Lest we forget the true context of the original Swift Boat controversy.
Vietnam vet John Kerry was trying to unseat sitting president GW Bush
by campaigning on his own “war record” vs Bush’s Air National Guard
record. This was after Kerry had supported Vietnam era draft dodger,
Bill Clinton, against sitting president GHW bush, a WWII fighter pilot.
Fellow swift boaters bitter over Kerry’s Congressional testimony
regarding the Vietnam War exposed Kerry’s minimal war time contribution. Kerry’s liberal supporters made Kerry out to be a
victim of “Swift Boating”. Kerry had brought it on himself.
Don’t forget the forged National Guard memos that were coordinated by Democrat operatives to get them to CBS and AP as an October Surprise.