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arymann
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 Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:28 am Post subject: Jim Rassmann-Kerry's records should halt the hate campaign |
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Jim Rassmann--Defender until the end of time!
| Quote: | IN MY OPINION Jim Rassmann
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
The Oregonian
Kerry's records should halt the hate campaign
Yet another political fantasy is playing itself out these days across the country on right-wing blogs and conservative radio and television. Now that Sen. John Kerry has released his full military files, his detractors can't handle the truth they tell. In response, the partisans are churning out more of the same deception and misdirection that they employed to such good effect during last year's presidential campaign.
But the records are clear. As those of us who served with Kerry in Vietnam already knew and have often acknowledged in public, the senator served honorably and with distinction. The records prove what Kerry said all along. There were no hidden bombshells, no contradictory revelations, as the right wing's conspiracy theorists so often alleged.
What the records show is an intelligent man who led his subordinates with courage and honor, which his superiors acknowledged through his evaluations and citations for valor. There's no denying it: Naval records, eyewitness reports, Navy investigations and even his detractors' own words 35 years ago support what Kerry and his previously released records have always maintained.
The release of these files should have put an end to our country's bitter return to the days of Vietnam. If nothing else, Kerry's detractors should have been humbled by their repudiation in the official records. But no, the partisan smear operatives just can't let go of their hate. They are hard at work inventing new fantasies and spreading new lies and innuendoes, trying once again to mislead the public. They now claim that Kerry still hasn't released the complete records, despite the fact that the Navy has said unequivocally that he has. For these people, the facts are simply inconvenient and irrelevant.
Those who supported and parroted the lies spread during the campaign -- in particular those who were part of the same unit but never served with Kerry -- should examine their motivations. At the very least, they should think about their commitment to honesty.
Jim Rassmann, a retired lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, lives in Florence. He served with the Army's 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1968-69.
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/editorial/1119434618147560.xml&coll=7
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LewWaters
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| Quote: | | The records prove what Kerry said all along. There were no hidden bombshells, no contradictory revelations, as the right wing's conspiracy theorists so often alleged. |
Perhaps Mr. Rassman could enlighten us to what the rest of the records have to say and why the gaps in his discharge?
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Me#1You#10
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The Oregonian should be careful to check for hidden code. Like Rassman's WSJ "op-ed", no telling how many times this passed through Kerry central for re-write.
I believe, without doubt, this is a part of the product of 6 months planning...expect more...perhaps from the "B.O.B." |
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kate
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Rassmann said:
| Quote: | | The release of these files |
well they obviously have their own definition of r-e-l-e-a-s-e which is just a teensy tad different than how they would define if it were someone else's records
absurd
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manelly
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What the "record " shows via Kerry's SF180'S is that he's only willing to "release" his "Record" to a "Selected Few" who will not post ANY of the "Released" documents that supposedly show what Kerry and his "Trusted Few" want to show. Funny how they wouldn't even post the SF 180's , they had to be attained Through the FOIA. 
OH and where again are the records Kerry posted on his website????
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mtboone
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I sent a repy to the oregonian and asked them how they could allow Jim to speak for records that have not been released except to the Boston Globe and the LA times and condemn the SVPT at the same time. If he has seen these new releases, than everyone else should see the same. Jim was on a swift boat one day and now he claims what a hero kerry was, well he did not stay on the boat the whole time, landed in the water for awhile. Here is the the site to email and ask, let us see what Jim saw!
http://www.oregonian.com/newsroom/mailset.html
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| kate wrote: | Rassmann said:
| Quote: | | The release of these files |
well they obviously have their own definition of r-e-l-e-a-s-e which is just a teensy tad different than how they would define if it were someone else's records
absurd |
| Quote: | | The release of these files should have put an end to our country's bitter return to the days of Vietnam. |
Yes you are correct this is absolutely absurd. Even more absurd is the asumption made that the release of these files should have put an end to our country's bitter return to the days of Vietnam. I guess we could call this selective momory. As I recall, this was Kerry's own doing during the election by promoting himself as a war hero "reporting for duty." |
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