They call themselves patriots. They call themselves honorable men. But they are neither. The Swift Boat Veterans for "Truth" were a group of contemptible GOP funded shills, who were willing to lie and distort the record of a man who had served his country with honor, in order to elect a man who had not.
And they've done it time and time again, as Max Cleland and John McCain can certainly attest. But now the New York Times has a new story about how John Kerry continues to fight back to expose them as the dishonorable GOP fabricators that they are.
Now I was not for John Kerry in the 2004 primary, I backed Wesley Clark. However, I did support the democratic nominee in the general election and felt that the attacks from the Swift Boat Liars were highly repugnant. And I don't kid myself that had Wesley Clark been the nominee, they wouldn't have done the same to him.
Full story here. Excerpts below the fold.
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