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30 Jun 2008 02:29 pm
A Swift Boater Attacks Swift Boating
A little late, I'd say:
One of the participants in McCain's conference call today was Colonel
Bud Day, a longtime McCain ally who was also a member of the Swift
Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004.
I asked Day whether how he'd compare the attacks he was saying McCain
faces today -- from Wes Clark and other Democrats -- to the attacks on
John Kerry's war record from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in
2004.
"The Swift Boat 'attacks' were simply relevation of the truth," said
Day, a former prisoner of war and Medal of Honor recipient who served
i the Air Force. "The similarity does not exist here."
McCain himself disowned the Swift Boat nutters in 2004 as "dishonest and dishonorable." I find both attempts to smear the war records of people who volunteered to fight for their country to be repellent. But the far right is too invested in the politics of Vietnam to take the high road.
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