SwiftVets.com

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I am highly suspicious of the website for a number of reasons:

1. Why was the domain just created on April 14, 2004? If you are for the "truth", why have you only come out since Kerry has become a candidate?

2. Why is the site lead by veteran corporate media consultant and Texas Republican activist Merrie Spaeth, who is listed as the group's media contact; eternal Kerry antagonist and Dallas attorney John E. O'Neill, law partner of Spaeth's late husband, Tex Lezar; and retired Rear Adm. Roy Hoffman, a cigar-chomping former Vietnam commander once described as "the classic body-count guy" who "wanted hooches destroyed and people killed."?

3. It would seem to me that not many people know of the history and valuable contributions of the Swift Boats and the brave veterans that served on them. Other than the Hollywood version through Apocalypse Now, many people have not even seen one. Yet many people on this board are angry at Kerry, who is giving these brave veterans some overdue media attention.

4. Many people on this board would rather support a "fortunate son" who can't account for all his time while in the Boy Scouts errr Air National Guard, over the first Vietnam veteran to win a major party nomination.

5. Lastly, there are a lot of internet heroes hiding anonymously behind screen names. While sitting at home at your computer watching Halliburton stock reports, it is easy to throw stones.

If you are truly a Vietnam vet, like my Dad, then I have all the respect in the world for you.

If you are using this board to promote the right wing religiously fanatical ideals of the Republican Party, then have your fun while it lasts. Bush's days are numbered.