[doug from upland]

Rassmann is very irritating, but he owes the guy who pulled him out of the water. I understand the loyalty, even if we see it as misplaced.

[saveliberty]

If the Swiftvets are to be believed, Rassman was knocked overboard by a frantic Kerry only to be "saved" by him later. Rassman may not have been able to see a thing, so I give him the benefit that he had no idea what happened.

I do think it's funny that an allegation is that one purple heart is because Kerry misfired and hit a bag of rice which pelted him in his southern quarters.

[fizziwig]

"Rassmann is very irritating, but he owes the guy who pulled him out of the water. I understand the loyalty, even if we see it as misplaced"

Yeah, I understand it too. Kind of like when Forni pulled Brubaker out of the water after he ditched his jet in the sea, and then Brubaker bailed Forni out of jail when he started a brawl over being jilted by Kimiko his japanese girlfriend.

[freethinkingman]

I'm thinking all that Ketchup money bought off all those that were "On the boats" with Kerry a long time ago. Had to make sure that the closest eye-witnesses would not talk.

Kerry had to know some were going to question his version so he paid for several backups. What he did not count on is the other 240+ that were in the same area at the same time!