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==2004 Presidential election==

==2004 Presidential election==

:''Main article:'' [[United States presidential election, 2004]]

:''Main article:'' [[United States presidential election, 2004]]

During his 2004 campaign for President, several groups were formed, most notably the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]],<ref>[http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]</ref> to counter the charges of "[[war crimes]]" Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans (see below) and to call Kerry's military record into question, accusing him of inflicting his own wounds,<ref>[http://www.learnedhand.com/kerryunfitepilogue.htm John Kerry - Unfit For Command]</ref> going to unusual lengths to obtain his Purple Hearts,<ref>[http://www.archive-news.net/Articles/FD040830.html ''Forging a Paper Hero: The Mystery of Kerry’s Medals]</ref> and attacking unarmed civilians.  Swift Boat Veterans for Truth had been criticized, firstly because no member of the group served on the actual boat that Kerry commanded and secondly for perceived contradiction.  As an example, Kerry's commanding officer, George Elliott, signed an affidavit for the Swift Boat veterans claiming that with the information he had now, he would not have recommended Kerry for the military honor, but later repudiated his affidavit, stating that Kerry had deserved the honor.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/]</ref> In 2006, after the election bid, he proceeded to appear on ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'', and proceeded to joke about assassinating President Bush where he said, in response to Bill Maher's comment about he could have gone to New Hampshire and killed two birds with one stone, "Or, I [Kerry] could have gone to 1600 Pennsylvania and killed the real bird with one stone.", with him being shameless enough in the joke that he posted it on his own website. As further indication of [[Liberal bias]], this joke was ignored by the mainstream media, despite their demanding a [[Secret Service]] investigation on GOP senator [[Jesse Helms]] for a similar joke regarding then-President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994.<ref>http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2006/10/john-kerry-jokes-about-assassinating.html</ref> Similarly, the joke was also largely ignored, yet, when [[Ted Nugent]] inferred during a press conference that he'd end up either "dead or in jail" if Obama asked him to serve in the military, the latter ended up sending the [[Secret Service]] to pay Nugent a visit.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5HE26mMmkQ</ref>

During his 2004 campaign for President, several groups were formed, most notably the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]],<ref>[http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]</ref> to counter the charges of "[[war crimes]]" Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans (see below) and to call Kerry's military record into question, accusing him of inflicting his own wounds,<ref>[http://www.learnedhand.com/kerryunfitepilogue.htm John Kerry - Unfit For Command]</ref> going to unusual lengths to obtain his Purple Hearts,<ref>[http://www.archive-news.net/Articles/FD040830.html ''Forging a Paper Hero: The Mystery of Kerry’s Medals]</ref> and attacking unarmed civilians.  Swift Boat Veterans for Truth had been criticized, firstly because no member of the group served on the actual boat that Kerry commanded and secondly for perceived contradiction.  As an example, Kerry's commanding officer, George Elliott, signed an affidavit for the Swift Boat veterans claiming that with the information he had now, he would not have recommended Kerry for the military honor, but later repudiated his affidavit, stating that Kerry had deserved the honor.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/]</ref> In 2006, after the election bid, he proceeded to appear on ''Real Time with Bill Maher'', and proceeded to joke about assassinating President Bush where he said, in response to Bill Maher's comment about he could have gone to New Hampshire and killed two birds with one stone, "Or, I [Kerry] could have gone to 1600 Pennsylvania and killed the real bird with one stone.", with him being shameless enough in the joke that he posted it on his own website. As further indication of [[Liberal bias]], this joke was ignored by the mainstream media, despite their demanding a [[Secret Service]] investigation on GOP senator [[Jesse Helms]] for a similar joke regarding then-President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994.<ref>http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2006/10/john-kerry-jokes-about-assassinating.html</ref> Similarly, the joke was also largely ignored, yet, when [[Ted Nugent]] inferred during a press conference that he'd end up either "dead or in jail" if Obama asked him to serve in the military, the latter ended up sending the [[Secret Service]] to pay Nugent a visit.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5HE26mMmkQ</ref>

===Violation of election laws===

===Violation of election laws===