SwiftVets.com

[RIslander]

I sent the following e-mail to WBAY in Wisconson. This is the station which refusing to run the Swift Boat ad due to legal pressure from the Kerry campaign.

E-mail: wbay@wbay.com

As a Viet Nam veteran and career soldier, I wish to comment on your decision not to run the ad produced by the Swift Vote Veterans for Truth. But, let me start with a question.

Was your decision not to run the ad based on a legal decision, or, was it based upon a political view? Either way, you are being totally disingenuous to those who view your station.

When a member of the media decides to show only one side of any argument they are being nothing more than political hacks. It is, after all, the Kerry/Edwards campaign which has chosen to ignore his political career and make his rather short period of time in Viet Nam the cornerstone of his run for the Presidency.

With such behavior, one has to question, when the matter is given some thought, the licensing of a station such as WBAY. Being quite blunt, are you, by your actions, serving as an active agent in Kerry's political campaign, or, are you so totally without courage as an organization? Regardless of which it is, your action is disgraceful.

My comments are mine and mine alone, but as I stated above, I was career military. You in the media love to cite your Constitutional rights. So, does that mean, your voice may be heard, but if someone might disagree, that voice should be stifled? Answer the question, please. One of the reasons I served all of those years was to defend your rights, as a news organization, to show all sides of the story. Apparently, the threat of legal action is all that is required for you, as a station, to feel free to modify your interpretation of our rights.

Brave and good men have been vilified by the Kerry camp because they wish to disagree with the Kerry machine, and you are acting as nothing more than a tool. I hope, somehow, you gain the courage needed just to stand in their presence.

I remain,