http://georgewbush.com/KerryMediaCen...d.aspx?ID=3364

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Thomas Kean for President!


there's what mccain says...then there's what JP5 says mccain says

Great letter. Is this the one they tried to hand Max Cleland today in Crawford? The one he wouldn't accept?

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Texas State Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson acknowledged that he did not write the letter and did not come up with the idea to meet with Cleland. The idea and the letter came from the Bush/Cheney campaign. He also acknowledged that he (Jerry Patterson) received $150,000 campaign contribution from Bob Perry. That's the same Bob Perry who is a personal friend and major contributor to Bush's campaigns and who is abosolutely officially behind SBVT, McCain 2000 and Kerry 2004 smear campaigns.

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The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself. George W. Bush

That letter is a load of rubbish - It amazes me how people are so eager to accept distorted half truths.

There were atrocities in Vietnam - Soldiers did act as baby killers, rapists - Remember the Vietnam Crime hearings??? Are we going to hail the Abu Graihb Prison guards as heros next??

Kerry refused to give Bush another blank check after it was proven that he sent the troops to war on misinformation - he didn't refuse funding for equipment for the soliers. - that's just the republican twist on reality (kind of like misled vs. lied- LOL - That one kills me).

Oh yeah..right....we forget: Pres. Bush doesn't have the same rights as John Kerry. He's not supposed to have any supporters or contributors. I guess you think the idea of Max Cleland going to Crawford was ll his idea, eh? Yeah, of course it was!

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

I'll tell ya what: and this is FACT. Vets are going to come out in DROVES to vote AGAINST JOHN KERRY. He has activated them beyond words.

Droves....

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

I'd sure like to see some evidence of some of the claims on this thread (payoffs, letter drafted by the Bush campaign)

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Bugalugs: "people join the military because they are stupid and gullible."

A Texas state official and Vietnam veteran, Jerry Patterson, said someone from the Bush campaign contacted him Wednesday morning and asked him if he would travel to the ranch, welcome Cleland to Texas and accept the former senator's letter to Bush.

Patterson, who spoke with the president on the phone, said the campaign asked him to give Cleland a letter for Kerry written by the Bush campaign and signed by Patterson and seven other veterans
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/...0825_1460.html


Bush Asks Bob Perry Funded Candidate to Defend Against Bob Perry Funded Swift Boat Ads. Jerry Patterson, the Texas Land Commissioner, was asked by the Bush-Cheney 04 campaign today to defend the President from accusations his campaign was aligned with the Swift Boat for Veterans group. However, Bob Perry, who has given $200,000 to the Swift Boat group (and is their single largest contributor) was also the singles largest contributor to Mr. Patterson's successful campaign for Texas Land Commissioner in 2002.

According to the non-partisan group, FollowtheMoney.org, Bob Perry gave Patterson $150,000 for his campaign-making him the single largest donor to Patterson. (Dallas Morning News, 8/23/04; Followthemoney.org)
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35201

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The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself. George W. Bush

Good for Patterson. Way to go, Buddy!!!

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Really?

http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php

Letter in Support of John Kerry



As veterans and families of veterans of the United States military, we affirm our faith in the honesty and integrity of John F. Kerry to become our next president.

Recently the Swift Boat Veterans of Truth released a letter to John Kerry. We do not approve of the statements made by the authors of the letter from the Swift Boat Veterans of Truth. We resent the innuendo, and outright falsehoods, made by this group of partisan GOP operatives. This group is certainly entitled to its opinion on who should be our next president, but they do not speak for all Swift Boat Veterans and they do not have the right to falsely malign a bona fide Silver Star holder and a genuine hero.
The Swift Boats Veterans letter said in part: "It is our collective judgment that, upon your [John Kerry’s] return from Vietnam, you grossly and knowingly distorted the conduct of the American soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen of that war (including a betrayal of many of us, without regard for the danger your actions caused us). Further, we believe that you have withheld and/or distorted material facts as to your own conduct in this war."

This is what John Kerry said in 1971 in his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "... several months ago in Detroit, we had an investigation at which over 150 honorably discharged and many very highly decorated veterans testified to war crimes committed in Southeast Asia, not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command...

They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is one by the applied bombing power of this country."

http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/histo...Testimony.html

To anyone who bothers to read what he said, it is clear John Kerry is charging no one, but is repeating statements others had made about their own behavior. But it is with regard to the latter sentence of the charge that John O'Neill, a signer of the letter, and others become vague. When asked by NewsMax if they had in mind any potential smoking gun of distortion that might be revealed by an unfettered examination of John Kerry's military records, no answer was forthcoming.

We are proud that when his country needed him John Kerry served with honor in Viet Nam.

We are just as proud that John Kerry had the courage and fortitude to speak out against the same war after he served, and realized it was an unnecessary war that tragically cost so many American lives.

We are proud that John Kerry has the humility to admit and correct any mistakes he has made.

We approve of John Kerry’s plans to help the troops who are at war now and who will soon become veterans of the future. John Kerry "will deliver the health care and prescription drugs that veterans need" and "will grant full concurrent receipt to disabled veterans and fairly compensate soldiers and their families for their valiant service.”

We approve of John Kerry’s plans for all veterans and their health care needs. John Kerry “will insist on mandatory funding for veterans health care.” He said "veterans will get the needed appointments with VA doctors and the federal government will invest the resources necessary to make sure that no veteran has unmet health care need.”

We approve the fact that John Kerry "believes military retirees who have a service-connected disability should receive both military retired pay and disability compensation.”

We approve of the fact that "John Kerry believes there are plenty of places to cut back government--but disabled vets are not one of them!”

We approve of the fact that "John Kerry will streamline the VA so that veterans hear back about their status and receive benefits they are eligible for in a timely manner, supporting legislation, appropriations, and other steps as needed so that such decisions are made promptly and fairly.”

We approve John Kerry’s plan to "properly compensate soldiers and their families for their service.” John Kerry pledges to improve housing, schools for the military, better communications while soldiers are overseas, more thorough studies on afflictions from agent orange, depleted uranium, and other chemicals used by the military.

We approve of John Kerry’s plan to have a "full accounting for missing POW/MIAs.”

We approve of John Kerry’s plans to prevent veteran homelessness and to "work to make sure that veterans have the support they need to find housing, jobs and social support they deserve.”

We approve John Kerry’s "full support to the national guard and reservists,” including health care, benefits, etc.

We approve of John Kerry’s plan to "support increasing the death benefit and making the payment tax-free.” John Kerry “will fight to provide surviving spouses of service members killed-in-action with one year of military pay equal to what would have been earned and permitting surviving spouses and children of service members killed-in-action to remain in military housing for one year after the death of their spouse.”

We approve of John Kerry’s pledge not to stretch the military too thin.

All of the above approvals are featured on John Kerry’s own website, and we, the undersigned, wholeheartedly support all the above efforts and plans this candidate is bringing to the table when he wins the November 2004 election.

We truly believe that JOHN KERRY WILL NOT LEAVE ANY MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD BEHIND.

A vote for John F. Kerry is a vote for all!

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Truth is by nature self-evident, as soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. Gandhi