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To: steve harris who wrote (256855)	7/5/2008 8:07:39 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 794024

Saw Geraldine Ferraro on TV last wk and she mentioned the Swiftboats for Truth but I missed the context. This must be what she talked about: T. Boone Pickens rejects submissions refuting Kerry swift boat ads June 25, 2008 By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News Dallas billionaire T. Boone Pickens has rejected contentions from 10 men who served in Vietnam with John Kerry that information in the controversial Swift Boat campaign during the 2004 presidential race was false. That means the men won't be paid the $1 million that Mr. Pickens offered last fall to anyone who could prove that the anti-Kerry ads – which he helped bankroll – contained falsehoods. "Unfortunately, key aspects of my offer of $1 million have not been accurately reported," Mr. Pickens wrote in a letter to the crewmen. "My offer, reiterated in a letter to Senator Kerry not long after the challenge was made, was to pay $1 million for information that would prove any of the ads – which I helped fund – inaccurate. In reviewing your material, none of the information you provide speaks specifically to the issues contained in the ads." Conservative blogs reporting on his offer last fall described it as applying to anything Swift Boat Veterans for Truth said, not just the group's TV ads. The ads focused on Mr. Kerry's anti-war activities after his tour of duty and the merits of his medals for heroism. They were considered a key factor in his loss to President Bush. Last Thursday, the crewmates sent a letter to Mr. Pickens accepting the challenge and provided documentation. They offered to provide even more and requested that Mr. Pickens give the $1 million to a veterans group of their choice.