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January 25, 2008
Botched Joke Kerry Still Gabbling About "Swiftboating"
Posted by Dave Blount at January 25, 2008 7:27 AM
Still trying to clear his dirty name, phony war hero Hanoi John Kerry is keeping the phony verb "swiftboat" alive by intoning that a sinister "they" are swiftboating Barack Hussein Obama with rumors that he's a secret Muslim who refuses to observe the pledge of allegiance.
Maybe they were thinking of the National Anthem, which Obambi is seen here ignoring.
Jean François whines in an email:
As a veteran, it disgusts me that the Swift Boats we loved while we were in uniform on the Mekong Delta have been rendered, in Karl Rove's twisted politics, an ugly verb meaning to lie about someone's character just to win an election. But as someone who cares about winning this election and changing the country I love, I know it's not enough to complain about a past we can't change when our challenge is to win the future — which is why we must stop the Swiftboating, stop the push-polling, stop the front groups, and stop the email chain smears.
Dennis Byrne comments:
Can we, Sen. Kerry, also stop this lame wallowing in self-pity over the campaign blunder you made? And unlike the anonymous attacks you claim are being made against Obama, these responses to your heroic assertions were made by identified people in the light of day.
Moreover, you brought up your Swift Boat record, not the Swift Boat veterans. You made the unabashed claim that you were some kind of hero. You attacked folks who dared challenge your assertions. You and your ilk were the ones who muddied up the reputations of people who exercised their right to free expression. Your folks coined the term Swiftboating and your ideological bedfellows are the ones who keep it alive. You are the one who continues to engage in a smear of naval veterans who served honorably.
Of course, Kerry could always put an end to all this awful swiftboating about his service by coughing up his military records. But if this hasn't happened by now, it's not ever going to. If you're curious about what he's hiding, read John O'Neill's informative Unfit for Command.
On a tip from Byron.
