About the "white lies"...did you ever notice that this is the only thing that Kerry's defenders will address?
It is part and parcel of their incessant focus on splitting hairs and usage of other logical fallacies in presenting their side.
For instance, the entire (and I mean ENTIRE) Kerry crowd arguement is based on a preposition. It is presented in several different ways, but their arguement lies on a grammatical "hinge".
It is just more evidence of the "Clintonization" of the demoCRAP party (hat tip: Rush Limbaugh).
You CAN criticize John Kerry's Vietnam service if you... » served under John Kerry; or » served on the same boat as John Kerry You CAN NOT criticize John Kerry's Vietnam service if you... » served around John Kerry; or » served on another boat around John Kerry These rules, convienently, carry the "Steve Gardner" exclusion because Gardner served both under John Kerry and on the same boat as John Kerry, but apparently his opinion doesn't count.
And, perhaps ironically, Mr. Gardner isn't criticizing John Kerry's Vietnam record; he is merely extrapolating his experience during Vietnam and stating an opinion about Kerry's fitness to serve as commander-in-chief. His opinion is Kerry is unfit.
Frankly, "normal" people can not have a debate when the parsing of words to this degree.
Nor can you have a debate when one side will never accept fault for any of their own actions -- individually or collectively.
It makes for the same kind of "debate" parents have with their juvenile children.
In this connection, isn't it interesting how often the left refers to Republicans as "the daddy party"?
Last paragraph in the piece...the power of the preposition at work again...
The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has provided affidavits for the men making claims against Mr. Kerry in its first and last advertisement. But while some of the men served near Mr. Kerry's Swift boat, none in the advertisement served on it.I can't make this stuff up, I swear
That's great!