SwiftVets.com

[Norman Rogers]

From Kevin Drum:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_08/004519.php

TWO JOHNS ON THE MEKONG....Here's an interesting little factoid. Reader Michael M. sends along the following audio clip from a Daily Show interview in January between Jon Stewart and former Bush EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman:

Jon Stewart: Do you know [John Kerry]? Have you met him at all?

Christine Whitman: Oh yeah, oh yeah....

Stewart: Nice fellow?

Whitman: Actually, my husband went through school with him, college, and served in Vietnam with him.

Stewart: You're kidding me.

Whitman: No, no, they spent Christmas on a Swift boat going up the river.

I'm not sure this would really tell us anything new, but it would be sort of interesting to hear what John Whitman has to say about Kerry's service in Vietnam.

[ccr]

Please keep in mind: The Daily Show appears on COMEDY CENTRAL.

I think she was making a joke.

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UPDATE: On second thought, maybe not. I listened to the audio clip and checked the date (January 2. She wasn't joking.

Perhaps this is something John Whitman can be asked about.
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[You GottaBeKidding]

A joke would make sense, especially if this was done after the Christmas in Cambodia myth was debunked.

[integritycounts]

the segment is dated from January 28th 2004----so it not a current segment.

I remember watching this months back too.

Watch the video clip...she is NOT joking.....video clip is available on the link
Some links say she said Cambodia, she did not say Cambodia at all

[You GottaBeKidding]

Went to the "backdoor" link for swiftboats.net and searched for Whitman. Onl yone was Clovis. No Jack.

Don't know how complete that list is, but it doesn't include a Jack Whitman.

Edited: It appears that this cache is only for the first few boats on the list, so inconclusive.

[integritycounts]

his name is John R. Whitman....trying to hunt this down quickly so as to not look silly....not finding a ton of info besides that he was in fact in Vietnam