Swift Boat signature a forgery

[Clinton Crusader]

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&tts=1&display=rednews/2004/09/01/build/state/25-swift-boat.inc

Columbus swift boat vet angry about letter
By LINDA HALSTEAD-ACHARYA
Of The Gazette Staff

COLUMBUS - Swift boat veteran Bob Anderson of Columbus is ticked.

It bothers him that Sen. John Kerry's swift boat history has become such a political hot potato. But he's even more irritated that his name was included - without his permission - on a letter used to discredit Kerry.

"I'm pretty nonpolitical," the 56-year-old Anderson said Tuesday. So, when he found out last week that his name was one of about 300 signed on a letter questioning Kerry's service, he was "flabbergasted."

"It's kind of like stealing my identity," said Anderson, who spent a year on a swift boat as an engine man and gunner.

The letter, which was posted on the Swift Boat Veter-ans for Truth Web site, claims the Demo-cratic presidential candidate has "grossly and knowingly distorted the conduct of the American soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen of that (Vietnam) war."

The letter also criticizes Kerry for trying to change his image from a critic of the war to a war hero.

"After reading the letter," Anderson said, "it kind of got under my skin. I had never come across a situation where someone used my name without my support or approval. It's not a very comforting feeling."

What's worse, he said, he disagrees with the letter.

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[Generic Other]

1. He should sue them

Empty their deep pockets.

[JHB]

3. Can he have them arrested for fraud or identity theft? n/t

[Lefty_the_Right]

2. Can you please highlight

The part of the article where he says that they forged his signature?

I can't find it.
I can see where he name was included, but I'm not sure that there is an actual signature that was "forged".

Sorry to nitpick, but we liberals have to be better than the conservatives.
We have to be accurate.

[Demi_Babe]

4. here it is

It bothers him that Sen. John Kerry's swift boat history has become such a political hot potato. But he's even more irritated that his name was included - without his permission - on a letter used to discredit Kerry.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi Demi_Babe!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Clinton Crusader]

5. Just copying an article sent to me

Wedge, 60, of Mesquite, Nev., said his name, too, was on the list - and he's mad.

"This is the fourth or fifth time someone has called me or e-mailed me in regard to signing this damn letter," he wrote in an e-mail to Anderson. "I don't agree with it and want no part of it and especially don't want my name on it."

Both men have tried to contact the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to have their names removed from the list. Neither have had any success.

"I can't seem to get a response when I reply to their e-mail," Wedge said.

"They come back undeliverable."

Anderson said he first learned about the situation last week when he received an e-mail from a third party. The e-mail, from a Tom Pyle, said Pyle had contacted a dozen men whose names showed up on the list. Of the dozen, three said they had not given permission, Anderson said.

"That leads me to believe that as many as 25 percent of the names are fictitious supporters of that group," he said.

[Lefty_the_Right]

6. I understand and totally agree

I've been folowing it too.
But there is a huge legal difference between putting their name on the list and "forging" their signatures.

If they indeed forged their signatures, that is cause for immediate legal action.

[wwbarnes]

7. It's An Electronic Forgery

[newyawker99]

9. Hi wwbarnes!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: