[Melinda]

Yawn. This writer knows nothing about what he is talking about, nor about T. Boone, and he lost all credibility with the description of the “Swift Boat SMEAR Campaign”. What a fool. For Boone, it isn’t as much about environmentalism, but independence from the crooks who control us and how to make money at it.

[thackney]

...T. Boone, and he lost all credibility with the description of the “Swift Boat SMEAR Campaign”.

What?!?1? I'm not a big Pickens fans but I viewed what he did as backing the Swift Boat Veterans by offering up his own money ($1 million) to those who claimed they were lying to put up or shut up.

John Kerry accepts Boone Pickens' Swift Boat challenge
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/111707dnnatkerrypickens.de9d26.html

[thackney]

T. Boone Pickens donated $1 million dollars directly to Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth "527" Political Organization. http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/527/swift_boat_vets_and_pows_for_truth.asp