SwiftVets.com

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Shows Democrats are on the run, attempts by Democrats and clandestine operatives to discredit swift boat veterans have failed, what dirty tactics are next??? lets get the ad running in every battle state to prevent Kerry from winning the presidency. Will be great for Kerry to keep his head in the sand while his service and post service issues swirl around. If he doesn't address these issues with credible media including John O'Neill Kerry will crash in flames like previous candiates to include Mondale, Dukasis, Howard Dean, McGovern.

Following article from Newsmax.com one of the best news web sites

Monday, Aug. 16, 2004

Democrat Attacks Help Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Raise Money

Thanks to favorable reception of their TV ad, and especially the publicity caused by the Kerry forces' attempts at censorship, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has raised a whopping $400,000 from about 8,000 contributors nationwide.

According to the Knight Ridder News Service, one of the few major news organizations that has been willing to investigate the veterans' charges, the money will be used to monitor Kerry's campaign travels and run ads in cities where he appears.

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"That's our goal," said John E. O'Neill, a Houston attorney who is one of the group's leaders and co-author of "Unfit for Command," a 251-page book being distributed by Regnery Publishing.

Rather than address the substance of the organization's charges, which are backed by 254 Swift Boat vets, many of whom served alongside Kerry in Vietnam, Kerry's campaign falls back on the hackneyed claim of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a so-called 527 organization and is not affiliated with any party, Knght Ridder explained. It got off the ground with a $100,000 donation from Texas homebuilder Bob J. Perry, who happens to be a prominent Republican donor as well as a friend of O'Neill.

Retired admiral Roy F. Hoffman, chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, told Knight Ridder that the first TV ad, which ran for one week in Ohio, Wisconsin and West Virginia at a cost of $550,000, got so much national news attention that it generated the additional $400,000.

"We are putting together the second ad," said Hoffman, 78, of Richmond, Va.

As a Navy captain in 1968 and 1969, Hoffman commanded a unit of 1,650 sailors that included Kerry as a lieutenant. He is among the entire chain of command questioning Kerry's claims about his Vietnam service. He said the unit, known as Task Force 115, included about 16 Swift Boats and their crews, which patrolled the Mekong Delta looking for Viet Cong and other enemy fighters.

"I knew Kerry pretty well," he added. "I did not ride his boat, but we operated very close together. ... I can't say I was a personal friend or buddy-buddy, but I sure knew him ... and I never felt he had the qualifications."

Media's Leftist Bias Backfires

Hoffman hasn't been politically involved since leaving the Navy in 1978, he said. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth accepted cash donations from Republicans after the major media ignored a news conference announcing the formation of the group in May, he said.

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