’)Lying down with fleas, etc.
But one McCain supporter, retired Col. Bud Day, who was held prisoner with McCain in Vietnam, said the attacks on McCain were nothing like the swift boat attacks. He helped produce those attacks against Kerry, which were true, he said. The attacks against McCain are not, he added.
‘The swift boat, quote, attacks were simply a revelation of the truth,’ he said. ‘The similarity does not exist here because basically what the Swift Boat campaign was about was to lay out John Kerry’s record.’
And yes I know, Bud Day is a highly decorated veteran. That doesn’t mean he ain’t a liar and an enabler of one of the most dishonest campaigns in U.S. history.
I checked out the Media Matters page that “debunks” the Swift Boat claims, and found it rather weak. Most of the “debunking” seems to revolve around semantics. For example, the “debunked” claim that Kerry “joined forces with Fonda’s anti-war efforts” devolves into an analysis of who appeared on stage when, and a remark that Kerry and Fonda “never even shook hands,”…though they did speak at the same anti-war event!
My favorite part, though, is this: “…A Swift Boat Vets attack ad released in September also claimed that Kerry “secretly met with enemy leaders in Paris.” But as MMFA and The Washington Post noted at the time, the meeting was not a secret. That, my friends, is comedy gold. Debunked, indeed.
There is still a cool million out there for anyone that can disprove the Swiftboat claims. Look at the old Dick Cavett clips to see how far back in time Kerry’s war buddies hated his guts and thought he was a lying asshole.
The claims have been debunked (time and again) but T. Boone Pickens won’t pay up.
Look at the old Dick Cavett clips to see how far back in time
Kerry’s war buddiesNixon’s paid goons hated his gutsYou’re welcome!
Oliver, is there an online resource of Swift Boat debunkery better than the stuff at Media Matters? That one fell a little short.
Olliver,
Cites please?
Quaker,
John O’Neil is a Nixon Goon? What are you smoking?
Lying down with fleas, etc.
You wake up with dogs?
What am I smoking, AO? Some good stuff, man:
AO? Hello?
It’s disappointing when they run away like that.
Quaker,
Not running away, just tending to life. I haven’t read the book you quoted, I was unaware that he agreed to go on the Cavett show because he was paid to do so by Dick Nixon. Considering he went on the warpath against Kerry some 30 years after the Cavett show it must have been a lot of money. Talk about bang for your buck. No wonder Colson boasting.
Are you sure that John O Neil wasn’t an individual with a strong sense of being wronged by John Kerry’s claims who was eager to get a platform for his views?
Considering he went on the warpath against Kerry some 30 years after the Cavett show it must have been a lot of money.
My mistake. I thought you were talking about “far back in time”:
Are you sure that John O Neil wasn’t an individual with a strong sense of being wronged by John Kerry’s claims who was eager to get a platform for his views?
Read the article I linked. Judge for yourself. The article says he was recruited by Colson and encouraged by Nixon.
I caught the part in the article about how O Neal was pissed at Kerry for what he thought were slanders but somehow I missed the part about Nixon paying him. If he did pay him, like I said, Tricky Dick sure got a good long lasting value for his money.
I suppose it’s possible O’Neill traveled on his own dime. But I doubt it: