Explain this to me: 5 billion Swift Boaters claim they served with Kerry

[drscm]

and that Kerry is a liar. Still we cannot find anyone who served with Bush in Alabama, save a dentist who saw his teeth (perhaps a pair of discarded dentures).

I am so pissed at the repugs who are wearing band-aids with purple hearts denigrating Kerry (and my father and a brother) while they support AWOL.

[RobertSeattle]

1. My swift boat #'s

Number of Viet Nam Era Veterans who can Call Themselves Swift Boat Veterans: 3500
Number of Swift Boat veterans for "Truth": 250
Number of Swift Boat Vererans for "Truth" who actually served on the same boat at the same time as Kerry: 1
Number of Times John O'Neill was with John Kerry in Viet Nam: 0

[USA_1]

3. O'Neill = Liar SUPREME

http://mediamatters.org/items/200408250002

"The Lies of John O'Neill"


The crook never spoke a word of truth in his miserable life.

[jimshoes]

2. Of all the fucking nerve

these hateful repuke chickenshit coward punkass slime defaming a Navy veteran who might well have been killed saving one of their wretched brothers or fathers in Viet Nam while they put an awol deserter on a pedestal and fawn over his failed mis-leadership for the last 4 years is truly disgusting and they should be belittled mocked at every opportunity for their callous, shameful display of anti-patriotism. They are not Americans.

[obiwan]

4. Forget about the Swift Boats...

...here comes the next wave of Kerry-Vietnam smearing:
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com

and the man behind it all:
http://www.miafacts.org/prankster.htm


Someone with more "creative" expertise than me should try to nip this one in the bud.

It's so beside the point that it is ludicrous.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Sampley and his group are a laughinstock going way back.

Dude has been convicted of assault. You'll have to try harder to make DUers quake in their boots than that.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/7954700.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Posted on Sat, Feb. 14, 2004

McCain defends Kerry, calls detractor 'dispicable'

By Michael Janofsky
The New York Times

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain defended a fellow Vietnam War veteran Friday by attacking the credibility of a North Carolina veteran who has dedicated himself to defeating Sen. John Kerry in his presidential campaign.

McCain, R-Ariz., called Ted Sampley "one of the most despicable people I have ever had the misfortune to encounter."

snip

The Web site, www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com, includes pictures from the 1970s showing Kerry at anti-war protests.

snip

In 1993, Sampley was convicted of misdemeanor assault and sentenced to 180 days' probation for attacking a legislative aide to McCain.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200408110010