"Going Upriver" - Watch It to Get Enthusiastic About Kerry

[JPZenger]

The DVD "Going Upriver" is an extremely well made and interesting movie with actual footage of Kerry's actions and speeches in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It also includes interviews with the persons who knew him well during those years.

This movie would be particularly valuable for people who are anti-Bush, but are not yet enthusiastic about Kerry. This movie makes you excited about Kerry's strength of character. The stories about his leadership of Vietnam Vets Against the War are fascinating, including standing up to Nixon's cronies and keeping angry crowds calm.

Here's an excerpt of Roger Ebert's review of the film:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041001/REVIEWS/409300303/1001

"The most remarkable connection it makes is that John O'Neill, mastermind of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and co-author of the current book Unfit for Command, was originally recruited by the dirty tricksters in the Nixon White House to play precisely the same role!

The movie documents this with tapes of Oval Office conversations with Richard Nixon discussing John Kerry with his aides H.R. Haldeman and Charles Colson. Kerry had made a strong impression as a spokesman for Vietnam vets who now felt the war was immoral and ill-advised. Sen. J. William Fulbright, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited the veterans' bivouac on the Mall in Washington, D.C., and asked Kerry to testify before the committee. Kerry's testimony, sampled in the film, is forceful and yet not radical; essentially, he was early with what has become the consensus about that war. In the Oval Office, it is noted that Kerry made a good impression, especially on the network news programs...

"We have to destroy the young demagogue before he becomes another Nader," Colson tells the president. Asked to get some dirt on Kerry, Colson reports "we couldn't find anything on him." Then he comes up with the idea of recruiting Vietnam vets who would be coached to smear Kerry. Colson enlists O'Neill, who 30 years later has revived his old role. The film argues that Kerry has truthfully described his role in the war. This is testified to by those in the boat with him, those on the same river at the time, and a man whose life he saved."

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Here's the link to buy it on Amazon. You can also get it if you belong to Netflix.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000646MMA/104-0439300-9780722?v=glance

[Eric J in MN]

1. Order it by overnight express and lend it to people,

before the election.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000646MMA/102-0716157-4372105?v=glance

[Mz Pip]

2. I saw it in the theater

with a friend of mine. We were both Clark supporters and came away feeling very positive about Kerry.

Anyone who though that Kerry somehow was planning way in advance his run for the White House by protesting the Vietnam War is nuts. This was not a popular thing to do, at least in political circles, back then. Kerry took a big risk in doing what he did, say what he said. I admire his commitment and honesty. This could not have been easy, especially for someone who may have had political ambitions.

To John O'Neill who wore f*cking white socks with his suit on Dick Cavett - I say this to you:

How many more deaths of friends and fellow soldiers wouldit have taken for you to have had the balls to stand up and say "Enough is enough!" How many more names would you like to see on that long granite wall, you silly twit?

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." I do believe there is a special place in hell for the likes of John O'Neill.

MzPIp
:dem:

[DeepModem Mom]

3. And share it with others!