WHY MUST WE PUT UP WITH THIS CRAP?

[newscaster]

THIS IS WHAT "NEWSMAX" IS SHOVELING OUT......

1. Families of POWs Frightened By Kerry

NewsMax hears from inside the Swift Boat Vets groups that Kerry's campaign and its allies in the media have been so intimidating that some critics are now fearful of coming forward.

The plan was to release the first TV ad with Kerry's own band of brothers from the Swift Boats accusing him of lying about what happened in Vietnam and his own record.

The second wave was to have POWs on camera accusing Kerry of betrayal for his anti-war activities after he left Vietnam.

SNIP

The third wave of attack was to have the families of the POWs go on air to reveal how Kerry's activities hurt them and their imprisoned loved ones.

Apparently, there are also claims that anti-war protesters like Jane Fonda and John Kerry actually contacted the families of POWS, encouraging them to come forward and criticize the U.S. government. Some families were told that by criticizing the U.S. government their loved ones in Hanoi would get better treatment.

But getting POW family members to speak out has become difficult. After seeing how the Swift Boat Vets and the POWs have been treated, many are fearful of going public.

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wHY ARE WE NOT WORKING TO SHUT DOWN THESE PUTRID LIARS. THEY ARE WORSE THAN THE SWIFTBOAT BONZOS. THESE ARE JUST SIMPLE SCUMBAGS.

[bluestateguy]

1. On January 20, Newsmax gets decalred a terrorist website

If Kerry wins.

That declaration will not be rescinded until Republicans agree to repeal or severely modify the USA Patriot Act (which allows such declarations to be made).

[movonne]

2. These idiots would believe in anything that is told to them by

newsmax,rush,savage, etc., which is ok I guess...but they are the meanest group of asses and dumb as a doorknob.

[rumguy]

3. Newsmax is reeking of desperation

And yes...I think Newsmax should be declared a terrorist website - its operators should be jailed...or worse....

[seabeyond]

4. well, lol lol you know that french dude in oregon

that broke the law signing an affidavit falsely???????????? being a lawyer himself

[demwing]

5. This is great news!

Read between the lines...

It says that the opposition to Kerry is drying up. The rest is bullshit. Only a National Enquire reader would swallow the garbage about Kerry threatening the families.

Its excuse time for the GOP. Pass the buck and blame somebody else for your failures.

[ET Awful]

6. THe only people that read that crap are the types that

believe it already.

Newsmax isn't well enough known outside the extremely active political community to even be noticed.

Ask the average person on the street, and they've never heard of Newsmax(or Free Republic or DU for that matter).

[Droopy]

7. Good point

I was going to say something along those lines myself. Great minds think alike.

[KC21304]

8. Hey Newscaster, I've got good news.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ! I stopped reading after the first line.

[IndianaGreen]

9. Why don't you watch the Olympics closing ceremony?

I am watching it now. Quite a show!

This coming week I am going to watch movies, read books, and go shopping. I won't be watching the GOP Convention.

[A_Possum]

10. Or maybe they see that their credibility will be rigorously checked

And they don't have any. Some of these people aren't legit and some have been preyed upon by people like Ted Sampley:

McCain Says Sampley Has a Nose for Publicity and Knack for Making Money From Invented Controversies

"Ted Sampley, whose nose for publicity and knack for making money from invented controversies is colorfully detailed by Mrs. Keating, is the author of my own chapter in the POW conspiracy, in which I am exposed as a KGB-trained Manchurian Candidate. Mrs. Keating puzzles over the perverse pride Mr. Sampley takes in his work, which included torturing the family of an American POW in Iraq with fabricated details of his cruel death at the hands of an Iraqi mob. When the pilot was subsequently freed alive, Mr. Sampley dismissed his fraud as necessary to publicize the plight of POWs. Mr. Sampley excuses all his scams as necessary to advance a noble cause. Mrs. Keating reveals that his likely real motive is more mundane: money. She notes his earnings from his T-shirt concession located near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial were nearly $2 million over three years. He keeps his overhead costs down by not paying a dime to his employees." -John McCain

I'm sick of the idea that POW'S were "hurt" by Kerry's activities. He was working to bring them home, and he was right about it.

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Kerry, the Congressional Record, 1971:

"Mr. Kerry: Well, Senator, frankly it does not appeal to me if American men have to continue to die when they don't have to, particularly when it seems the Government of this country is more concerned with the legality of where men sleep than it is with the legality of where they drop bombs. (Applause.)...

...But at the present moment that is not going to happen, so we are talking about men continuing to die for nothing and I think there is a tremendous moral question here which the Congress of the United States is ignoring...

...But I think if we can talk in this legislative body about filibustering for porkbarrel programs, then we should start now to talk about filibustering for the saving of lives and of our country. (Applause.)

And this, Mr. Chairman, is what we are trying to convey."