In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry - Simple lies
Why are the accusations from this good old fashioned hit piece getting any coverage? It is getting a lot more coverage then the year 2000 hit piece Fortunate Son by James Hatfield (he committed suicide in 2001) which alleged a cocaine arrest in 1972 that led to Bush's public service work (a fascinating piece of the GWB biography - sudden unexplained community work). Hatfield had a checkered past and that proved his book's undoing... not really what he wrote.
This time not only is the past of the people involved somewhat unseemly... the story doesn't check out at all either.
First there are the authors: Jerome Corsi and John O'Neill.
John O'Neill never served with Kerry. He used to be the clerk for William Rehnquist and was first assigned to the role of Kerry hater by Nixon. If he seems good at slandering Kerry its because he's been doing it for over 30 years. John did serve on the same boat as Kerry... AFTER Kerry left.
Jerome Corsi says nice things like:And other nice things. I think he's got a buggering boy fetish.
- So this is what the last days of the Catholic Church are going to look like. Buggering boys undermines the moral base and the lawyers rip the gold off the Vatican altars. We may get one more Pope, when this senile one dies, but that's probably about it.
- Islam is a peaceful religion - just as long as the women are beaten, the boys buggered and the infidels are killed
Number 1 in this week's conservative idiots sums up the whole situation excellently. Please read.
The main vehicle for this slander is the advertisement by the swift boat veterans for Bush's lies. It is nice to have sleazy rich friends isn't it Mr. Rove. The reason why this is getting attention is because, quite frankly, Bush is hurting and there is a lot at stake if he loses for a lot of folks... so any slime that might stick is slime that'll be reported. Fortunately it won't stick if the truth is outed. Unfortunately that requires a viable free press. Instead we get the Hardball host Chris Matthews ("tweety" as he is often referred to in blogs) saying things like "gee this is bad and powerful stuff... and if it isn't true, gosh why is it on the air." (and I'm not really that far off from what he did say). How pathetic has the press become?
Alas, the only accurate reporting on the subject is again from the Daily show. Please watch this segment, its as hilarious as it is sad, and is the most truth you'll get on television about this story. (its worth watching even on a home line... just be very patient thought).
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