Esquire/Smart Money are delusional for publishing this stuff.
I work for one of their sister mags and get these mags every month...sometimes I simply cannot stomach the bs.
Unfit for Command was a pack of lies. I said so at the time. My crew said so. The Navy said so. But a lot of money was put behind the lies. If a lot of money is put behind a lie, it will become the truth for some people — particularly if they don't get enough of the real truth. I take the blame for not making certain that there was money behind the real truth. That's what I meant when I said I should've come back and coldcocked him.
If what sKerry says is true, he could have easily defused the entire Swiftboat episode by signing his SF 180 and makikng his service record public--like Bush did. sKerry was far more obligated to do this than Bush, as he was running on his service record--Bush wasn't. The fact that sKerry did not and still has not released his record speaks loudly to either the truth of the Swiftboat Vets' claims or to some other skeleton in his military career closet. If I were running for office and had a military career I was proud of I'd gladly release my records. One has to wonder why sKerry didn't and won't release his.
As to his tombstone, if I were running for president, like sKerry is again, I'd want my tombstone to say something like "He was a good president," not "He would have been a good president." Deep down even he knows he has no chance.
Finally, his desire to hit the road with Jesus in Galilee to witness some miracles. We all witnessed a miracle in Nov. 2004 when sKerry didn't get elected. Thank you, God.