I have a degree of veneration for those Swift Boat Vets, and drove around with this on my car for over a year in this overwhelmingly blue state:
Then, while visiting the DC Chapter of Free Republic a few years later, I got to meet a number of them outside Walter Reed:
I consider it a high point in my life, that I got a chance to spend several hours talking to these men and listen to their views on Kerry, politics, war, and life in general.
See, I have always felt that these men, who could have lived their quiet and comfortable lives and kept their mouths shut, stood up to be counted because they felt their country needed them to serve again, after all those years.
And so they did. They played a major role in saving us from a term or two of "President Kerry". I would say that is Patriot's work, indeed!
Anyway, thanks for your comments...good to meet you.