I saw a short interview on TV with the person who was rescued by Kerry in that incident. I would think it safe to say that he "had a front row seat". He said that it was dangerous, and he credited Kerry with saving his life. Personally, I would believe him over anyone else.
I have to ask myself if these other swift boat people were there and close enough to see everything they claim then why didn't they rush over and rescue him? The best scenario for the Bush camp I can come up with is that Kerry reacted faster then the other SBVFTT and irregardless of personal danger beat them over there and rescued him. Very commendabe at the very least.
Of course, I don't expect you hard core Bush "lite" people to belive him either. He's just one of those lying liberals to you. You will spread anything damning and tell any lies to discredit your "enemy".
In my opinion the "enemy" is Bush and other people just like him (what was Bush Sr.'s VP canidates name) who use their political clout to make sure they didn't have to go to Vietnam and possibly get shot at. Of course, even if they did have to go, they would have been stationed in such a safe place that they wouldn't have to worry about getting shot at too. Amazing how quick Bush was to send other people's children into harm's way, isn't it!! I have no respect for people like him who ask(order) others to do what they themselves were unwilling to do.
They also showed a clip of a Bush during a campaign speech and an unidentified person from the audience got up and called Kerry a liar about the incident (mentioning the infamous 200) and claimed he was never even shot at. President Bush just said "Thank You". He then turned away from the audience and the camera (which was behind him) caught him smirking with that arrogant little smirk he is so famous for. He had a perfect opportunity to give his offical position that Kerry deserved the medals and to denounce the SBVFTT and instead said "thank you" to the individual?? ROTFLMFAO. What a Cad kinda Guy!!
I would now like to see President Bush either denounce the SBVFTT ad in a public forum or preferably debate Kerry on this matter nstead of trying to get as much "milage" out of the issue as he can. Anything less then that just confirms what I already suspect about him anf that is the fact that he has no Honor and will say or do anything that he percieves as "coming his way".
How can anybody with any self-respect and honor vote for Bush? Kerry may not be perfect, but from where I stand he is the better canidate by far,
SBVFTT wouldn't know the truth if it bit them on the a$$.