Yes, wikipedia.....a great source where anyone can go in and edit. Much better than taking the word of the people who served beside him.
hahahaha. You're right. I'll take the SwiftBoaters words at face value...the way you do.
Here's the supporting players in this tragicomedy:
*The first SBVT ad was contradicted by the statements of several other veterans who observed the incidents, by the Navy's official records, and, in some instances, by the contemporaneous statements of SBVT members themselves.
*New York TImes, Washington Post and LA Times debunked their claims. I know, those are tools of the domineering Left...the weak, flipflopping wishy washy left...who rules all media with an iron hand.
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Nightline traveled to Vietnam and interviewed Vietnamese who were involved in the battle for which Kerry was awarded the Silver Star. These witnesses disputed O'Neill's charge that there "was little or no fire" that day; they said that the fighting was fierce.
More debunking by the left wing NIghtline.
*ABC News's The Note opined, "the Swift Boat ad and their primary charges about Kerry's medals are personal, negative, extremely suspect, or false
But we'll use your standard for truth - the words of the SwiftBoaters themselves:
More recently,
an early member of the group, Steve Hayes, stated that he came to believe that the group was twisting Kerry's record, and broke with the group and voted for Kerry. Hayes told the New York Times:
The mantra was just 'We want to set the record straight,' Mr. Hayes
said this month. It became clear to me that it was morphing from an organization to set the record straight into a highly political vendetta.
They knew it was not the truth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Boat_Veterans_for_Truth#Truth_of_allegations
