Comments on: Ex-Swift Boaters’ Donations and the ‘Swiftboating’ Connotation

By: letter decorations

letter decorations — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:05:08 +0000

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By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:42:10 +0000

See? This is such a great window for moderate voters into the mindset of the GOP. First, they get into a huge snit because Clark says that being a war hero doesn't necessarily qualify one as a great commander in chief. Clark is right. Any of you think that having been shot down and tortured would make you hire someone as a CEO? “He's a hero. Of course he'd be a great CEO!” (Pssst. Duke Cunningham)

The GOP is outraged because even the faintest tarnish on the war hero McCain campaign ruins the story. Then they ruin it themselves by besmirching the name of another genuine war hero. Yeah. Keep telling that convoluted and hypocritical story line. If in fact being in uniform makes one more qualified for the presidency, McCain should have supported Kerry over Bush.

By: jwest

jwest — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:24:34 +0000

If you want to read more on the swift boat story, I recommend you visit JustOneMinute. This topic was covered extensively for years and the archives have a wealth of facts and analysis.

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2008/06/s...

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:27:32 +0000

Thank-you for helping to prove my point. I rest my case.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:39:17 +0000

John Kerry deserved everything he got, and it is only through the constant efforts yet again by the Democratic Party on the 'Big Lie' strategy that the real essence of the story got lost – the 'Swift Boaters' were right, and John Kerry is a habitual liar about his military service.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:09 +0000

There are many “conservatives” who rightly regret the swiftboating of John Kerry, and not just because a door was opened that might allow two-way traffic. The saddest aspect of this story is how it shows the lengths to which some are willing to go in the pursuit of partisan gain, even if it means dishonoring and distorting the record of a veteran who has given service to our country. And as has been noted, it also unfairly tars the majority of swiftboat veterans who never participated in the Kerry smear campaign. It strikes me there are some folks around who must be so replete with partisan bile they have not only lost the ability to be objective (if indeed they ever had it), but are no longer capable of feeling shame either. Based on what we've seen of politics in the 21st century so far I can't say I'm entirely looking forward to the next four months.

By: nicrivera

nicrivera — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:50:12 +0000

The media sure made a big deal when it came to light that Ron Paul had accepted campaign donations from people who turned out to be white supremacists and demanded that Ron Paul give the money back.

Somehow, I don't think the media will pay much attention to the fact that John McCain has accepted campaign contributions from Swift Boaters. Nor do I foresee very many John McCain supporters demanding that he return their money that way they insisted that Ron Paul return the money of the white supremacists.

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:31:54 +0000

Yes! Jwest and others. By all means, keep talking up the (sleazy) swiftboaters as did Tucker Carlson last night. Defend them loudly and often, continue to smear Kerry, and make sure McCain is tied to the whole sordid affair. And be sure to incur the wrath of the actual Vietnam swift boat crews and veterans in general. Go for it.

By: D. E.Rodriguez

D. E.Rodriguez — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:50:49 +0000

By: christoofar

christoofar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:26:34 +0000

You might want to read down a little further ( in the HuffPo piece), particularly comments from Doug Reese. I'm just sayin'….

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:50:36 +0000

I don't think the term Swift Boaters are going to be able to dissociative the name from the types on attacks on John Kerry for a long time. Probably not even within their lifetime.

I'm thinking about the word Watergate…

By: jwest

jwest — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:46:30 +0000

Let me be the first to defend and commend the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who came forward to expose John Kerry for the fraud he is.

Thomas Lipscomb just blogged about this subject at HuffPost. I recommend everyone read it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-lipscomb/w...