More Allegations from Swift Boat Vets

John E. O'Neill now claims he saw then Lt. (Jr. Grade) John Kerry kick a puppy:

"We were on patrol about three clicks south of Long Xuyen near the Do Long Bridge early on the morning of February 9, 1969. The silence was broken by a small dog yapping at the riverbank. Disobeying clear orders that came down the chain of command, Lt. Kerry beached the boat, then disembarked--again, in violation of orders that clearly state a boat captain must stay with his ship. Lt. Kerry kicked that dog. Then he wrote up a phony incident about a scratch he received when the puppy tried to hump his leg. This led to his first Purple Heart. Afterwards, he and his crew--who were already campaigning for an eventual presidential run--covered up the incident with the help of the Viet Cong and Jane Fonda."

"And he calls himself an animal lover."

Jerome Corsi adds:

"I once saw John Kerry steal candy from a baby. It was late in 1968 or early in '69--I don't recall exactly. But we were on the coastal patrol near Tra Vinh--in the shit--by the way, do you know how many Vietnam Vets it takes to change a lightbulb? Well, I guess you wouldn't know because YOU WERE NEVER THERE! Anyway, we came across a sampan off the port bow--my own captain, Chief, hollered 'sampan off the port bow, let's have a look.' Lt. Kerry got there first. It was a family plying the river, going upstream to join a strategic hamlet. Anyway, Lt. Kerry boarded the boat, took a look around, but found nothing amiss. Then, as I watched, he grabbed the little child's box of JujyFruits and began poking around for the black ones, because he liked licorice. He even threw a couple of yellow ones in the river, laughing all the time while tears welled up in the kid's eyes. That kid couldn't have been more than six years old--maybe seven. Kerry's actions probably turned him into a communist."

"That's why John Kerry is unfit to command."

George Elliot charges:

"Some people call John Kerry a war hero. But there's another side of him that I saw back in the 'Nam--his penchant for focus groups."

"That's right. Every night--or morning, if we were on nighttime ops--John Kerry put his crew through the humiliation of having to answer multiple choice questions regarding his abilities as boat commander and his decisions. He'd ask things like: 'Regarding last night's patrol, would you say you were a) Very satisfied, b) Somewhat satisfied, c) Somewhat unsatisfied, or d) Very unsatisfied.' If they didn't give an answer that fell within the parameters he chose, he'd try to fit it in one or another category, sometimes even forcing a crewmember to rephrase until he got the answer he wanted. It's clear he was only using his swift boat experience as a stepping stone to a political career."

Finally, the most devastating charge comes from Roy Hoffman, who alleges:

"Lt. John Kerry used his father's political connections to join the Texas Air National Guard, jumping ahead of hundreds of qualified applicants. He received the lowest possible score on his exam, yet immediately received an officer's commission. In spite of the thousands of dollars invested in his training, he eventually skipped out on his obligations, which were minimal at best. Even worse, on the day his country needed him most, September 11th, 2001, he spent critical minutes reading My Pet Goat to schoolkids in Florida..."

"Oh wait--forget that..."