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fortdixlover
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 Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject: Kerry Fraudulently Using Picture of Swift Boat Vets |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-17-2004/0002176071&EDATE=
Kerry Fraudulently Using Picture of Swift Boat Vets Who Condemn Him in
National Advertising
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Swift Boat Veterans for
Truth, a group of more than 220 Swift Boat veterans from the unit in which
John Kerry served, call on Kerry to stop the unauthorized use of their images
in national campaign advertising.
For example, the photo in Kerry's national campaign ads contains 20
officers, including Kerry, 11 of whom signed a letter condemning Kerry yet
their image is being widely used in his own campaign. It was taken on the
island of An Thoi on January 22, 1969. These officers together with Swift
Boat Veterans for Truth call upon him to cease the unauthorized use of their
photo by his campaign. They are jointly submitting a letter to John Kerry.
(Photo links, letter to Kerry and link to unauthorized use of the photo
below.)
Of the remaining eight officers in the photo: two are deceased and four
do not wish to be involved in any manner; only two of the 20 are believed to
support Kerry.
William Shumadine, shown in the photo and a member of Swift Boat Veterans
for Truth, stated, "His use of a photograph with his 19 comrades with
knowledge that 11 of them condemn him and six who cannot or do not want to be
involved is a complete misrepresentation to the public and a total fraud."
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's sole purpose is to bring the truth about
John Kerry's service to the American public and is not affiliated with any
political organization. It includes more than 220 Swift vets, virtually the
entire chain of command Kerry reported to and a large majority of peers who
served with him during his short and controversial stay in Vietnam. The
group's purpose has struck a cord with the American public with more than
two million hits on its website Swiftvets.com .
"John Kerry will find that the truth is hard to contain. It's been
evident in the overwhelming support we have received over the last two weeks.
We're grateful to the veterans and Americans who are rallying behind us," said
Admiral Roy Hoffman, Chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is a Special Purpose Political Action Committee.
It is a tax exempt non-partisan public advocacy "527" organization consisting
of, and limited to, former military officers and enlisted men who served in
Vietnam on U.S. Navy Swift Boats or in affiliated commands. Chairman, Rear
Admiral Roy Hoffmann (retired). Treasurer, Weymouth "Wey" Symmes,
PO Box 26184, Alexandria, VA 22313 http://www.swiftvets.com
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040517/DAM038 )
Dear Senator Kerry:
Your campaign advertising includes a picture of the 20 officers
photographed at An Thoi. We did not give permission for you to use a
photo including our image, nor do we support you. We have, in fact,
signed a letter delivered to you calling on you to authorize the
Department of Defense to release all of your medical and military
records. We call upon you personally to do this. We join our fellow
Swiftees who believe that someone who heaped scorn and lies on his own
unit for his personal political gain is not fit to be Commander in Chief.
Kneeling (left to right)
William Imbrie (not involved)
Skip Barker (for Kerry)
Rich Baker (not involved)
William Shumadine *
Ralph Dobson (for Kerry)
Frank Gilbert (deceased)
Standing (left to right)
Robert Elder *
Larry Thurlow *
Robert Crosby (deceased)
Rich MaCann (not involved)
John Kerry
Thomas Heritage *
George Bates *
James Galvin *
Terrance Costello *
Back Row (left to right)
William Houle *
Michael Bernique (not involved)
Robert "Rocky" Hildreth *
George Elliott *
Al French *
* Letter Signer
Link to Unauthorized Use of Photo
http://www.johnkerry.com/videos/
("Lifetime" commercial)
SOURCE Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
Web Site: http://www.swiftvets.com
http://www.johnkerry.com/videos
Photo Notes: NewsCom:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040517/DAM038 AP
PhotoExpress Network: PRN10 PRN Photo Desk,
photodesk@prnewswire.com |
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waltjones
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 4:37 am Post subject: Kerry's BS campaign ad |
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Must be some more of those Bush-controlled, bitter alcoholics - all 220 or so. By the way, are there any Vietnam vets who know his history - and besides the 3 who are getting so much attention and paid expenses - who actually support John Kerry? Still haven't had one show up in the Vets Only forum. SwiftVets, I salute you! Semper Fi!
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The bandit
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| I think the pics are misleading as hell, but fraudlently used I don't think so. Who took the photo's, the Navy? |
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betsyross18
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Kerry Fraudulently Using Picture of Swift Boat Vets |
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| fortdixlover wrote: | http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-17-2004/0002176071&EDATE=
Kerry Fraudulently Using Picture of Swift Boat Vets Who Condemn Him in
National Advertising
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Really? The ad doesn't even show the whole picture, spends less than 2/10 of a second panning into a closeup of Kerry, and says he "volunteered for service in Vietnam." Is that true or not?
Maybe the Yale hockey team should send a letter too. How dare he???
Poor Cap'n Roy and his wittle bunnies. When they only have one thing to say, there's only so many ways to say it. They've vented their spleens - and now their 2 minutes are about up. |
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fortdixlover
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| The bandit wrote: | | I think the pics are misleading as hell, but fraudlently used I don't think so. Who took the photo's, the Navy? |
People, we need to be really careful with language. Emerson said, "The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language." Merriam-Webster is inline at http://www.m-w.com/home.htm .
The pics are misleading (leading others into a mistaken belief via an act of deliberate deceit) and Kerry is using them fraudulently in his campaign (in the act of deceiving or misrepresenting the allegiances of the people in the picture. He knows how most feel.)
Let's see what the dictionary says:
Mislead (Merriam-Webster)
Pronunciation: "mis-'lEd
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): mis·led /-'led/; -lead·ing
transitive senses : to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit
intransitive senses : to lead astray
Fraud: (Merriam-Webster)
Pronunciation: 'frod
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fraude, from Middle French, from Latin fraud-, fraus
1 a : DECEIT, TRICKERY; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right b : an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : TRICK
As an aside:
The common hysteric's approach to language--
Argument by Bizarre Definition
Example: He's not a criminal. He just does things that are against the law.
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fortdixlover
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: Kerry Fraudulently Using Picture of Swift Boat Vets |
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| betsyross18 wrote: | | Poor Cap'n Roy and his wittle bunnies. When they only have one thing to say, there's only so many ways to say it. They've vented their spleens - and now their 2 minutes are about up. |
Well, considering the website has 2,000,000+ hits and is gaining in audience share, I think their 2 minutes are rather just beginning.
And the wonderful part is that the mainstream media and leftists can do nothing about it. 
Ironically, it was the mililtary who invented the 'net (e.g., ARPANET) and leftists who advanced a lot of Internet technology (especially software, e.g., MIT) and pushed for it to become widely available.
http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/docs/arpa.html
The global Internet's progenitor was the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) of the U.S. Department of Defense. This is an important fact to remember, because the support and style of management by ARPA was crucial to the success of ARPANET.
I guess hell hath no fury like a leftist made helpless!
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