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#3: Franken Doesn't Have It All "There"
In his muddled attempt to defend John Kerry from the claims of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), on pages 73, 74, and 75 of Truth, Franken makes the false and reckless charge that SBVTs "weren’t there" or "weren’t actually there."
Franken is flat-out wrong - again. Here is another classic case in which he hopes that the reader doesn’t do his own research.
Steve Gardner, of SBVT, served on the same boat as John Kerry for two-and-a-half months of Kerry’s four-month stint in Vietnam1. William Schachte, also of SBVT, served on the same boat with Kerry in an event from which Kerry claimed his first Purple Heart. (Schachte claims, "There was no enemy fire" and "Kerry nicked himself with a grenade launcher."2)
In addition, Charles Plumly, Larry Thurlow, Van Odell, Grant Hibbard, Larry Lee (present at the Silver Star incident), Dick Pease, and Jack Chenoweth are among several individuals who witnessed John Kerry in various capacities during different episodes and events in Vietnam in which Kerry was involved.
SBVT’s "weren’t there," Al? Ugh.
Where are 14 Harvard researchers when you need them?
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Notes:
1 See some very informative videos: http://www.swiftvets.com/swiftvetsandpows/ and www.swiftvets.com/videos/gunner.wmv.
2 “Swift boat interview,” by Robert Novak, Aug 27, 2004. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/robertnovak/2004/08/27/12817.html.