[wai-ming]

"When we dedicated swift boat one in '92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans."

Question: What was it that Kerry said at the dedication that (supposedly) didn't apply to the Swift Boat Veterans?

Did he malign them? Was his statement intended to malign the other veterans?

Why has Kerry singled out the "swifties"? Are they more or less worthy (of whatever he said) than the "rest of the veterans"?

You've really stepped in it now, Mr. Kerry.

[ScottFromSpokane]

I think what didn't apply to the swifties were the slanders from 1971. They just applied to "all the other veterans." (Please let there be a recording.)