Bruce Kesler says this is the book to read to get the full story on the Swift Boat Veterans' campaign to expose the truth about John Kerry's military experience in Vietnam and the resulting media treatment. Bruce says of To Set the Record Straight, "This is an extraordinary, comprehensive, documented accounting of the grossest behavior of the MSM, spurring the rise of the alternative "rest of the story." Read a detailed description of the material included in the book at Democracy Project. Here's an excerpt:
The 389-page book is very well-written and documented, based on virtually every public source and on extensive exclusive interviews with all those involved. Footnotes abound, and there's an excellent index.This is not a partisan diatribe, though of definite views, but an invaluable basic resource to anyone regardless of their politics. It's all true, and the truths - the depths to which the Kerry-aligned media stooped to try to squelch the Swiftees - are all here, and truly shocking when all pulled together in one place.
In early 2004, Swett, on his own, set up the website WinterSoldier.com. The site collected the various articles written over the years about John Kerry's Vietnam service and his subsequent disservice - in support of the program of the North Vietnamese -- denouncing Vietnam veterans as bloodthirsty, out-of-control murderers of innocent Vietnamese.
Once Kerry's nomination for president in 2004 seemed likely, WinterSoldier.com became a meeting place for many Vietnam veterans and others and provided a wealth of information that for the first time demonstrated how widespread were Kerry's exaggerations and lies.
John Kerry's hagiographic biography by courtesan Douglas Brinkley, Tour Of Duty, (A two-part historiographic review I wrote at the academic site H-War is here and here.) contained so many assertions known to be untrue by those actually there -- fellow SwiftBoaters in Vietnam -- that the Swiftees came together to document the falsehoods.
Unfit For Command followed. The destruction of Kerry's invented heroic image followed.
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Also just in time for holid... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Peter F. | December 5, 2007 5:42 PM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Also just in time for holiday shopping, a complete MSM spin job on the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran! Now playing in a newspaper near you!
"Not so dangerous" claims the Seattle Post-Intelligence!
"Iran: Oops, nevermind" bloats the Seattle Tiimes today!
"Credibility gaps widens" bellows the San Francisco Chronicle!
Yup, nothing to fear AT ALL from the quiet, neighbor-loving Islamic state of Iran! Maybe we should have them over for dinner now that this whole nuclear mess has been solved once for all. Nothing to see here, kids. Hugs, peace and kisses for everyone!
And we should all trust that the MSM knows how to read and interpret NIE's for us.
/sarcasm tag off
(Sorry, I really give a rat's pa-toot about the Kerry/Swift Boat affiar. There are bigger fish to currently fry, IMO.)
1. Posted by Peter F. | December 5, 2007 5:42 PM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 5, 2007 17:42
2. Posted by GianiD | December 5, 2007 6:40 PM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
But it's all still fish right?.
The lib media puts forth an initial blitzkreig of fact challenged publicity, splashed across front pages and lead stories across the US. By the time the REAL story actually comes out, it's relegated to page 16, as the lib liars have yet another lie/story to tell.
Funny that the lying left claims SwiftBoating means to one thing, to everyone else, it means to finally 'prove the facts to be true'.
2. Posted by GianiD | December 5, 2007 6:40 PM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on December 5, 2007 18:40
3. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | December 5, 2007 6:43 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
God Bless the Swiftees.
Their service to this country did not end in Viet Nam.
3. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | December 5, 2007 6:43 PM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on December 5, 2007 18:43
4. Posted by GianiD | December 5, 2007 6:44 PM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Anyone know where we can get some 'Christmas in Cambodia' cards this year??
4. Posted by GianiD | December 5, 2007 6:44 PM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on December 5, 2007 18:44
5. Posted by 914 | December 5, 2007 7:47 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
"Unfit for command followed. The destruction of Kerry's heroic image followed."
And losing the election thus ended the saga for Lurch.
The only positive For Him is that He got about 7,000,000 more vote's then Hillary would.
5. Posted by 914 | December 5, 2007 7:47 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 5, 2007 19:47
6. Posted by jp2 | December 5, 2007 11:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Stranger than fiction.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30790
6. Posted by jp2 | December 5, 2007 11:45 PM |
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Posted on December 5, 2007 23:45