I too am not a RG supporter. But, too many of us, Viet Nam is still fresh and vivid in our memories.
As for the Swift Boat Vets, the lies and innuendoes were actually about them, not by them. In the rapid fire cry of how wrong it is to bash a Veteran, it was completely missed that the Swift Boat Vets are a group of over 250 men, all Highly Decorated Combat Veterans who spent much more time fighting in country than ‘Lurch did.
As far as I’m concerned, Lurch threw away his membership in the Brotherhood by his slanderous lies he told in 1971 and since. He was exposed for what he is and the left now tries to make the term Swift Boating what it isn’t.
In its truest sense, Swift Boating is what we need more of, exposing lying politicians that hide their nature from us.
Thank you DakotaRed for your good definition of what ‘Swift Boating’ is. That’s the first time i have ever seen it defined like that.
As for Vietnam vets, i too was there and have many memories of the Central Highlands area where we were...also still have the memory of film clips showing JK testifying before Congress and his rotten lies about the troops in the RVN...If he wouldn’t back the troops, can you imagine how he would (and still does)betray the US in world affairs ?