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shawa · CNO Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 2004

From Las Vegas Sun:

Today: October 22, 2004 at 15:18:41 PDT

Vietnam vet saved by Kerry says Sinclair film a campaign trick
By BRENDAN RILEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Jim Rassmann, saved by John Kerry after being blown off Kerry's boat during a 1969 Vietnam firefight, said Friday a Sinclair Broadcast documentary critical of Kerry's anti-war activities amounts to campaign trickery.

Rassmann, whose stop here coincided with Kerry's appearance in nearby Reno - his first in northern Nevada - said the "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal" documentary amounts to Kerry foes "using any trick they can possibly use" to help President Bush win a second term.

Critics who question Kerry's service are "making this story up as they go along," said Rassmann, pulled out of the Bay Hap River by Kerry. Kerry got the Bronze Star for saving Rassmann, a Special Forces lieutenant during the Vietnam war.

"These guys can't keep their stories together. They've got a poor lie and let it fall apart," Rassmann added.

"This campaign has reinforced my view that American politics is a bunch of garbage," said Rassmann, a retired Los Angeles sheriff's deputy.

"No one will ever be able to convince me that (Bush chief political adviser) Karl Rove is not orchestrating this from the wings," he said.

Sinclair, whose executives are Republican contributors, prepared Friday to air a news special based in part on "Stolen Honor." The company announced the program would appear on 40 stations. It has a total of 62 stations reaching a quarter of U.S. households.

Sinclair said its program, "A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media" will examine the role of the media in filtering information contained in documentaries, media bias, and attempts by candidates and other organizations to influence media coverage.

The Kerry campaign announced Thursday that it would not participate in the Sinclair program even though the company decided against airing all of "Stolen Honor."

That film consists mostly of interviews with U.S. prisoners of war who survived imprisonment and torture in Hanoi and emerged enraged at Kerry for helping lead the anti-war movement after he completed his Vietnam service.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2004/oct/22/102210453.html
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LewWaters · Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:43 am Post subject:

Rassman wasn't a POW, he has no viable comment to add!!!!!!!
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ThanksVets · Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:01 am Post subject:

They should be thrilled now that the communists have been successful in silencing Sinclair and turning their "showing" into a complete joke. God help us.

Misty · Lieutenant Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 223

Any Vet who can show that kind of disdain toward the POW's and their feelings is pond scum in my book.
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Brother was on the USS Regulus - Vietnam
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shawa · CNO Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 2004

This infuriates me!!!
The liberal media takes a dismissive attitude toward the
POWs.- They"re just a lot of old men with an axe to grind, over
something that's thirty years old. HOW DARE THEY!!!

These men endured unimaginable suffering for years!!

They have never been able to tell their story.

GIVE THEM THE RECOGNITION AND HONOR THEY DESERVE!!!

THESE MEN ARE HEROES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED!!

AT LONG LAST THEY SHOULD BE WELCOMED HOME AS HEROES
AND GIVEN THE HONOR THEY DESERVE!!!

GIVE THEM A FORUM!!!!

(I have emailed this to all the networks, even though I know I'm tilting at windmills.)

ocsparky101 · Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:42 pm Post subject:

sn't Rassman the guy that sat on the Kerry boat for 90 minutes after being thrown overboard. Isn't he the same one that confirmed the fact that it was the Kerry boat that stayed while all of the other Swiftboarts fled down river although it was the other boats that had performed the rescue operations and it was the Kerry boat that got involved only in the towing. Was it not this guy that claimed they were under intense fire for 5000 meters over 3 miles yet he sat there on the boat that was involved after 90 minutes of rescue operations and lashing a disabled boat and the arrival of other rescue personal through this 5000 meters of intense fire from both banks to assist in the stabilazation of the disabled craft to lash it to the boat he was on and do the towing. Isn't this the same guy that has along with John Kerry refused to sign the standard form 180? The question I would have for John Kerry is, "John if while you were towing this disabled craft, which I am sure would have greatly impeaded your being able to run during the towing operation, had come under intense fire would you have continued to tow the craft as ordered and defended both your craft and the disabled craft or would you have cut the line and left the crew on the disabled craft to stay and fend for themselves".

aticama · Seaman Recruit Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

I understand the frustration here, but please look at the bright side; we at least had a partial victory. I noticed that the show spent more time, about 37 minutes, on Stolen Honor. About 5 minutes on Bushes record, and the majority of that time was on people that supported him. It showed the one-sidedness of what happened in Pennsylvania at the theatre, and how the demos do not care if they step on the Constitution to get their way. I would have like to see then show how a Texas primary school teacher forced her\his children to watch the “r” rated trash f911 in school. They will do what they can to subvert this election.

What we need to do now is get our butts over and give a few more bucks to get the adds into Pennsylvania. I have already sent in some more money. We have to really get the push on and not back off. We have to work hard.

Bush is going to win, but we want him to make a shambles of kerry. And even after the presidential campaign is over, we want to get him out of the Senate along with that murdering buddy of his teddy kennedy.

So lets not let this thing get us down. That is what THEY want. Go for their throats! Rip out their hearts, so to speak.

I have to make another statement here that is not going to be popular, but I think must be said. They won this Stolen Honor thing because of our apathy. They out fought us. It is a battle that never should have been lost. We cannot let it happen again, but unfortunately it is. They are using the same left wing propaganda that kerry learned from the commies and used against our troops in the Nam. WE HAVE TO GET VERY BISSY AND NOT LET THEM DISCRACE THE BOYS WE HAVE IN BATTLE NOW. The troops are already feeling it. We have to get Bush back into office and get behind him, giving him the straight to go after the insurgents in this war or the liberal traders will turn it into another Nam. Look at the news, they are doing it again, and whining about it will not help.

Get mean! This is not only a fight for Bush; it is a fight for our Fighting Men all over the world. We have to fight for them or the liberals will slaughter then like lambs!

God Bless America and it’s fighting men now, and from the past.
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aticama · Seaman Recruit Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

I will put my money were my mouth is. Help kick there butts. Please!

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aticama · Seaman Recruit Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

This is what I am talking about. I spy on the kerry boards, and post. (I am not calling for anyone else to do so, that is against the forum rules. This is what I do. Who said; “Know your enemy). MSNBC has a poll going showing Bush is trailing karry 34 to 57. The link is posted on the kerry boards. They are actively working hard for their fool. The reason he is ahead in the pole is because we do not have the drive they do. We have to push harder!!!!! Get active; spend a day finding out who they are and what they are doing.

GO VOTE HERE: Please Razz

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6309730/site/newsweek/
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Stevie · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:04 am Post subject:

ok, I'm able to do about 15 an hr.... slow machine
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Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage
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