“I’m John Kerry,” he told the roaring crowd at Boston ... slowly to what they called smears by the group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth after the type of small river patrol craft ...
Shrum was a strategist on John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 when a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, made up of Vietnam War veterans, questioned his military record ...
Vance's attacks are "reminiscent of the 2004 campaign to discredit the distinguished war record of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry." Those 2004 "'Swift boat' attacks," The New York ...