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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>No matter who you are or how well some think you have done
your job there are those who think you did a bad job. The real problem is that
Kerry and the DMC held Kerry's record out as a shining example of serving and
honesty. So, these other guys step up and it gets messy, doesn't mean they are
wrong. A lot of people served in Nam in a wide variety of areas and I am sure
they have different opinions about the people they served with. The real problem
is the DMC working so hard to make Bush look bad they chose a bad example. I
heard this sometime back on one of the midnight talk shows these guys have been
trying to be heard. Nam records are not what will make me not vote for Kerry or
Bush. Its more involved than just one issue. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Pat</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
href="mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] War wounds,
reopened</DIV>
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<DIV>The source of the accusations that Kerry's war wounds were
self-inflicted, that he won his Silver Star by shooting a Viet Cong teenager
in the back, and etc., is a small group calling itself "Swift Boat Veterans
for Truth." They are the <STRONG><U>only</U></STRONG> source. They
were organized by a Texas PR woman named Merrie Spaeth. She's a Bush
donor and very active in GOP politics. Ms. Spaeth is also the widow of
Tex Lezar, an old friend and supporter of the Bush family dating back to Poppy
Bush's Vice-Presidential days. The late Mr. Lezar was a partner in the
law firm of John E. O'Neill, leader of the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" and
a long-time Kerry antagonist. Mr. O'Neill is an ex-Nixon operative,
recruited by that bastion of integrity, Chuck Colson, back in the
early 1970s to counter Kerry's criticism of the Vietnam War. Kerry and
O'Neill famously squared off on the Dick Cavett Show, where Kerry is reported
to have mopped the floor with O'Neill.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for what Bob Novak says . . . I'm surprised that man still has a
column, much less a prime time news slot. He is the O. J. Simpson of
journalism. Outing a CIA agent in the field is a federal crime.
Perhaps when the Valerie Plame investigation has at long last run its
course, Mr. Novak will finding himself sharing a jail cell with Dick
Cheney's Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby. <BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie
Establishment</DIV><BR clear=all>
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