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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: American Spirit who wrote (41370)8/8/2004 5:03:52 AM
From: WolffRead Replies (3) of 81568
 
Instead of just blathering why not read who these people are. No one has said anything of substance that removes there credibility. Does it matter if Moveon.org gave them money to run the Ad?

Here is who they are.
swiftvets.com

This photograph of John Kerry and 19 other Coastal Division 11 Swift boat officers was taken at Ton Son Nhut Air Base on January 22, 1969, immediately following a meeting with General Abrams and Admiral Zumwalt.

The Kerry campaign featured the photograph in an advertisement released in May titled Lifetime. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has contacted surviving members of this group to find out how many actually support John Kerry, and discovered that of 19 Swift boat skippers pictured other than Kerry, 12 consider him unfit, 4 are neutral, two have died, and 1 is working with the Kerry campaign. Four other officers were not present for the photo session; all oppose Kerry.

Only 1 of John Kerry's 23 fellow Swift boat commanders from Coastal Division 11 supports his candidacy today.

Click here for a morphing video of the "before" and "after" images above.

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Here's a breakdown of the Swift boat officers in the photo showing where they stand:

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On June 1, 2004, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth sent a cease and desist letter to John Kerry for President, Inc. on behalf of 11 officers shown in the photograph, pointing out that using their images in a campaign advertisement "wrongfully and incorrectly suggests their present endorsement of his candidacy."
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