in Iraq.
By Stephen Dinan
Lying in Wait
Let’s tell it like it is: Democrats lie. They lie all the time. Vicious scurrilous lies of all stripes.
By Jay D. Homnick
A Footnote to The New Soldier
In Kerry's 1972 book, his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee appears heavily doctored.
by David Skinner
President derides Kerry for 'hidden' tax proposal
President Bush, responding to the Kerry campaign's shift of focus from Vietnam to economic policy, razzed the Democrat for refusing to reveal his tax plan until after the election.
By James G. Lakely
White House accuses Kerry of 'coordinating' Guard attacks
The White House yesterday accused John Kerry of "coordinating" attacks on President Bush's National Guard service in response to the president's widening lead in the polls.
By Bill Sammon
Bob Dole to Join Vets Unveiling Kerry Movie
Former Sen. Bob Dole will team up with a group of former Vietnam prisoners of war at a Washington, D.C., press conference on Thursday to
announce a new documentary that chronicles the deep resentment the POW community has for Sen. John Kerry.
New Group of Viet Vets in Anti-Kerry Ad Push
After the stunning success of anti-John Kerry ads produced by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a separate group of Vietnam veterans is
planning to open a new front - in a move that could leave the Democratic nominee sorry he ever mentioned Vietnam as a
campaign issue.
Clinton Call Leak Sabotaged Kerry
Panicked presidential candidate John Kerry had every reason to believe that the conversation he had with ex-president Bill Clinton
on Saturday – where the two discussed how to rescue his flagging campaign – would be kept confidential.
Kerry's weakness
Having now sat through both the Republican and Democratic conventions, I have come to two conclusions.
by Bruce Bartlett
The Kerry Crackup
The Democratic candidate does a good Al Gore impression.
by Stephen F. Hayes
The 527 Charade
The Swift Boat Veterans are the only noncynics.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Brinkley: Navy Probe Could Doom Kerry Campaign
Sen. John Kerry's campaign biographer Douglas Brinkley said Sunday that if an ongoing Navy investigation into Kerry's military decorations turns
up evidence of "purposeful" deception, it could spell doom for the top Democrat's White House bid.
Polls Show Swiftvets Scored Direct Hit
Media wags will say it was the successful GOP convention that catapulted President Bush to a double-digit lead over John Kerry in Time
magazine and Newsweek polls released this weekend.
Kerry's antiwar games ...
Throughout his association with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Mr. Kerry participated in, sponsored and spoke at numerous
antiwar rallies that accused Vietnam veterans of exactly the same things that Mr. Kerry told to the committee.
... And his foreign policy credibility
John Kerry's presidential campaign is faltering, and the crux of the problem is the fact that Mr. Kerry's record as a denizen of the
McGovern wing of the Democratic Party may be catching up with him.
Kerry gets lukewarm reception at Legion
John Kerry was politely received by the American Legion yesterday, delivering a speech focused on veteran pocketbook issues and President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq without addressing the attacks leveled against him last month by fellow veterans.
By Charles Hurt
Kerry's character
Joseph Farah highlights senator's telling reaction to vets' ads.
Kerry Shifts
Lockhart empowered. Plus: Swift recovery before the American Legion.
By The Prowler
Refugees From Vietnam Unimpressed With Kerry
They may not have a vote in November's U.S. presidential election, but many Vietnamese living in Australia would like to see the campaign focus more on Senator John Kerry's approach toward Vietnam today than on what he did there more than 30 years ago.
By Patrick Goodenough
Kerry Ally Says Veterans Shouldn't Brag About Military Service
Longtime New York Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel had some critical words Monday for his party's presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, telling reporters and others gathered for a Democrat-sponsored rally that veterans shouldn't boast about their military achievements.
By Robert B. Bluey
Swift Boat Controversy Remains Hot Topic for Democrats
Supporters of Sen. John Kerry can't seem to get enough of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The issue continued to figure prominently in the political race, popping up repeatedly at the Democrats' rally Monday at Grant's Tomb.
