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First, in response to numerous inquiries, I did in fact watch the video. Actually, this morning was the second time I have watched it in its entirety. Second, what about all the people who served with Kerry who are on his side and say the "facts" in this documentary are false? Someone has got to be lying so simply saying that "they were there and [I] was not doesn't" doesn't get us anywhere. The fact of the matter is that I am expected Kerry's military history has been a part of his senatorial campaigns and primary campaigning as well. Funny the Swift Vets for "Truth" are only interested in the "Truth" now that he might oust Bush. These men have had 30 years where Kerry was awarded militray honors, prospered financially, and became a successful politician. However, apparently it has just taken them all this time to show him for the fraud that he is because it was such a big deal before he became the democratic nominee.
I'm didn't post solely to rip on Stolen Honor. As I originally stated, this reactionary garbage is flung from both sides in attempts to deride men who are both great in their own rights and that is what sickens me. Do they make an interesting point or two? Yes, so does Moore. But the fact remains that their isn't a shred of real evidence that could be brought before a military court or even before the American public that has enough real credence to stand up. Its a bunch of people with a clear political agenda and their word against another bunch of people with a clear political agenda and their word. Oddly, I don't see anyone hear arguing the greatness of the points made in Moore's documentaries nor do I see anyone even hinting at anything other than the infallible word of the film and the men in it without regard for the other heroes of Nam who say otherwise. Come on! I don't think I'm being extreme or partisan in saying that these kind of things degrade modern elections into some sort of 9 month long Jerry Springer show.
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"The courts that first rode the warhorse of virtual representation into battle on the res judicata front invested their steed with near-magical properties." ~27 F.3d 751
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