Veterans protest SBVFT (Bob Perry's house)

Published September 03, 2004

NASSAU BAY — The Vietnam War veterans’ group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth released a new television ad attacking presidential hopeful John Kerry’s military record this week, but Kerry isn’t the only one who feels insulted.

“I’m very offended,” said Clear Lake resident Jim Rine as he lifted one half of a banner reading “Veterans for John Kerry” Thursday. “Unlike the president, Kerry volunteered for Vietnam. The record shows clearly that he was there and that he is telling the truth about the events took place there. Someone’s lying, and overwhelming evidence says that it’s the swift boat vets.”

Rine and fellow members of the San Jacinto Democratic Veterans Brigade were among 25 protesters who derided the ads in front of the house of Clear Lake homebuilder Bob Perry Thursday night.

Perry has contributed $200,000 toward the $2.8 million the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth say they have raised. The group is backing President Bush and other Republican candidates.

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gay marriages happened and the sky did not fall.
sadaam caught way too soom. iWaq too soon and plenty of time for the shirty swifties to be backlashed.

rove has lost his touch. the swift boat is comin for the ambushers.

is all that they have raised? So how is it that they are running
their not-so-swift lies every 30 minutes or so on MSNBC and CNN
(apparently nation wide? Certainly here in CA). I don't know
what ad rates are, but $2.8 M isn't near enough to even buy
that amount of cable TV time they are getting in MY market.

What's up with that? Are they getting a special rate? Or maybe
someone else is picking up the tab?

It does seem like they're streching 2.8 million pretty far.