My response to idiot LTTE in local paper regarding Kerry film [View All]

[Obamarama]

In her August 17 letter to the editor, NAME HERE pondered whether anyone but her found “it very interesting that there are movies of John Kerry in battle in Vietnam?” She went on to clearly imply that the footage was faked and that the gullible masses have been seemingly duped into believing otherwise.

I’d like to set the record straight for Ms. NAME HERE, and those of her ilk who apparently swallow hook, line and sinker anything that comes out of the mouths of Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity (who’s calling who gullible?).

Kerry’s Vietnam wartime film footage was proven to be authentic in a New York Times Op/Ed piece written by Bill Keller on September 7, 2002, nearly two years before the 2004 Democratic Convention where the footage was showcased.

Keller scrutinized the footage with a skeptical eye and had this to say: “Mr. Kerry is hardly in the film, and never strikes so much as a heroic pose. These are the souvenirs of a 25-year-old guy sent to an exotic place on an otherworldly mission, who bought an 8-millimeter camera in the PX and shot a few hours of travelogue, most of it pretty boring if you didn't live through it."

Keller’s piece also reports that it was not uncommon for soldiers to take footage of their Vietnam experiences and that for Kerry to have done so is not remarkable.

I realize it must be difficult for Bush supporters to reconcile the fact that their candidate had “other priorities” during Vietnam, especially in the face of so much evidence that John Kerry valiantly served his country, but I’m confident that come November 2 they’ll have a much more bitter pill to swallow when this country elects a president worthy to be called Commander In Chief: John F. Kerry.