'...as long as he's not followed by a Swift Boat vet...'
I'm sure they would NEVER have a Dem on to refute a Republican if the tables were reversed. Noooo way.
Any political strategist could see this coming. A Hahvahd version of 'can't we all just get along?'. The press will love it. The soccer moms will think he's so brave! (Remember McGreevey's poll numbers went UP after he decalred himself a victim.)
The SBV's should concentrate on the '71 Senate testimony no matter WHAT Kerry says...or does. There's a risk of getting bogged down in the details of the actual incidents rather than concentrating on the best weapon...Kerry's own words. O'Neill did an excellent job discussing this with Rush, tying in the POW's and the average Vet.
They need to add Kerry's statement yesterday - it wasn't the Swifties I blamed for the atrocities, it was the OTHER Vets! - to the '71 tape. Then and now. Before and After. Same lie.
Kerry advisers are said by some to be alarmed at how quickly the Swift Boat story has spun out of their control.
HA! The truth will out.
Truth is a foreign word to them.
Many posts I read on that comment from Kerry .. went something like "Go To Hell"