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baldeagle
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 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject: Hey, Y'all, The Swifties are back.......LA Times commentary |
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| Quote: | The lunatic right returns
Bad news for Republicans: Leading conservatives are embracing former Swift Boaters.
March 2, 2007
IF YOU HATED IT the first time, you might like the sequel better.
Remember Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the right-wing goon squad whose defamatory insinuations helped sink John Kerry's presidential campaign? They're back! This afternoon, key Swift boaters George "Bud" Day, Mary Jane McManus and Carlton Sherwood are holding a little reunion, in the guise of a panel discussion at the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference. The panel topic? "The Left's Repeated Campaign Against the American Soldier."
It's not hard to visualize the right-wing talking points that will emerge from this. The Swift boaters will be dusting off their 2004 scripts and reaching back still further to dredge up their Vietnam-era notes. Expect to see all the old myths revived: The antiwar left spits on returning troops and gives aid and comfort to the enemy. Oh, John Murtha, why do you hate our brave troops?
The reemergence of the Swifties is depressing, but not because they're likely to do much damage to progressive candidates in the next election cycle. "Swift Boat II: The Sequel" will have a different ending from "Swift Boat I" because Americans just aren't that dumb. |
The whole article is here
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brooks2mar02,0,4254501.column?coll=la-home-commentary
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | "Swift Boat II: The Sequel" will have a different ending from "Swift Boat I" because Americans just aren't that dumb. |
Oh. Really? Let me know when the Kerry nomination occurs.
What a nitwit. |
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streetsweeper95B
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| Me#1You#10 wrote: | | Quote: | | "Swift Boat II: The Sequel" will have a different ending from "Swift Boat I" because Americans just aren't that dumb. |
Oh. Really? Let me know when the Kerry nomination occurs.
What a nitwit. |
I don't think this particular word no longer fits him #1........S.F.B. ( **** For Brains) might work better..............*big grin*
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carpro
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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The writer, Rosa Brooks, must have been a really big Kerry supporter.
I can almost smell the sour grapes from here.
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