Regarding: Adam Kokesh
(a complete list of recipients can be found at the bottom of this letter)

We are writing to you to express our grave concerns about one of your fellow Liberty candidates, Adam Kokesh. More importantly, in view of these concerns and to the point of this letter, we are asking that you disavow Mr. Kokesh and distance yourself from him politically.

Mr. Kokesh has an extensive and well-documented history of affiliations with radical leftist groups. In concert with these groups, he has engaged in numerous anti-America and anti-military demonstrations and protests. Further, Mr. Kokesh does not appear to have any personal qualifications that would recommend him for serious consideration as a candidate for Congress, and he has a significant history suggestive of poor character and judgment.

Of primary concern to us is that Mr. Kokesh’s anti-military actions were designed to undermine our military during a time of war, and, more egregiously, were designed to undermine and impugn the honor of our soldiers who were fighting and dying on the battlefield. Most people would see these actions as having been dishonorable; many of us see them as being traitorous.

For those of you that are not familiar with Mr. Kokesh’s extensive history of affiliations with radical lefist groups, we have appended this letter with a brief review of those affiliations (see below, Appendix I). Additionally, there are a numbers of internet resources that you can utilize for your own research on Mr. Kokesh. We have also appended this letter with links to some websites that contain relevant information (see below, Appendix II).

Most of us are well aware of the devastating effect that the anti-military actions of the left during the Vietnam War had on both our country at large and on our veterans in particular. Many of us lived through that. We are well aware of the suffering of those veterans as they returned to a country that had been incited to impugn their honor and condemn them.

Be assured that there are countless numbers of patriotic Americans who vowed that never again would our soldiers be subjected to the traitorous assault of the radical leftist groups within our own country. We, the undersigned, are among those numbers. It is for this reason that we stand in solid opposition to Mr. Kokesh. We stand in total solidarity with our soldiers and veterans. We ask you to take the same principled stand. We ask that you disavow Mr. Kokesh and, by extension disavow the entire radical anti-America forces that are within our country, and that are seeking to destroy us from within. We ask that you stand in solidarity with our troops.

It is with great interest that we look forward to a response from you.

Please send replies to:
americanpatriotsagainstkokesh@gmail.com

Signatories:

The Band of Mothers
http://thebandofmothers.com/

Move America Forward Freedom PAC
http://www.mafpac.org

9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/

Gathering of Eagles
http://www.gatheringofeagles.org

Warriors For Congress
http://warriorsforcongress.com/

Illinois Tea Party
http://illinoistea.org/

American Patriots Against Kokesh
http://americanpatriotsagainstkokesh.wordpress.com/

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APPENDIX I - Review of Mr. Kokesh’s history

Affiliations with radical leftist groups

Mr. Kokesh joined the Iraq Veterans Against War (IVAW) in February 2007, at which time he was 25 years old. The IVAW was formed by the Vietnam Veterans Against War (VVAW), the now infamous group formed by John Kerry in 1970, and responsible for the fraudulent maligning of our Vietnam veterans at the Winter Soldier Conference in 1971. It will be recalled that John Kerry now stands exposed as having repeated false accusations from that conference, during his Congressional testimony in 1971. Similar to the VVAW, the IVAW is a virulently anti-military, anti-America group. It holds the view that our country is an imperialistic and expansionistic “One World Order” government, and that our military is but a tool of this government. Further, they believe that our soldiers are little more than marauders and murderers who, in the words of John Kerry, behave “in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan”.
Mr. Kokesh was active in the IVAW from 2007 to 2009, at which time he announced his candidacy for Republican Congressman from New Mexico. There are no indications that he has revoked his affiliations with the IVAW. As an active member of the IVAW, Mr. Kokesh was involved in numerous anti-militaryactivities and actions. While executing these actions, Mr. Kokesh knowingly made common cause with a wide array of other well-known, radical anti-America and communist groups. The list of these other groups includes, but is by no means limited to, the following:

SDS
Code Pink
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
United for Justice and Peace
Communist Party of America
Muslim Brotherhood
Black Panthers

In cooperation with the above-named groups and the IVAW, Mr. Kokesh: participated in multiple anti-war demonstrations in Washington DC, and other cities throughout the country; organized and incited violent demonstrations at military recruiting stations; participated in an initiative to encourage active duty soldiers to desert their military post; and, organized and participated in a Winter Soldier Conference 2, an effort designed to malign and undercut the morale of our soldiers who were fighting and dying on the battlefield. Even a most cursory search of the Internet will yield a plethora of documents attesting to the veracity of these assertions.

