Posted on 08/10/2004 6:44:34 AM PDT by chambley1
Lanny Davis, on FOX News Hannity and Clones smeared Swift Boat for Truth vet Mr. Gardner by constantly stating his fellow vets never served on Kerry's ship!
It's they're newest trick to smear the truth - make people think Kerry's ship was a destroyer or something - not a "ski" boat with an Evinrude outboard that served side-by-side with other swift boats and CREWS.
The Swift Boat Vet for Truth should take a scale model of their swift boat to all interviews to refute the DNC smear merchants.
I was just talking with a Navy Reservist buddy here at work. He told me that a Vietnam era Swift Boat would have been about 25 feet long. They usually went out patrolling in groups of 2 boats. However, the entire unit of 4-5 boats opperated together as a unit and worked on missions and slept together at base.
If a person was in John Kerry's unit. They were working with John Kerry regardless of whether or not they were on the same boat. At least that's what my Navy "River Rat" buddy told me.
I know there is an answer out there somewhere. My cousin was a submariner. First Boomers then later Fast Attack. I'd like to take a short trip maybe 3 or 4 hours then I'd need to see the sun.
I notice Lanny's smarmy attempt as well to project the idea of a "ship" instead of a "john" boat.
I was thinking of a model of river showing that these boats worked together not on lonely missions isolated from humanity.
Thats not Navy. I really don't care. Or as the Navy say's, "Frigate!" ; )
My Boston Whaler is on 13 feet long. But with the 40 HP Merc she is swift! I need to mount a twin 50 cal on her bow.
by the guy from Motel Hell!
Davis is like having a PR guy for some show-biz pervert on. He is being paid to be an advocate and will NEVER say anything that might work against the celeb paying him.
It would be interesting to find out if Lanny Davis ever served in the military. We know McAwful and Michael Moore never did
Bookmarked for later.
"I believe the swift boats are 50 footers."
I find that hard to believe. There is a quote out here where Kerry stated he never sailed on anything less than 100+ foot boat. :-)
you can put a boat on a ship,
you can't put a ship on a boat...
Your buddy is correct.
Lanny Davis is a Democrat WHORE! I'd say it to his face if I ever had a chance. Specificly his smearing of Monica Lewinsky when the Story first broke, and his support for Clinton after the Juanita Broaddrick story broke.
When Lanny Davis hits the Airwaves it is not to support a DNC Operative, it is to SPIN the viewers from the truth.
I repeat, Lanny Davis is a Political WHORE! He is the polite version of Sid Blumenthal.
That list of crews is totally unreliable. It shows kerry as being on PCF-66. That's not right. He was on PCF-44 and PCF-94 but never on PCF-66.
Boat Specifications: Mark I (PCFs 1-104)
Length: 50 foot 1.5 inches
Beam: 13 foot 6.5 inches
Full load draft: Hull - 3 foot 10 inches,
Skegs - 4 foot 10 inches and
Navigational - 5 foot 10 inches
Height:
(above full draft waterline)
Main deck at pilothouse - 3 foot 8 inches
Top of .50 caliber guntub - 11 foot 6 inches
Top of the radar mast - 16 foot 9 inches
Construction: The PCF was divided into seven compartments: forepeak, crew quarters, pilothouse, deckhouse, stowage compartment, engine room and lazarette.
"Lanny Liar"(Mark Levin's name for this cretin)is a RELENTLESS enemy of THE TRUTH!!
I thought I saw and heard him on the Hannity & Holmes show, but I wasn't in the studio so I must me a lier. ;-)
Same old Demoncrats - attack the messenger just like with that "stalker" "unstable" Lewinsky.
I wanted Hannity to say something to the effect that Lanny Davis is the same guy who defended the known liar Bill Clinton when he lied about Lewinsky.
The PT Boats(Patrol Torpedo)of WWII vintage were all 77-80 feet long.They were called"BOATS"(Not Ships).
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