By Robert B. Bluey
The imploding John Kerry
Is the Kerry campaign falling apart? Judging by his over the top reaction to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads, Carol Devine-Molin
sure thinks so.
Citation Enhancement
Talk about your unanswered Kerry questions. Plus: Not wanting to know about Kerry. Also: Hillary hovers over NYC.
By The Prowler
The Smell of Fear
John Kerry’s first flip-flop has come back to haunt him.
By Jed Babbin
Kerry Stonewalling on Medals Mystery
Kerry campaign officials are refusing to answer questions about discrepancies in the military records posted to the presidential
candidate's campaign Web site after Navy officials and outside experts challenged the authenticity of some of
Kerry's decorations.
The scorecard: Swiftees vs. Kerry
Despite the partisan media's claims to the contrary, John Kerry has not successfully refuted "almost all the Swiftees' charges."
by David Limbaugh
Kerry's Quagmire
Kerry, a privileged but neglected trust baby, hobnobbed with the rich and infamous Kennedy clan as a youngster and decided that one day, he wanted to follow in the footsteps of the original JFK.
by Mark Alexander
Who He Is
The one thing John Kerry hasn't flip-flopped on is his view of America's place in the world.
by Matthew Continetti
Kerry Reopens Vietnam's Wounds
Why didn't he find some way to make peace with the John O'Neills of the world?
BY DANIEL HENNINGER
O'Neill leads charge against Kerry's 'lies'
John E. O'Neill is the former Swift Boat commander in Vietnam who has led a rapid-fire assault on Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, causing a media furor and an angry response from both the Kerry campaign and the candidate himself.
By Jerry Seper
Kerry, in 1971, Admitted Writing Combat Reports
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's 1971 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reveals that the then anti-war activist admitted to writing many of the battle reports during his four months of combat in Vietnam.
By Marc Morano
Kerry's Lost Opportunity
He could have healed the wounds of Vietnam. Instead, he tried to exploit them.
BY HERMAN JACOBS
All Signs to 180
Only John Kerry can stop the Vietnam questions.
by Deroy Murdock
Diary refutes Kerry claim
John Kerry's own wartime journal is raising questions about whether he deserved the first of three Purple Hearts, which permitted him to go home after 4½ months of combat.
By Stephen Dinan and Charles Hurt
Vietnam Boomerang
John Kerry's "war crimes" libel returns to haunt him.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
The Kerry Wars
Where was John Kerry December 24, 1968? Not in Cambodia.
by Matthew Continetti
Dole rips Kerry over war medals
World War II hero Bob Dole yesterday questioned whether presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry deserved the Purple Hearts he was awarded during the Vietnam War and said the issue could lead to the Democrat's defeat.
By Audrey Hudson
Dear Kerry supporter:
The very milk of human kindness and the spirit of love compel me to write this note to you.
by Neal Boortz
Kerry's False Report Led to Media Assault, Swift Boat Vet Claims
A member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has alleged that John Kerry's own report 35 years ago was the basis for the military records that the Washington Post used in an article Thursday seeking to discredit the veteran, Larry Thurlow.
By Robert B. Bluey
Kerry's fellow 'Swiftees' dispute his Purple Hearts
In the history of Swift Boats in Vietnam, all military personnel served a tour of duty of at least one year unless seriously wounded. Among the few exceptions was John Kerry. . .
By John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi
'Sampan incident' belies heroic image
John Kerry invented a "war hero" persona in his private journals and in the home movies he filmed and staged in Vietnam.
By John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi
A question of credibility
The passionate debate over John Kerry's war record has become a question of credibility.
by Robert Novak
Kerry Made False Cambodia Claim 50 Times
It won't be all that easy for John Kerry to revise his demonstrably false claim that he spent Christmas 1968 in Cambodia, since he's on
the record more than 50 times making the assertion, according to former Vietnam Swift Boat commander John O'Neill.