Character Issues

Mr. Kokesh’s personal accomplishments and achievements appear to be limited to his having served in the Marine Corps from 1999 until 2006, and his subsequent work as a political activist with the IVAW from 2007 until 2009. His MC service was basically unremarkable, in terms of citations, medals, and commendations, and it was ultimately marked by a demotion in his discharge rank from Sergeant to Corporal, and a downgrading of his discharge status from honorable to general. Mr. Kokesh’s tenure with the IVAW has been noted above and need not be repeated here.
There are no indications that Mr. Kokesh has ever maintained any private sector employment. Unless otherwise proven, it might be assumed that his ‘work’ with the IVAW was financed through contributions to that organization, finances that often originated in radical leftist organizations such as MoveOn.org.
There are no indications that Mr. Kokesh has achieved any notable academic standing. This fact, coupled with his young age and his otherwise lack of personal accomplishments, leave little that would recommend him for serious consideration for Congress.
There are numbers of incidents in Mr. Kokesh’s personal life that suggest that he employs poor judgment. Examples of this include the following: he smuggled a gun home from Iraq, and then was apprehended when he bought it onto a college campus; he has incited protestors to engage in violent actions against military recruiting stations; and, he incited unrest on a college campus by hanging racist poster around the campus, having signed the posters as being from members of the college’s conservative Republican
organization.

APPENDIX II Internet resources

Internet Resources:
Websites:
This Ain’t Hell – blog site – extensive archives on Kokesh
http://thisainthell.us/blog/

American Patriots Against Kokesh – informational website on Kokesh
http://americanpatriotsagainstkokesh.wordpress.com/

Links:
Kokesh + IVAW – Google search
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIC_enUS220US220&q=Kokesh+%2b+IVAW
Kokesh + Code Pink
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIC_enUS220US220&q=Kokesh+%2b+Code+Pink

Kokesh + ANSWER
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIC_enUS220US220&q=kokesh+%2b+answer

Kokesh + World Workers Party
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIC_enUS220US220&q=Kokesh+%2b+World+Worker+Party

http://www.holidaydmitri.com/kokesh.html

http://www.ivaw.org/node/787

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/17/adam-kokesh-when-injustice-becomes-law-resistance-becomes-duty/

http://www.ivaw.org/node/639

Kokesh in Germany:
http://www.ivaw.org/node/787

ivaw encourages war resistance:
http://us.oneworld.net/node/152427

War Resister Camilo Mejia Elected to Chair Iraq Veterans Against the War, Group Encouraging War Resistance (august, 2007 – during which time kokesh was an active member of IVAW)
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/8/23/war_resister_camilo_mejia_elected_to

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Carlos Rodriguez

Edward Gonzalez

Gail Lightfoot

John Dennis

Michael Benoit

CO
Rob McNealy

CT
Dan Reale

Peter Schiff

FL
Alex Snitker

Craig Porter

Eddie Adams, Jr.

Francisco Rodriguez

John Annarumma

Thomas K. Snider

Troy D. Stanley

GA
Chuck Donovan

Michael Frisbee

Valerie Meyers

ID
Chick Heileson

IL
Alton Franklin

Christian Falconer

David Ratowitz

Michael Labno

IN
Rachel Grubb

Kristi Risk

KY
Rand Paul

MD
Collins Bailey

Robert Broadus

Russ Braden

MI
Linda Goldthorpe

MO
Bob Parker

Jonathan Dine

Greg Cowan

MS
Joe Tegerdine

MT
Mark French

NC
B.J. Lawson

Dan Eichenbaum

Mike Beitler

NH
Tom Alciere

NJ
William Kern

NY
Anthony Tolda

Logan Bell

NV
Edward G. Klapproth

OH
David Ryon

Eric Deaton

OK
Howard Houchen

Nathan Dahm

R.J. Harris

OR
Delia Lopez

Jaynee Germond

Marc Delphine

PA
Dan Frank

Scott Pigeon

Jake Towne

SC
Mike Vasovski

TN
Lenny Ladner

TX
Bruce West

Bryon Severns

David Smith

John Jay Myers

Mike Taylor

Sam Brannon

UT
Mike Lee

VA
Douglas Hutchinson

Michael McPadden

WA
Craig Williams

David Hedrick

WI
Michael Krsiean

Rob Taylor

Terri McCormick

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