His only response has been to try and ban them, burn their book, put private detectives on them to dig up dirt on their private lives; all of which will/would/has blown up in his face as a major political candidate trashing citizen/soldiers, and proving the validity of their ad's message.
The Swifties have firmly established the ground rules.
The Swifties have even pre-empted any "apology" trial balloon with what would be an acceptable apology.
And Kerry can only sit and sweat over what the Swifties have yet to hit him with. At least 8-9 more ads, each one more damning than the first.
Swifties - over 30 years of steaming hot revenge being slowly shoved up Kerry's rear end on a weekly basis.
Kerry can hire all the Clintools he wants. They are only used to fighting political battles.
To the Swifties; this is no political battle.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.