A good and thoughtful treatment of the Swift Boat controversy appeared in The Washington Post on Sunday, and is a must read to understand what's going on.
And Robert Dole on John Kerry's plan to run on Vietnam. From the AP:
"One day he's saying that we were shooting civilians, cutting off their ears, cutting off their heads, throwing away his medals or his ribbons," Dole said. "The next day he's standing there, `I want to be president because I'm a Vietnam veteran.' Maybe he should apologize to all the other 2.5 million veterans who served. He wasn't the only one in Vietnam," said Dole, whose World War II wounds left him without the use of his right arm.I believe that this issue is really scaring the Kerry campaign. That's why they are striking back. At the messenger and the alleged messenger, of course, and not the message. It's OK to talk about Vietnam as long as it is hagiographic. Otherwise, the Kerry campaign wants to limit speech - now calling on President Bush to somehow force the Swift Boat Veteran's for Truth to cut it out. Guilt by association is the Democratic talking point of the week. Certainly not a new axiom they want applied to the Kerry campaign, who was pleased to have Michael Moore occupy the Presidential box at the DNC.
