Another Swiftboat vet is a bit peeved about the Swiftboat
"I don't know enough about Kerry to say whether I will vote for him," Anderson said. "I know enough about Bush that I won't vote for him."
Regardless of political loyalty, Anderson said he has a message he'd like to pass along.
"Don't believe everything you read. All it tells me is there is some politics going on there."
Regardless of political loyalty, Anderson said he has a message he'd like to pass along.
"Don't believe everything you read. All it tells me is there is some politics going on there."
Two of the Kerry-smear vets sit on Bush's advisory panel for Department of Veterans Affairs. One of them is Ken Cordier (French, eh?), who had to resign from the Bush campaign after it was revealed that he served in that position - Bush campaign denying that they had anything to do with the Swiftboat smear ads and all.
Another vet, who vouched for the Swiftboat Liars, claiming he was in command of the boat Kerry was on, is also a lobbyist whose client recently won a $40 million grant from the federal government, and a Bush campaign donor in 2000 and 2004. And, his colleague is chairman of the RNC.
Now, are you getting enough information on Kerry's performance in battle in Viet Nam to enable you to determine whether or not to vote for him in November? Because if not, we can surely keep expounding.
Campaign Bits
Bush campaign chairman is Gov. Marc Racicot. That sounds awfully French.
Former Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich is ready to pull out all the stops -Swiftboat-type ads from the Dem side.
Lies move numbers.
Remember the one about Dukakis suffering from depression after he lost the governorship? We lost six points over that lie, planted by George W.'s close friend and colleague in the 1988 campaign, Lee Atwater. Or how about the one about Kitty Dukakis burning a flag at an anti-war demonstration, another out-and-out lie, which the Bush campaign denied having anything to do with, except that it turned out to have come from a United States senator via the Republican National Committee? Atwater later apologized to me for that, too, on his deathbed. Did I mention that Lee's wife is connected to the woman running the Swift Boat campaign?
What do you do, Democrats keep asking each other.
The answer is not pretty, but everyone knows what it is.
The trouble with Democrats, traditionally, is that we're not mean enough. Too much is at stake to play by Dukakis' rules and lose again. That is the conclusion Democrats have reached. So watch out. Millions of dollars will be on the table. And there are plenty of choices for what to spend it on.
Remember the one about Dukakis suffering from depression after he lost the governorship? We lost six points over that lie, planted by George W.'s close friend and colleague in the 1988 campaign, Lee Atwater. Or how about the one about Kitty Dukakis burning a flag at an anti-war demonstration, another out-and-out lie, which the Bush campaign denied having anything to do with, except that it turned out to have come from a United States senator via the Republican National Committee? Atwater later apologized to me for that, too, on his deathbed. Did I mention that Lee's wife is connected to the woman running the Swift Boat campaign?
What do you do, Democrats keep asking each other.
The answer is not pretty, but everyone knows what it is.
The trouble with Democrats, traditionally, is that we're not mean enough. Too much is at stake to play by Dukakis' rules and lose again. That is the conclusion Democrats have reached. So watch out. Millions of dollars will be on the table. And there are plenty of choices for what to spend it on.
Speaker Slander
Dennis Hastert has publicly hinted that George Soros, who has pledged to spend every last dime of his millions if he has to in order to unseat George Bush, gets his money from drug cartels. Mr. Soros is not pleased.
Majority Leader Madness
Is DeLay just nuts?
“If Israel falls to the terrorists, the entire free world will tremble. To forsake Israel now would be tantamount to forsaking Great Britain in 1940.”
..."My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism,” DeLay told [2,000 Jewish Republicans] at the Plaza Hotel Monday.
..."My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism,” DeLay told [2,000 Jewish Republicans] at the Plaza Hotel Monday.
DeLay. That's mighty damned French.
Liberal Media
CNN has informed the Log Cabin Republicans that it will not air their new television advertising campaign, which is a response to the politics of fear and intolerance. Unlike CNN, other broadcast outlets are airing the ad. The network claims that images in the ad are "too controversial."
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If you're not familiar with the Log Cabin Republicans, they are an organization of gay Republicans. Yes. Like being Roaches for Raid, to coin a phrase from John Leguizamo, referring to Latino Republicans.
The girls are out campaigning.
The daughters of both President Bush and John F. Kerry were unexpectedly greeted with boos along with the expected cheers Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami. But the Bush daughters, Barbara and Jenna, got the better of the exchange because their remarks had been videotaped in advance, and MTV turned down the audience noise while broadcasting their remarks. Alexandra and Vanessa Kerry were not so lucky. Startled and angered by the boos, the Kerry daughters "scowlingly delivered their please-vote talking points," according to the Village Voice. The Kerrys were less provocatively dressed, the magazine reported
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Zell Suckered by GOP
No one deserves it more.
Set him up to be the rabid, mean-spirited one. I've only read from Republicans great praises and yee-haws for whatever Zell spewed (I didn't hear or read it myself). So the GOP got what they were after, and can refuse to take credit for it, just like the Swiftboat shit.
After gauging the harsh reaction from Democrats and Republicans alike to Sen. Zell Miller’s keynote address at the Republican National Convention, the Bush campaign — led by the first lady — backed away Thursday from Miller’s savage attack on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, insisting that the estranged Democrat was speaking only for himself.
Late Thursday, Miller and his wife were removed from the list of dignitaries who would be sitting in the first family’s box during the president’s acceptance speech later in the evening.
Late Thursday, Miller and his wife were removed from the list of dignitaries who would be sitting in the first family’s box during the president’s acceptance speech later in the evening.
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