Posted on 08/27/2007 2:56:03 PM PDT by PurpleMountains
Swift Boat Veterans: The liberal media and some Democratic politicians sometimes refer sneeringly to “Swiftboating” someone as if it were commonly understood by all that the Swift Boat veterans were lying about John Kerry. As a matter of fact, it was Kerry who told some whoppers about his Vietnam service, who obviously managed that service to build a record he could use in politics, who lied about the activities of his former comrades, and has not, to this date, released his medical records as he has promised to do over and over again. The Swift Boat Veterans performed another honorable service by informing the American public of John Kerry’s duplicity.
What "Swiftboating" really means is 'publishing the truth about someone or something'.
Willie Horton: George Bush 41 is castigated now and then, almost 20 years after that presidential campaign,
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