Holiday in Cambodia
The most damning testimony on John Kerry in Vietnam has come from John Kerry.
BY ROBERT L. POLLOCK
Springsteen Helps Edwards Woo 'Losers, Whores and Gamblers'
Happy days are here again: All right, music lovers, it's time once again to tap your toes to your favorite candidate's theme song. But beware, pols of America:
You'll want to be more careful in selecting your tune than John Edwards was.
Time for straight answers from John Kerry
Legitimate questions about Kerry's service in Viet Nam deserve to be vetted, not derided as so many in the press are doing. Full coverage was given to President George W. Bush's National Guard service. Is there a double standard for a Democrat?
By Richard Tomkins
Kerry's quagmire
What if the single pivotal event of one's life - the moment that altered one's entire course, illuminating the path ahead, providing that critical psychological turning point - turned out to have been an invention of one's very own?
by Kathleen Parker
Kerry 'couldn't think' on 9/11
The White House, irked by lingering questions about whether President Bush responded quickly enough to the September 11 terrorist attacks, yesterday slammed Sen. John Kerry for being bewildered by the attacks.
By Bill Sammon
Kerry touts his experience in foreign policy issues
John Kerry said yesterday he has more foreign policy experience than President Bush does, and he defended himself against Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism for saying he would fight a more "sensitive" war on terror.
By Stephen Dinan
The weakness candidate
John F. Kerry is a dove in hawk's clothing. Yes, he volunteered in Vietnam -- and none can deny him the honor he deserves for having done his duty.
by Mona Charen
Kerry: Yep, I’m Back to Pro-War
Continuing his quest to be more all over the map than the Grateful Dead in the band's heyday, John Kerry has offered yet another new position on the Iraq war. He’s for it—for now.
by Joel Mowbray
Kerry Sharpens Aim on Gun Vote in Red States
Four years after Al Gore alienated gun owners with his tough talk and anti-gun record, this year's Democrat presidential nominee has adopted a new strategy when it comes to firearms. John Kerry is using images to make his case to gun owners.
By Robert B. Bluey
Kerry Campaign Blasts Cheney Criticism of 'More Sensitive' War Remark
The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is blasting Vice President Dick Cheney for criticizing Kerry's statement that America should fight a "more sensitive" war on terror.
By Melanie Hunter
Brothers band together against Kerry
Democrats haven't been this upset about an American engaging in free speech since Juanita Broaddrick opened her yap.
by Ann Coulter
Kerry charges desperation in Bush's ad
President Bush's re-election campaign yesterday released a TV ad in which he recalls the agony of September 11, prompting Sen. John Kerry to accuse Mr. Bush of desperation.
By Bill Sammon
Unfit for command?
I stayed up late last night and read from cover to cover the book "Unfit for Command — Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry."
By Tony Blankley
Kerry Campaign Rocked by Swiftvet Cambodia Questions
Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign was scrambling Monday night to deal with new charges that he fabricated claims he was dispatched to Cambodia
during the Vietnam War.
Kerry Tries to Woo Gun Voters
Television and print ads are filled with images of Democrat presidential nominee John Kerry as a gunslinger.
by Jon E. Dougherty
Fiscal Follies
Clinton balanced the budget by cutting the military. That's not an option now.
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Kerry, Edwards Ignored Senate Bill to Create Intelligence Czar
Despite the allegation by Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, that President Bush was slow to establish the position of "intelligence czar" in the aftermath of the 9/11 Commission report, Kerry passed up an opportunity to co-sponsor Senate legislation last year that would have done just that.
By Heather Wier
Did Bush lie? A short quiz
At the Democratic National Convention last month John Kerry all but declared George W. Bush lied about Iraq. In response Charles
Bloomer has prepared a little quiz for you to take.