New hampshire cochair of the buttigieg campaign like race and some religions, military service grants permanent immunity. In this stunning new book, john oneill and his coauthor dr. A political ad issued by swift boat veterans for truth refuting a kerry. Jerome corsi an expert on the antivietnam war movement have interviewed dozens of veterans who served with kerry and have meticulously documented a shameful record of betrayal. The ads are meant to complement oneills book, unfit for command. Swift boat quotes about john kerry during the vietnam war i was task force commander at an thoi, and my tour of duty was months, from the end of tet to the beginning of the vietnamization of. Vets for freedom are the swift boat veterans for truth of the 06 cycle, says stauber. I read the swift boat book by john oneill, who by the way was. The swift boat veterans for truth and its effective television advertisements the most memorable of the campaign became one of the most important elements of the 2004 election.
Swift vets and pows for truth, formerly known as the swift boat veterans for truth sbvt, was a political group of united states swift boat veterans and former prisoners of war of the vietnam war, formed during the 2004 presidential election campaign for the purpose of opposing john kerrys candidacy for the presidency. Over 250 swift boat veterans have endorsed the accounts in this book. Setting the record straight on the swift boat veterans. Any entries new since the last update to the site, are shown in green characters. Serious journalists spent serious time debunking the claims set forth in. History of vietnam service of the patrol craft fast pcf or swift boat, 196570 and listings of the crews that served on them. I would still have the same beliefs expressed in my book, he said. In television advertisements and a book called unfit for command, coauthored by john oneill and jerome corsi, the swift boat veterans for truth sbvt, a 527 group later known as the swift vets and pows for truth, questioned details of. The new ads are based on corsis new book, the obama nation. How swift boat veterans, pows and the new media defeated john kerry. The books preface notes that corsi and oneills friendship dates back 30 years and says, after reconnecting, they.
The book is wellresearched, welldocumented, and full of personal accounts from people who were actually there. Swift boat veterans speak out against john kerry oneill, john e. Kerry allows navy release of military, medical records. In the swift boat veterans for truth attacks of 2004. The bush campaign has denied any association with the swift boat veterans for truth but so far has refused to condemn the book and the groups tv ads. Oneill, a lawyer and swift boat veteran, and corsi, an expert on vietnam antiwar movements, show how kerry misrepresented his wartime exploits and is therefore incompetent to serve as. Much of the book is historical and detailing, you know, all the terrible things about john kerry. How swift boat veterans, pows and the new media defeated john kerry swett, scott, ziegler, tim on. The new swift boat veterans for truth advertisement, unveiled august 20.
Rightwing author jerome corsi hit it big in 2004 with a book attacking john f. John kerry had been one of theirs and was using his service for political ends. Members of the swift boat veterans for truth group have charged that the viet cong fighter was a teenager who was alone, who was not part of a numerically superior force, and who was already. What sort of combination of hypocrite and paradox is john kerry. From the veterans memoirs of swift boats at war in vietnam by the time i got to cat lo in mid1970 the navy was turning over all the american swift boats to the vietnamese. Unofficial site supportive of swift boat veterans for truth and their book. Corsis new book alleges that obama is on the extreme left of american politics, and has extensive connections to islam and with radical. Accusations against john kerry from former navy swift boat. Swift boats, welcome home vietnam veterans youtube. While much has been written about the identity and history of john e. Of 3,600 men who served, 400 were wounded and 50 died, mostly in sudden. Donations to the group had come from every state and sales of the book unfit for command.
The book a sort of companion piece to the political attack ads placed by oneills group, swift boat veterans for truth is a furious assault. Swift boat veterans speak out against john kerry soared to no. Senator john kerry has made his 4month combat tour in vietnam the centerpiece of his bid for the presidency. In the book unfit for command, kerrys former commander george elliott said he would not have recommended kerry for the silver star had he been aware of. Were talking with scott swett, the author of a new book, to set the record straight. Oneill one of the authors of the forthcoming regnery book unfit for command. We resent very deeply the false war crimes charges he made coming back from vietnam in 1971 and repeated in the book tour of duty. John oneill, the leader of the swift boat veterans group and coauthor of the book unfit for command, said yesterday that he would be disappointed if kerrys files do not contain new information. Swift boat veterans speak out against john kerry by. Exposing john kerrys lies about his time in vietnam. Swift boat enlisted personnel, but without a boat or crew assignment. Swift boat veterans speak out against john kerrylast summer.
I was in the service but that hardly qualifies me as an expert in world affairs. The term swiftboating also swift boating or swift boating is a pejorative american neologism used to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. This weeks special 2hour road to the white house will include. Kerrys medals were deserved, says widow of slain comrade. The swift boat veterans had an extra reason to be enraged. Swift boat veterans speak out against john kerry what sort of combination of hypocrite an. Scott swett, a conservative author who wrote a book about the swift boat veterans who opposed kerry to set the record straight. Swift boat veterans set to give john kerry a pass buzzfeed. Mccain for failing to denounce corsis new book on sen. Navy swift boats patrolled vietnamese waters from 196570. According to the whois database, it was registered on august 6th 2004 by william e.
But this election is different from the ones that produced swift boat veterans for truth and the willie horton ad. Accusations against john kerry from former navy swift boat crewmen from the vietnam wartruth. Navy swift boats in vietnam describe a book all veterans can be proud of, white water red hot lead. There is a series of forwarded emails about democratic presidential candidate john kerry and the accusations of an organization of swift boat crews from the vietnam era. The definitive takedown of swift boats for gutter politics, courtesy of the nyt. The election of 2004 swift boat veterans for truth. The term swiftboating also swiftboating or swift boating is a pejorative american neologism used to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. Kerrys operatives mounted an attack on president bush in 2004 for failing to denounce the swift boat veterans. The ads were endlessly parsed within the context of a new media environment and an anxious electorate divided over questions of war and national security. The term is derived from the name of the organization swift boat veterans for truth sbvt, later the swift vets and pows for truth because of their widely publicizedand later discreditedcampaign against 2004 u. The new york times best seller no one is talking about. This book is a serious work discussing kerrys less than 4month tour in vietnam and his antiwar, antiamerican activities after the war.
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