Reply #7: One name comes to mind [View All]

[fedupinBushcountry]

and it is Ted Sampley, he is pure scum. In the early days of the Kerry blog most of our trolls were connected to http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.org/|]VVAJK started by http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.org/">Sampley. He was also behind the attacks of McCain in 2000. [b>He falsely led people to believe that there were many American soldiers still held prisoner in Vietnam.

He is behind VVA John McCain:
Republican 527s. Here they come again "Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain" - May 2008. Beginning in early March 2008, a website titled "Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain" appeared on the WWW. The site contains a collection of attacks on John McCain. As McCain moved to cement the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, the site added more and more attacks on McCain. Briefly stated, the site is bull#. The website, "Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain" is the creation of Ted Sampley from Kinston, NC.

Sampley is assisted by another individual, Jerry Kiley, and the bills are being paid by rightwingnut and former member of Congress, John LeBoutillier. This is a long and twisted tale. To fully understand why Sampley is attacking McCain, you need to start by reading this article after which you need to read the articles linked to this one. link...

This from above link.

The charges that these people are levying against McCain include:

He was a "songbird" -- telling the North Vietnamese every US secret he knew.
As a result of his collaboration, he received special, favorable treatment from his captors.
This treatment included regular visits to/from Vietnamese women and McCain even has illegitimate children in Vietnam.
And a number of similar stories.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CLAIMS IS A LIE.
TOTAL, ABSOLUTE LIE.
NOT A SHRED OF TRUTH IN ANY OF THESE CLAIMS.

The individuals who are attacking McCain's record are not Democrats. In fact, the attacks on McCain are coming from hard-core right-wing reactionaries. Those who are attacking McCain include:

Ted Sampley of Kinston, NC. As explained in this article and several other articles on this website, Sampley made a lot of money in a scam operation focused on the issue of Americans missing in action in Southeast Asia. McCain blew the whistle on Sampley and Sampley has been after McCain every since.
Read more about Sampley at the links at the bottom of this page.

Former Congressman John LeBoutellier. Son of a wealthy New York family, Boot was elected to Congress on the Reagan coattails. His constituents recognized that his election was a mistake and voted him out. He is now a "commentator" for the radical reactionary nutcase website "Newsmax". Boot never met a wacky idea he didn't like.

Earl Hopper, Colonel, US Army Reserve (retired). Hopper claims to be a "retired Army intelligence officer." Horseshit. Hopper once served as the Intelligence and Security officer for an Army post where his main job was maintaining the library of classified documents.
Hopper is not smart enough to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions printed on the sole.
Hopper has made a career out of spreading lies about the loss of his son, Earl Hopper, Jr., when his F-4 was shot down over North Vietnam. Read about Hopper, his son's loss, and the identification of his son's remains here.

Various associates of Sampley, LeBoutellier, and Hopper. Jerry Kiley -- front man for Sampley and the registered owner of the website Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain.
Will add others as they surface.


So -- why are these people attacking McCain's record as a prisoner of war? It's a long and sordid story. The short version is this:

Sampley was making a lot of money off the issue of Americans missing in action in Southeast Asia; Hopper enjoyed a certain amount of notoriety because of the lies he told about his missing son; LeBoutellier had nothing better to do.
McCain was an active member of the 1991-1993 Senate Select Committee on POW-MIA Affairs and he exposed the lies and scams that Sampley, Hopper, LeBoutellier, and others were running.
Because McCain exposed them, they have set about trashing McCain.

However, to understand fully why these frauds are attacking McCain, you need to read through this page then read all the pages and articles that are linked to this page. Doing this reading will take some time but it's important -- because -- some of these phony charges against McCain are showing up in the legitimate press and the truth needs to be told.

This for me is one and only thing I will defend McCain on, it is wrong and it needs to stop.