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John Kerry Decries Return of 'Swiftboating' in Pennsylvania Senate Race
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAs the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania senate between Arlen Specter and challenger Joe Sestak has become preoccupied with Sestak's military record, Massachusetts senator John Kerry weighed in, saying he will not comment on the charges. The victim of an orchestrated assault on his military record during his 2004 presidential run against George W. Bush, Kerry said he refuses to participate in "swiftboating" another Democrat. "What troubled me most about the 2004 smears was that lies were permitted to pollute the public dialogue even after they were thoroughly and publicly disproven by the ...
Swift Boat Veterans for Killing Health Care Reform
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIf you liked what the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth did for John Kerry's presidential campaign and abstinence-only education, you're going to love what they have cooked up for the nation's health care system!Spoiler alert! It involves the two fundamental tenants of the Kerry ads: 1. Advocating for an unpopular status quo.2. Lying. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you "Conservatives for Patients' Rights"... The Swift Boaters who helped take down John Kerry's presidential campaign are back in action. Or at least their donors are. Rick Scott, founder of a group called Conservatives for Patients' ...
Palin Smears Obama as 'Terrorist Pal'
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyGOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin unleashed an attack on Barack Obama that relies on that most McCarthy-esque concept, "Guilt by association." In this case, it's guilt by an association so weak, it took feverish gymnastics by ABC News to unleash it on legitimate journalists. From Politico:"There's been a lot of interest in what I read lately. Well, I was reading my copy of today's New York Times and I was really interested to read about Barack's friends from Chicago. Turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man who, according to The New York Times was a domestic terrorist and ...
McCain's 'Cone of Silence'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyA strange pattern has developed in John McCain's run for the highest office in the land. The Arizona senator has offered a series of suspect recollections of his time in captivity, delivered speeches with passages oddly reminiscent of Wikipedia text, and even lifted a campaign slogan. Each of these minor, if not trivial hiccups, taken in isolation, would not make much of ripple in the race. Together, however, they paint a picture of a man who, at best, is not quite in control of his own narrative, and, at worst, calls his credibility into question. To this list we can now add the bizarre turn ...
McCain Rethinking Those Town Halls
By Dave - Politics DailyThis is funny. After digesting what Obama said to his supporters in Philadelphia last night, the Michael Goldfarb at the McCain blog had this to say. "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." A couple thoughts from McCain HQ on this. First, Barack Obama has a long track record as a proponent of stringent gun-control regulations--to the point that a questionnaire filled out by his staff, and with the candidate's handwriting on it, stated that Obama favored a ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of handguns. Can we assume that Senator Obama now opposes efforts to ban the ...
'Is Obama Wright?' - New Viral Video
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyThe latest web-video focusing on Barack Obama, has quickly been dismissed by Obamanaics simply as being "Swift Boating" (that illusionary term describing an effective and creditable attack). Watch and see why this video is becoming a viral problem for the Obama campaign. ...
Obama's 'Yes, We Can' Trend and Swift Boating
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyNot only has Barack Obama's "Yes, We Can" theme caught on like wildfire on the Internet but it apparently has created some commonalities between the Democratic presidential hopeful and some foreign leaders, as well.Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiyev's favorite catchphrase, in Tatar, is Bez Buldyrabyz!" That has the same meaning as "Yes, We Can." Media in Tatarstan (which, by the way, is a Russian republic located in the East European Plain,) picked up on the similarities between the two men after they saw the "Yes, We Can" music video on YouTube that features Will.i.am of the Black Eyed ...
Bill Clinton Cries 'Swiftboating!'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFormer president and presumptive First Gentleman, Bill Clinton, has jumped into the fray over his wife's performance at last week's Democratic debate. In a calculated effort to tamp down a potentially dangerous flare-up for Hillary's campaign, Bill told a Las Vegas audience that the coordinated attacks by his wife's rivals were eerily reminiscent to the dirty tricks of contests past. In short, like John Kerry before her, Hillary has officially been waterboarded swiftboated. His full remarks can be read here, but let us ponder one of the more salient bits:"The point I'm here to make to you is ...
Video of the Day: Swift-Boating the Phoenix Coyotes' Old Logo
By Greg Wyshynski - AOL NewsIt's election season, not only in local races but in the tediously prolonged battle for the White House (Sam Brownback, we hardly knew ye ... or wanted to.) Already, I've been seeing attack ads on television, as candidates attempt to establish who hates children or who loves guns or who is more likely to have a wide stance in an airport water closet.These slanderous character assaults have contributed to the coarsening of our society; luckily, they've also inspired a subculture of humorous video parodies, from Frosty the Snowman's attack on Santa Claus to an attack on the New England ...
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