Useful Fools

On Veterans Day, 2006, I had the pleasure of interviewing John O’Neill, well known spokesmen for the Swift-Boat veterans, who played a crucial role in the defeat of John Kerry in 2004. I knew John from my time with the Vietnam Vets for the Truth (VVT) during the 2004 election. The interview was held in Las Vegas where we were both attending a conference on terrorism by America’s Truth Forum, organized by Jeff Epstein, himself a former member of VVT..

The interview covers the formation of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, their motivations and actions. John frankly discusses media bias, the behavior of “Kerry thugs” and a number of related topics, such as how MoveOn.org inadvertently helped the “swifties” - their political enemy.

It is presented in two forms: a series of short clips, and the much longer full interview.

All statements by John O’Neill are his alone, and may not reflect the views of the interviewer, John Moore

UPDATE: A new (12/2007) book documents the Vets vs. Kerry activity in 2004. Check out “To Set The Record Straight” by Scott Swett (SBVT webmaster) and Tim Ziegler. Scott was an insider to the whole thing and tells it like it was.

THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH JOHN O’NEILL

• Full Interview (about 1.5 hours, 22 Megabytes)

THE CLIPS

• How SBVT started
• How MoveOn.org helped the swifties!
• Republicans couldn’t silence us
• How enemy spies worked directly with Kerry’s Vietnam Veterans Against the War (See also wintersoldier.com)
• Libeled for not being accused as a war criminal? Huh?
• Swifties scare liberal kiddies (this is really funny)
  
• New in the media lexicon: “swiftboating“
• CBS follies
• They push the first amendment, except when they don’t
• Yellow Journalism from the New York Times
• Local paper can’t get facts straight
• How to defeat the Main Stream Media
• Media Liar
• Why the swifties focused on Kerry’s Vietnam War record
• Yalie with an M-16
• How Kerry “earned” his medals
• Rice Pellets in the fanny
• Ross Perot’s fantasy becomes reality.
• What the swifties victory means
• Intimidating a war widow
• Wounded marine asks about Iraq
• The effect of the campaign on John’s life