Obama Campaign Revives the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at 'Fight the Sm

July 9th, 2008 12:26 AM
Although the term isn't used, it's clear that the Obama campaign sees itself and their candidate as victims of a vast conspiracy of right-wingers. Going all the way back to the 1988 presidential election, Obama's "Fight the Smears" chart (featuring the campaign's new sort-of "presidential seal," replacing the one that was "dropped," at the top left) purports to tell us "Who's Behind These Lies."…

NY Times's Zernike: Dishonest Charges by Swift Boat Vets Have Been 'Un

June 24th, 2008 2:44 PM
Sunday's New York Times featured a Vietnam flashback, not to 1969, but 2004, as reporter Kate Zernike once again reported for duty in defense of John Kerry, in the former presidential candidate's Ahab-like quest for revenge against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, whose questioning of his Vietnam War citations wounded him in the 2004 campaign. The background: Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens…

Boston Globe Takes Aim at Swift Boat Vets

June 9th, 2008 4:00 PM
With all of the videos of Barack Obama’s pastor problems and gaffes, it’s no wonder the liberal media are afraid of what conservative 527 groups will do with them. A June 9 article entitled “Decency in D.C.” and featured in the “local news” section of the Boston Globe, columnist Kevin Cullen decried the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT) – the group which ran ads against Senator John…

NYT Again Slimes 'Unfounded Rumors' from Swift Boat Vets

February 26th, 2008 2:19 PM

Joy Behar Warns of 'Republican Attack Machine

February 12th, 2008 4:54 PM

Larry O'Donnell's Latest Rant: Mormonism 'Demented, Ridiculous

December 8th, 2007 10:57 AM
Lawrence O'Donnell, already infamous for his in-your-face rant at John O'Neill of the Swiftboat Veterans, is at it again. This time, the object of O'Donnell's obloquy is Mitt Romney, and in particular his Mormon religion. Appearing on last night's McLaughlin group, O'Donnell indulged in an angry, protracted condemnation of Mormonism. Excerpts:This was the worst political speech of my lifetime.…

CNN: Will Rudy Be ‘Swiftboated

November 21st, 2007 1:23 PM
A report on Tuesday’s "The Situation Room," which highlighted the anti-Giuliani campaign of some family members of firefighters killed on 9/11, also tried to throw some retrospective doubt on the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" who opposed John Kerry in 2004. CNN correspondent Deborah Feyerick proposed the following question about the campaign: "is this another 'Swift Boat' situation, in which…

Media Go Cuckoo For Kerry Accepting Pickens Swift Boat Challenge

November 17th, 2007 11:13 AM
Did you hear about that challenge famed oilman T. Boone Pickens made on November 6 when he offered $1 million to anyone that could disprove even one charge made against Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? Like most people that weren't at the American Spectator dinner the evening Pickens made the offer, you probably didn't learn about this until Kerry accepted the…

'View's' Behar Falsely Accuses Bush Admin of Airing Swift Boat Ads

November 7th, 2007 12:13 PM

Bill Clinton’s ‘Squinting Two-Minutes Hate’ on CNN

September 26th, 2007 6:50 PM

Olbermann Rants Against 'Pissy Juvenile Blast' of President Bush

September 21st, 2007 3:08 AM

The NYT on Giuliani's 'Political Exploitation' of

September 10th, 2007 3:14 PM