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Quote by: Yankeefan21, 1. John Kerry has the power to prove the SBVFT are full of crap, Republican Attack Dogs, the works, by simply releasing his records to the public. 2. He refuses to do this. You know you just got done preaching to me that I need to do some research on this area. TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF STATEMENT Swift Vets Funded By Longtime Texas Bush Contributors Fox News: "Many Of Them Are Republicans Who Have Contributed To And Backed Various Bush Campaigns And Causes Over The Decades" "Kerry's military service was an asset during the primaries; critics hoped to transform it into a liability now. The GOP says it's not involved with the veterans criticizing Kerry, but many of them are Republicans who have contributed to and backed various Bush campaigns and causes over the decades." [Fox News, Special Report, Cameron, 5/4/04] Dallas Morning News: "Veterans' Group Critical of Kerry Backed by Bush Supporter." Bob Perry, a major supporter of President Bush and the Republican Party, is the biggest financial backer of a veterans group seeking to discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service, according to federal records. Perry, a Houston homebuilder, gave $100,000 to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that has been critical of Kerry's anti-war activities after he returned from Vietnam. That accounted for two-thirds of the organization's receipts to date. [DMN, Slater, 7/23/04] Swift Vets Operated By Same People Who Tried to Discredit McCain in 2000 CBS News: "The Press Conference Was Set Up By The Same People Who Tried To Discredit John McCain's Reputation." "The [May, 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"] press conference was set up by the same people who tried to discredit John McCain's reputation in Vietnam service when McCain faced George W. Bush for the Republican nomination in 2000. It's the same strategy used to go after Georgia Senator Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in Vietnam." [CBS Evening News, Pitts, 5/4/04] Salon.Com: "Same Vicious Techniques They Used Against McCain" "Behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are veteran corporate media consultant and Texas Republican activist Merrie Spaeth, who is listed as the group's media contact… In 2000, Spaeth participated in the most subterranean episode of the Republican primary contest when a shadowy group billed as 'Republicans for Clean Air' produced television ads falsely attacking the environmental record of Sen. John McCain in California, New York and Ohio. While the identity of those funding the supposedly 'independent' ads was carefully hidden, reporters soon learned that Republicans for Clean Air was simply Sam Wyly -- a big Bush contributor and beneficiary of Bush administration decisions in Texas -- and his brother, Charles, another Bush "Pioneer" contributor." [Salon.com, Conalson, 5/4/04]

Yeah yeah yeah. What about Kerry's medical records?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...ess=104x2180868

WHO the swiftvets boat guys get their funding from is quite irrelevant to proving whether or not they are lying.

People should go to their website, read what they have to say, and make up their own minds. They have a message board so you can look up everything that has already been discussed on htis issue as well as ask them any questions.

http://www.swiftvets.com/index.html

http://swift1.he.net/~swiftvet/index.php

Their message board:

http://www.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/