Why.

Why, when by all accounts the Swift Boat accusations have been proven false based on testimony from numerous sources including reports documenting events, do so many people believe what they said?

Why, when it is illegal for anyone from a policial campaign to be communicating with an organization like the one that put out the Swift Boat commercials, did Bush escape seemingly unscathed, when it was revealed a high-level member of his own campaign was directly involved with Swift Boat group?

Why was Bush rewarded with a bump in the polls when, according to current information available, his campaign was directly involved in perpetuating information which is generally accepted as false?