Mr Mathew's took no pity on John O'Neal. Asking him if he was a Republican, Chris forced him to lied by saying that he wasn't . According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Mr O'Neal contributed 14,650.00 dollars to federal candidates or national political organizations -- all Republicans. By reading the official Navy records, and with the help of John Hurley, a Veteran's for Kerry group member, Mathews shredded O'Neal's whole premise for his book and then threw salt on the wound by asking him how he could write a book like when the current President didn't serve a day in his life in Vietnam.