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The first time that an antiwar activist was sued
Posted by Raven on October 13th, 2005
It’s about time some vets bring legal action against John Kerry. The hero. The 4 month wonder who wounded himself out of his own stupidity; who needed a bandaid for treatment. Who choreographed and filmed his war “years” (months) for future political gain.
The former presidential candidate who, during his election campaign, proudly contrasted his military service during the Vietnam War with that of President Bush’s National Guard service – and who once led an organization of Vietnam veterans protesting the war in Vietnam – is being sued by some Vietnam veterans.
The Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation is a plaintiff along with Red, White, and Blue Productions, and Vietnam veteran turned journalist Carlton Sherwood, in a defamation action against current Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and Tony Podesta, who was Kerry’s Pennsylvania campaign manager.
The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia, claims that Kerry and Podesta libeled, slandered, and caused financial harm to the plaintiffs as they sought to prevent the presentation of Sherwood’s documentary movie Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal before the 2004 presidential election.
I saw this movie and it didn’t change my thoughts about Kerry; I already considered him a fraud and I never trusted one bleeding heart war story that came from him. Ever. I felt and still feel bad for those who served with him, and had to endure his self -ego-fondling antics during wartime. If anything, I always felt Kerry’s presence in Vietnam placed the real soldiers in harm’s way.
This may be the first time in American history that a presidential candidate was sued for actions taken by him and his campaign during an election. It may also be the first time that an antiwar activist was sued, if only tangentially, for allegations made about American military personnel.
It’s beyond time someone held Kerry accountable for all his activities of those times. He was and still is a traitor to the American military. And he wants to be their Commander in Chief.
October 14th, 2005 at 8:56 am
I’m thinking… they can win fast if they have a lausible legal justification to subpoena Jean Fraud sKerry’s FULL military records…
heh
October 14th, 2005 at 8:56 am
gee, that’s “plausible”–operating on coffee deprivation this a.m.