Let me tell you something. This (Swiftboat vets) campaign, is not about "us" or "Bush", or a political 'campaign strategy'. This is much, much more than that. This is PERSONAL with these guys.
This is not about "electing Bush". This is about "defeating Kerry"! To them, this is about 'their war'. About 'life and death' issues. THEY WILL NOT REST ON THIS. Trust me. This has now taken a life of it's own, and there's not a thing Republicans or Bush can do anything about it, even if they wanted to.
That is so true. This has been a long time coming. These people came back from Vietnam treated like THEY were the traitors. They were ridiculed, their families were harassed... I have several friends who served there. They ALL carry emotional scars from that war, more from what happened here than in Vietnam. They had to watch as Clinton stiffed them promising to bring home POW's and then once elected he made deals with the old enemy that actually caused many POW's to disappear forever. I could go on and on, but, yes, this isn't George Bush. This is payback... I predict we are going to live the late 60's early 70's all over again this week (in the form of the anarchists, many from the Vietnam period who are planning to cause trouble this week in NYC) and only Pray our President doesn't get hurt in the process.
Re post 32 - Exactly! These guys have a right to defend themselves!! I don't understand how anybody could think that they would stand back and give Kerry a pass on this!! As a local conservative radio-show host said; "Bush doesn't have a dog in this fight".
Has nothing to do with Bush.
Has everything to do with defending themselves against the lies of J f'n Kerry. He's using them and his (questionable) VN experience to win the presidency.
Let them be heard!!