Swift Boat Veteran admits has NO PROOF of claims & Bob Dole jumps on Kerry attack-dog bandwagon

Of all places, FOX News got one of the lead Swift Boat veterans to admit today that they had NO PROOF WHATSOEVER for their claims against Kerry (bet that anchor got fired). While I hate to beat this dead horse, I still think it's important to keep getting the truth out there.

More troubling is Bob Dole now entering the fray to beat up on Kerry over all of this. Dole is a heavy hitter and there is NO WAY he entered the fray without checking with the Bushies first to see whether it would help or hurt Bush. That means Bush's henchmen have decided that beating the drums over Kerry and Vietnam are a winner for the election.

Here's what Bob "Stop Lying About My Record" Dole had to say today:

Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole joined critics of Kerry, telling CNN's "Late Edition" Kerry should apologize for his testimony to Congress more than 30 years ago in which he quoted other veterans talking about alleged atrocities in Vietnam.

Dole also said Kerry had received only "superficial wounds" in Vietnam and had been taken out of combat as a result.

"I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and he never bled, that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds. Three Purple Hearts and you're out," said Dole who himself was badly wounded in World War II.

"Maybe he should apologize to the other 2.5 million veterans who served," said Dole. "He wasn't the only one who was in Vietnam."

Kerry still carries shrapnel in his thigh from one of his wounds in Vietnam.

This whole Vietnam thing worries me. Bush is a dirty campaigner and dirty campaigns, unfortunately, work. We simply cannot afford to lose this election. I know groups like MoveOn and ACT have been hitting Bush where it counts, but we need more of it. Bush has clearly signaled to his cronies that the time has come to trash Kerry the same way they trashed McCain and Clinton. And it's time to trash back, and HARD, or we're going to have another 4 years of this monster.

I'm curious what folks think to be Bush's greatest vulnerabilities, issue-wise, and why? Also, and this is kind of the same question, what's your best suggestion for the best counter-attack to Bush if we want to hit him as hard as he's hitting Kerry on the Vietnam crap?