Swift Boat

Swift Boat may refer to:

  • a Patrol Craft Fast
  • Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, originally named Swift Boat Veterans For Truth
  • Swiftboating, political jargon for a particular form of character assassination as a smear tactic

Famous quotes containing the words swift and/or boat:

    “As with a moral view designed
    To cure the vices of mankind;
    His vein, ironically grave,
    Exposed the fool, and lashed the knave;”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “Kidd Dabb: The boat doesn’t stop at Santa Maria this trip.
    Geoff Carter: Why not?
    Kidd: They have no bananas.
    Geoff: They have no bananas?
    Kidd: Yes, they have no bananas.”
    —Jules Furthman (1888–1960)