Sorry to say, but the left has been very successful in defining exactly what the Swift Boat ads were. And this should be corrected fast, or it is going to do damage. Maybe a Fox or CNN (ha!) special report recalling the 2004 campaign advertising episode and examining just what the Swift Boat ads were.
The first one, as I recall, was the testimony of the 3 other Swift Boat pilots on the river that day in Vietnam with John Kerry, and they had a different recollection of events than Kerry did. Question their version, if you like - but it was not a “lie” or “misrepresentation.” And the second ad was all about Kerry’s videotaped testimony before a congressional committee on the supposed “war crimes” committed by US soldiers in Vietnam. Again, his own words!!
This needs to be cleared up.