Posted on 05/25/2009 9:30:25 AM PDT by Interesting Times
Five years ago, a group of Vietnam veterans came forward at the National Press Club in Washington to dispute the "war hero" stories that formed the basis of candidate John Kerry's presidential campaign, and to challenge the claims of rampant US war crimes Kerry had used to launch his political career 33 years earlier -- false accusations, they said, that helped to poison the reputations of a generation of American troops. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth included Kerry's entire former chain of command from Vietnam and dozens of eyewitnesses to his actions there. Kerry, the veterans said, was not fit to be America's Commander-in-Chief
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Swift vets ping.
BTTT
It says a lot about how much a majority of voters in Massachusetts must hate this country that they continue to send in scumbags like Ted Kennedy and John Kerry to the US Senate.
Ha, you can stop after the first 4 words. It isn't news that the MSM is lying, about anything. I wouldn't trust them if they said the sky were blue - I'd still go outside and look.
The majority of the cud chewers will think of “Swift Boating” as an unfair attack because the lies keep getting repeated.
...Kerry’s own words about taking his boat out of action and heading to Saigon unbeknownst to his commanders. He should have been kicked out of the Navy.
Because they are leftist shills who don’t have writing talent or a brain - whenever they want the REAL story they go to moveon.org. Brainless twits They only have their jobs because they keep spewing what their massas tell them.
Absolutely agree.
The Swift Boat Veterans have been smeared by consistently calling them liars and co-opting the term “swiftboating” to mean something disreputable.
It is a shame this was allowed to happen, just as many actions of Bush/Cheney have been.
We can only hope that the lack of denial in the short term will be balanced by the long lens of history.
Has this piece of crap released his military records, YET?
Sliver here, Purple Heat, Purple Heart.
Lying ? Surely not “the Cambodian Kid”
As a Vietnam Veteran I only need to know one thing. He got 3 purple hearts with no time lost on duty (no hospitalization or convalescence). The three purple hearts earned him an early release from Vietnam. if that isn’t fishy as hell, nothing is.
Excellent article S!
Same thing happened to Nixon.
Who can protect that abysmal clod Kerry except the “New England” elites who consider themselves superior to we outlanders.
There’s rumors that he was...
I think he WAS kicked out of the Navy. If you look at the timeline from the day he joined the Navy Reserve until the day he got his “Honorable Discharge”, he would have had to re-enlist somewhere along the line.
I think the reason he won’t allow his record to be released is because it will show a less than honorable discharge, followed by a pardon by Jimmmy Carter when he declared an amnesty for Viet Nam war draft dodgers.
John Kerry, prove me wrong.
I trained with the Navy on inshore operations with PBR boats and served with the Army in the RVN. At that time it was Navy policy to return anyone that earned a purple heart be returned to the fleet...reason being that they have done their duty for God and country.
As a consequence many Navy guys refused a purple heart and was grateful to be returned to duty with the brown water Navy...they had their reasons for not wanting to be part of the fleet Navy, mostly they welcomed the opportunity for direct action.
They took shrapnel over and over to be with their brothers...Kerry was a political whore. He insisted on purple hearts to enhance his career.
Stands to reason he’s a phony and fits hand in glove with his gigoloness.
What a piece of human garbage.
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