Swift Boats
I am currently reading Unfit For Command, in which is the book endorsed by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. I had to order this book through Amazon.com becuase none of my local book stores had it either because they were sold out (understandable, since it is #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List) or because they weren't carrying it. If that does not point to a liberal bias in the mass media, I don't know what does, becuase I could have easily purchased every Michael Moore book ever published. I also like that John Kerry has tried to blame this on President Bush and the RNC. Swift Boat Verterans For Truth are a politically independent group, that unlike MoveOn.org, has no political aspirations. John E. O'Neill (the author of Unfit for Cammand), has nothing to gain politically from discrediting John Kerry. O'Neill is not Karl Rove, whose future relies on the re-election of Bush. He just feels Americans have the right to know the truth about the man who is running for the Presidency. Unfit For Command paints John Kerry as a glory hound, and relates the fact that Kerry took to Swift Boat duty to try to emulate JFK's experiece on PT 109. Kerry may be a decorated war hero, but that doesn't mean that he deserved the medals. I have nothing but respect for Mr. Kerry's choice to serve in Vietnam, but the way he conducted himselves to his peers during that time, and especially to the entire Armed Forces afterwards makes me sick to my stomach. To think that one man would manipulate the Navy into giving a man with a self-inflicted wound not one, but three Purple Hearts is mind-boggling. More on this after I finish the book. Will also post thoughts about convention.
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