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Former FBI Agent Warns Swift Boat Vets
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John Henry
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Sep 19, 2004 02:57 PDT
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<h1><b>FORMER FBI AGENT WARNS SWIFT BOAT VETS</b></h1>By Gary W. Aldrich
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August 10, 2004<br><br>
In 1996, I took the ride of my life, but I have no regrets about exposing
Bill Clinton for the louse that he is. Blowing the whistle on a powerful
politician was different from any activity I had ever undertaken, and I
arrested people and dodged bullets for a living!<br><br>
I thought I had seen it all, but I was wrong.<br><br>
When I began my quest to surface the truth, I was an honest, independent,
a-political FBI agent. But, when the establishment was finished with me,
I was “aligned with the Dole campaign, Big Tobacco, shadowy right-wing
financiers of various anti-Clinton cabals and conspiracies, and a friend
of the NRA!” The “Left” attacked me while the “Right” ran and hid in the
tall grass. <br><br>
The truth did not matter – I was whatever the news media said I was. I’ve
labored long and hard to regain my reputation and credibility, and to
some degree I have succeeded. But for a lot of Americans, all they will
ever remember about my attempt to tell the truth is that the president’s
top advisor, George Stephanopoulos, called me a pathological
liar.<br><br>
So, my warning to the Swift Boat Vets is this: When you take on the
establishment, be prepared to suffer serious assaults to your reputation,
at least in the short run. Over time, you will be proven to be honest, as
well as brave. Eventually, your reputations will be mostly restored, but
nothing will ever be the same for you again. The mainstream media will
work diligently to alter the population’s perception of you in ways that
you could not possibly imagine.<br><br>
They will demonize, and then marginalize you so that your impact on this
coming election will be minimal.<br><br>
Many have come before you and have suffered the same fate. When you
become whistle-blowers and take on the establishment, you’ll find few
friends within the establishment, right or left, to support you. The
establishment does not want the truth; therefore, your real support will
come from the grass roots. <br><br>
You have already had some hint of this from the recent White House
response to your Television ad. They said they didn’t like it. Your
effective and moving testimony as Swift Boat veterans who really did know
John Kerry blew his war-hero cover to bits. <br><br>
If your 60-second ad were given honest exposure, the election would be
all but over, and the people who have seen it know this. That’s why they
will destroy you, then ignore you.<br><br>
The establishment can’t stand people like you. Especially not now, not
after the candidates have gone through the primary process and are coming
down to the wire. There is much campaigning to come, and so much money to
be spent. You just cannot have a circumstance where the people are given
honest information that would alter the course of an election. It’s just
not done, you see?<br><br>
Besides, the mainstream media does not like George Bush, and they will do
nothing to help him win re-election. Did you think for a minute that they
would rush to cover your press conferences and report the news that the
majority of Veterans cannot stand John Kerry? Did you actually believe
you would be invited on “Sixty Minutes”? Even now, reporters are out
looking for your dirty laundry and trying to poke holes in your stories.
After they find out that your stories match, have the ring of truth, and
that you’re decent folk just trying to do what’s right, they will simply
close their notebooks and quietly walk away.<br><br>
And don’t expect to speak at the GOP convention in New York City or sit
in the president’s box, like Michael Moore did at the Democrats’
convention. The GOP establishment doesn’t like the ad – it makes them
very nervous. For example, it upset Senator John McCain, who rushed to
defend his senatorial pal when he heard about it. <br><br>
Of course, Senator McCain wishes all grass-roots types and ordinary folk
would just go away. He has been instrumental in silencing a lot of
Americans with his campaign finance legislation. Senator McCain is part
of the establishment now, and the establishment does not care for boat
rockers.<br><br>
You have served our country well, and your exploits were heroic. You
received real wounds, some of you, and you earned honest to goodness
Purple Hearts and other medals which you wear proudly. You faced death
and you took life in a war, and then you came home to a nation that has
failed to honor you properly. You have never forgotten that this
dishonest man, John Kerry, and his friends in the mainstream media caused
the scorn you experienced. <br><br>
But you didn’t let that get you down. You blended back into society in
various ways. You have become successes in the private sector, where you
have labored for decades, minding your own business and mostly letting
others charge the windmills of political protest.<br><br>
But like whistle-blowers before you, you came to believe that you were in
possession of significant information that the American people needed to
know before an important election and as a nation. You stood up for the
truth, and we owe you a debt of gratitude – again!<br><br>
We are a nation that was attacked, and now we are at war. We’re trying to
protect ourselves against future attacks, and because of what you know –
first hand – you believe with all your hearts that Senator Kerry should
not become commander in chief. At least, not right now – not at this
time. <br><br>
I believe Kerry will lose in a landslide, just like George McGovern in
1972. I believe the reason he will lose is, in part, because you had the
courage to step forward and tell the American people the truth. The
people will get the truth – they always do.<br><br>
You will take hits and wounds of a different kind this time, but your
solace may be found printed on a sign that once sat on the desk of a
great president, Ronald Reagan. It read, “Great things can be
accomplished as long as you don’t care about who gets the credit.”
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<i>Gary Aldrich is president and founder of
<a href="http://cf.townhall.com/linkurl.cfm?http://www.patrickhenrycenter.org/">The
Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty</a>, a Townhall.com member
group.<br><br>
</i>(c) 2004 Gary W. Aldrich<br><br>
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