[opendtv] Re: Sinclair should be proud...
- From: "Ralph P. Manfredo" <rmanfredo@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:22:42 -0700
I forgot another item re John Kerry's Silver Star Citation. Here is what
was written by Thomas Lipscomb
Kerry citation a 'total mystery' to ex-Navy chief
August 28, 2004
BY THOMAS LIPSCOMB
Former Navy Secretary John Lehman has no idea where a Silver Star citation
displayed on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's campaign Web site
came from, he said Friday. The citation appears over Lehman's signature.
"It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never
approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me,"
he said.
The additional language varied from the two previous citations, signed first
by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and then Admiral John Hyland, which differ. The new
material added in the Lehman citation reads in part: "By his brave actions,
bold initiative, and unwavering devotion to duty, Lieutenant (j.g.) Kerry
reflected great credit upon himself...."
Asked how the citation could have been executed over his signature without
his knowledge, Lehman said: "I have no idea. I can only imagine they were
signed by an autopen." The autopen is a device often used in the routine
execution of executive documents in government.
Kerry senior adviser Michael Meehan could not be reached for comment on
Kerry's records.
Ralph
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From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Willkie
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 6:06 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Sinclair should be proud...
Direct violation of the Logan Act of 1824, a felony. (Prohibits U.S.
citizens negotiating with foreign powers). I also note that there has never
in history been an arrest, indictment or conviction under this act.
You forgot one element, Ralph, which the generally left-leaning press
ignores: John Kerry was not discharged from the U.S. Navy until 1978. He
could have been an agent-provocateur at the time he went to Paris and threw
the medals. He was a U.S. officer when he tried to negotiate with the
people who were THEN killing U.S. servicemen and women.
Note: I was against that war. I have never said anything against U.S.
servicemen as a class. When Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July) was
pumping anti-war sentiment, I was pushing his wheelchair around San Diego
City College. He almost got me arrested. A despicable human being.
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[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ralph P. Manfredo
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:55 PM
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Sinclair should be proud...
John:
I agree with your comments 100%, and I would like to add that John Kerry
made two trips to Paris to meet with the North Vietnamese delegates in
direct violation of US policy. As I understand it, what he did was a reason
for his arrest and being put in jail but his offense was ignored because of
the sentiment re: the war at that time.
Ralph
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-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Willkie
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:48 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Sinclair should be proud...
I was opposed to the Vietnam war: demonstrations, the whole bit. However, I
was appalled at John Kerry's antics after he came back: Winter Soldier
hearings (which he led), adopting testimony there as his own testimony
before Congress, and IN PARTICULAR his throwing of his medals (later amended
to throwing other people's medals) over the fence/on the steps on/at the
Pentagon (I have to make these tortured construction because of how his
stories have changed.)
Also, a few weeks ago, I was introduced to the person who re-made the medals
(they were actually his, despite what he says now) for John Kerry some years
back (I have pledged not to identify the person(s).)
You are right: the people who were against the current the war before it
began are disappointed with the current state of the war. (What changed in
their mind?)
What was "the plan for winning the peace" after WWII (SS members fought
actively for seven years afterwards).
John Willkie
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[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Barry
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:28 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Sinclair should be ashamed...
I think there are a number of us of my generation who are not at all
ashamed of our stance against the war in Vietnam as it dragged on and
became progressively more embarrassing.
The Sinclair attempt at "Stolen Honor" may not have the predicted effect
on us in light of the current situation in Iraq.
- Tom
Brian Park wrote:
> I am also appalled at this blatant act of media manipulation. Now if
> Sinclair's competitors would show
> GOING UPRIVER: THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY
> at the same time on another channel, then all would be equal. In fact,
those
> who saw it would be even more predisposed to vote for the War Veteran.
>
> http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=18470
>
> bp
>
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> From: "Bill Sheppard" <Bill.Sheppard@xxxxxxx>
> To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:08 PM
> Subject: [opendtv] Sinclair should be ashamed...
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>> TV Group to Show Anti- Kerry Film on 62 Stations
>>
>>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/politics/campaign/11film.html
>>
>>Up to 62 television stations owned or managed by the Sinclair
>>Broadcasting Group - many of them in swing states - will show a
>>documentary highly critical of Senator John Kerry's
>><http://www.nytimes.com/top/news/washington/campaign2004/candidates/johnfk
erry/index.html?inline=nyt-per-pol>
>>antiwar activities 30 years ago within the next two weeks, Sinclair
>>officials said yesterday.
>>
>>Those officials said the documentary would pre-empt regular night
>>programming, including prime time, on its stations, which include
>>affiliates for all six of the major broadcast networks in the swing
>>states of Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
>>
>>Called "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," the documentary features
>>Vietnam veterans who say their Vietnamese captors used Mr. Kerry's 1971
>>Senate testimony, in which he recounted stories of American atrocities,
>>prolonging their torture and betraying and demoralizing them. Similar
>>claims were made by prisoners of war in a commercial that ran during the
>>summer from an anti-Kerry veterans group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
>>
>>Two of the former prisoners who appeared in the Swift Boat advertisement
>>were interviewed for the movie, including Ken Cordier, who had to resign
>>as a volunteer in the Bush campaign after the advertisement came out.
>>
>>Sinclair's plan to show the documentary was first made public by The Los
>>Angeles Times on Saturday.
>>
>>Mark Hyman, Sinclair's vice president for corporate relations, who
>>doubles as a conservative commentator on its news stations, said the
>>film would be shown because Sinclair deemed it newsworthy.
>>
>>"Clearly John Kerry has made his Vietnam service the foundation of his
>>presidential run; this is an issue that is certainly topical," he said.
>>Asked what defined something as newsworthy, Mr. Hyman said, "In that it
>>hasn't been out in the marketplace, and the news marketplace."
>>
>>[...]
>>
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>>(408) 404-1254 (x68154) Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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