Will Pitt - updates every 5 min. from Veterans for Kerry event

[JPJones]

"General Wes Clark coming to the stage, and the applause is shaking the walls. He has become an incredible public speaker. He invokes Kerry's name and the place goes wild."

http://www.truthout.org/dnc04.shtml

[proud patriot]

1. How exciting

:-)

[ewagner]

2. Wow!

Bringing chills to my spine!

I am living it vicariously through Will's words......

thanks Will............

[VolcanoJen]

3. Fantastic accounts!!!

Thank you, Will!! I've got goosebumps!

t r u t h o u t | Democratic Convention Coverage
By William Rivers Pitt

Monday 25 July 2004
1:15PM

"This flag," says Clark while pointing to a huge American flag behind him, "is our flag. No John Ashcroft or Don Rumsfeld or George Bush is going to take it away from us."

Clark outlining 'the Mission': to convince friends and family and everyone else that a change at the top is absolutely necessary. "This is about changing the leadership of this great country."

Monday 25 July 2004
1:10PM

Generals and Admirals from all the armed services are being brought to the stage in a phalanx. The GOP is going to have to work hard to out-brass the Democrats.

We are all Kerry's Band of Brothers," says Clark. Eruption of applause. Talking about having seen the results of war, the deaths, the pain, and said "We must use force only only only as a last resort."

[chiburb]

10. Max Cleland...

And they rise for Cleland, and they roar and stomp and clap as Cleland is wheeled to the stage. They won't stop.

Carville describing how Cleland was compared to Osama and Saddam by the GOP, a man who gave so much in his service. "Are we going to do something about this?" Carville asked the crowd. Roar. "We love you, Max!" From the crowd. Roar.

"In this campaign," says Carville, "we're gonna remember Max."

Roar.

"We're not going to hell with Kerry," says Cleland. "We've been to hell. We're going to the White House."

Roar, roar, roar, thunder and roar.

[chiburb]

11. I meant this as a new post, not reply to Jen...

Sorry 'bout that.

[redqueen]

4. This is great

but why do the dates say Mon 25 July?

[gasperc]

5. on 9/11, Bush didn't move when told "America is under attack"

"Max Cleland would have got up!!!" Bill mahr on Larry King last week

[PopSixSquish]

13. Damn Skippy!!!!

Max Cleland is a true American hero.

[quispquake]

16. Great line!!!

Even Larry cracked up hard on that one!!!

[Sparkly]

6. Wish it were televised

How good of Will to log this account!! This is so valuable.

[WilliamPitt]

19. Video on the way

In production now

[proud patriot]

24. Fabulous

B-)

[PopSixSquish]

7. I'm Literally Shaking and Close to Tears

reading this report.

" A crewmate of Kerry just said, "If John came to us today and said we had one more swift boat mission, and we were going to hell, John would have a full crew." "

There are no words.

[Sparkly]

8. Okay good, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!

:hi:

[PopSixSquish]

12. Hi Right Back to You

It sounds like General Clark had them swinging from the light fixtures. Go Wesley, get down with your bad self!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Who could not love that man?

He is such a wonderful person. He's such a Patriot. I want to cry. I wish I was there.

I LOVE Will's every 5 minute reports.....it's "almost" like being there. Thank you, Will! :hi:

The Homeless Veteran's of Massachusetts....how sad is that that OUR country has HOMELESS Veterans? :cry:

[faithnotgreed]

20. yes - quite sad. our country should not have homeless, esp veterans

[goclark]

21. Yea for the General!!!

Yea for Max and yea for Carville!

How I wish that James C. would be a STRONG VOICE for us on CNN.
IMO he wimps out when he gets on TV.
IMO he is one of the big reasons that Clinton won. He was an absolute attack dog and that is what we need now.

[swag]

14. It's one of the best blog sequence I have read

somebody shoot Will a note that today's date is July 26.

[alfredo]

15. Very good

kick

[playahata1]

17. I want to know more about the LaRouche disruptor at the CBC gathering.

Good work, Will!

[WilliamPitt]

18. The date thing has been fixed

[DoBotherMe]

22. Are you?

a Vietnam Vet groupie? I am .... Thank you for your reporting on these wonderful guys. Have you read "Tour of Duty?" I was 14 years old when Kerry was in Nam and after reading the book all the memories of that time that I had supressed for years came bubbling to the surface I had sort of a meltdown and cried and mourned for the VN vets for a week. I realized that those who were in combat and came home alive were ghosts. The right's continuous defamation of Kerry's war record and heroism in the line of fire is traitorous and I just don't understand why ANY VN vet would join the chorus. If you look at the official records and reports in the military records section of Kerry's site, it's shown as fact that the three months that he was stationed at An Thoi were the most dangerous three months for the mission of the entire war! http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/Command_History_Statistics.pdf

Dana ; )

[proud patriot]

23. this update brought a tear to my eye

By William Rivers Pitt

Monday 26 July 2004
1:20PM

A crewmate of Kerry just said, “If John came to us today and said we had one more swift boat mission, and we were going to hell, John would have a full crew.”

Comes now Max Cleland in his wheelchair and with only one good arm remaining to him.



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Thanks so much for the updates Will
love ya Man
:loveya:

[bobbieinok]

25. a stupid question.....WILL THIS BE TELEVISED??????????????

from reading Will's comments, sounds there're a lot of 'patriotic veteran DEMOCRATS'

I realize it would shock the RW to learn this

[WilliamPitt]

26. We're working up the video now.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. A video too?

I'm so excited! You are AWESOME Will! Thank You! I can't wait to see it!

[blm]

28. Interesting that the media won't broadcast this event.

Just like they wouldn't broadcast the Firefighters endorsing Kerry during the primaries. They do not want the public to compare Kerry and Bush man to man.

[WilliamPitt]

29. There were a lot of cameras

so that may be wrong. Watch the b-roll on the news tonight.

[blm]

30. I meant full coverage. Cspan was showing Michelle Malkin

dumping on Dems instead of the Dem nominee at an important convention event tied to his theme of a Stronger America.

Nothing from CNN. Nothing from MSNBC.

btw....thanks for everything and salute to you, the warrior wordsmith.