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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhen i hear 'benghazi' i can't help remembering what they did to john kerry in 2004
the term is now known as 'swiftboating'.
this is what they are doing to Obama & Hillary....
with a compliant media
long, slow swiftboating.
The term "Swift Boat" itself refers to a class of U.S. Navy vessel used during the Vietnam War. During the 2004 presidential campaign, John Kerry's heroism under fire as a Swift Boat commander in Vietnam was a centerpiece of his campaign. A number of Vietnam veterans who had served on Swift Boats formed a 527 organization called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (later renamed Swift Vets and POWs for Truth or SVPT) with the intent of discrediting his military record and attacking his subsequent antiwar activities as a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The group produced a series of television ads and a bestselling book, Unfit for Command. The unsubstantiated charges against Kerry by the SVPT gave rise to the term "swiftboating" as a synonym for "the nastiest of campaign smears", "a slimy political attack", and, for many, "ugly, unprincipled slander". As the purpose of a tax-exempt 527 organization is "to focus on the issues" rather than "attack or defend a specific candidate", the SBVT was fined by the Federal Election Commission in 2004 for specifically attacking Kerry instead of focusing on political issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftboating
gordianot
(15,243 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Which is the required number of times they need to qualify for a bill from the Republicans to commemorate the event with a national monument.
It's all about the numbers. Ordinary people will NEVER believe that their Repub leaders would say it so many times if there really wasn't anything to it. At this point, if these ordinary people were to catch on that it was all a ruse, why, they might begin to wonder if they've been used by the Republicans on other occasions too?
That option is unthinkable! So, on with the chanting! Benghazi, Benghazi!
Bandit
(21,475 posts)COMBINED...It is the worst Scandal in World History if ONLY the Liberal Media would acknowledge that simple FACT.