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MikeZPU Aug 15 2008, 10:01 AM

Joan: Thank you for sharing all of that! The parallels that you drew to the LAX case -- excellent insights!
I want to say more about that below BUT first I would like to say:

Thanks for sharing your talents here, as well as all your critical thoughts and insightful analysis on many fronts.

And please convey my heartfelt thanks to your husband for his admirable service to our country!

Back to the excellent parallels that you drew to the the LAX case:
Yes, Kerry fed the media what they wanted to hear about Vietnam,
much the same way that Nifong fed both the local Durham media, as well as the media at large, what they
wanted to hear about the LAX case -- what fit their metanarrative.

Interestingly, I think that there are also parallels between the Swift Vet story and the Edwards story.
The initial Swift Boat Vet press conference held on May 4, 2004 was totally ignored by the media;
they simply did not report on it. It was like the press conference never happened. I couldn't believe it!
I was just lucky to catch it and record it. (Note: the few representatives of the media that
showed up for the press conference -- when it came Q&A time, all their questions were focussed
on fishing for any ties to the Bush administration.)

I did not want this to become a thread about The Vietnam War, but I would like to just say one
more thing about the brave veterans who spoke at the initial Swift Boat Vet press conference.

All of these men believed (rightfully so) that they were fighting the "good fight" against the spread of communism.
And it ate at them that they were not allowed to win the war. A theme that came across in a
very emotional way that day: at the time of the Vietnam war, our brave soldiers were not losing the war on the
battlefield in Vietnam, the war was being lost on the battlefield of public opinion back in the states AND the terrible
lies that John Kerry told (listed in your post above) were a HUGE part of that.

Joan: your husband fought the good fight then, and you are fighting the good fight now -- on many fronts -- thank you!
Edited by MikeZPU, Aug 15 2008, 11:07 AM.
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