I suppose what galls me most and I confess it is off the point is that O'Donnell simply assumes that John Kerry has been vindicated and the Swiftboat veterans who exposed Kerry have been discredited. It galls me mostly because he will in fact get away with it. If one looks at Wikipedia one will see the turning of history on its head. If one googles "Swift boat" the second and third headlines will produce Wikipedia articles sustaining Kerry:
Swift Vets and POWs for Truth
Swiftboating
We have even lost the word battle. "Swiftboating" should mean exposing poltroons and "Borking" should have entered the lexicon as calculated destruction of an individual by smear.
I take this as a metaphor for the losing battle that conservatism fights merely to see that truth gets its boots on.
