Factchecking the Swift Boat Veterans For Lies

Non-partisan FactCheck.org checks the Republican-funded Group Ads that attacks Kerry's war record.

The group seems to have a problem with the truth.

Perry of Perry Homes, the $3-million dollar contributor to the GOP in Texas, provides most of the funding for this group.

The public leader O'Neill is a big time GOP player who repeated lies and says he is an independent. His votes he claims to cast for Democrats aren't checkable but he only votes in Republican primaries and has contributed many thousands to Republicans he says he didn't vote for. He has contributed zero to Democrats. He was personally recruited by Nixon's hatchet man to take down Kerry in the 70's.

Their doctor who says he examined Kerry didn't. Their other Swift Boat commander who says Kerry did not come under enemy fire own heroism citation was for performing heroicly in the same incident in which all boats came under enemy fire.

All of these are veterans still bitterly divided over the Vietnam War which Kerry came back and opposed and they didn't.

The co-founder of the group claimed that McCain was a mentally unstable Manchurian candidate reprogrammed by the KGB.

The co-author of their book is a loud-mouth bigot against Arabs, Catholics, and Democrats.

The Swift Boat media spokemen is a well-known GOP "communications operative" from Dallas.