Complain if you want, but it is simply a fact that overly vicious negativity turns many people off (like my Republican mother), as the Clinton impeachment showed. The medals and the combat record questioning seems to be a case of some people's word against other people's word, and we may never know the full truth, and people will just be inclined to believe whoever they trust more initially. I think the Swift Vets should focus more on the Senate testimony (blanket accusation of war crimes) and the Cambodia discrepancy.
RE: Unan Sanctam Another R too sensitive to even want to hear the truth. And then they say, well BOTH sides are being mean. I guess they would want us to allow lies and attacks from the others dies, because to fight back would be unseemly. In light of the backbone of these SwiftVets, who are laying down their futures for US, it is disappointing and unseemly behavior.
This isn't a group trying to get GW another 4 years. It's payback for Kerry's betrayal of our troops in during the congressional hearings in 1971.
We can't do a darn thing to stop the Swifties, so we may as well enjoy the ride.