Posted on 10/24/2016 10:15:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An email released on Monday by Wikileaks shows members of the Hillary Clinton campaign discussing a “Trump swift boat project” with a political strategist with longstanding ties to the Clintons.
“I know you can’t look past Bernie and March primaries — but who is in charge of the Trump swift boat project?” Joel Johnson, the managing director of Glover Park Group, strategic communications firm, wrote in a Feb. 26 email to Clinton’s communications director Jennifer Palmieri.
“Needs to be ready, funded and unleashed when we decide — but not a half assed scramble,” he added.
Palmieri responded, sarcastically: “Gee. Thanks, Joel. We thought we could half-ass it. Let’s discuss.”
The email was hacked illegally from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account.
“Swift boat” is a reference to the organized political attack on John Kerry’s military service during the 2004 presidential campaign. A group of Kerry opponents calling themselves the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth aired ads calling the then-Massachusetts Senator’s Vietnam service into question.
“Swiftboating” has become a catch-all term for organized political attacks which rely on information culled from a candidate’s past.
Trump underwent a swiftboating of sorts starting last month after the release of footage from 2005 of him speaking in vulgar terms about women with ex-NBC host Billy Bush. Numerous women have come forward since then accusing Trump of sexually harassing and, in some cases, sexually assaulting them.
Some observers have asserted that the onslaught is a coordinated political effort. There has not been any proof yet that it was.
Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook was asked on Sunday if the campaign has been in touch with any of Trump’s accusers. He said he was “not aware” whether any have been.
Reached for comment, Johnson of Glover Park Group said his email was a reference to opposition research in general.
“May way of saying oppo research,” he told The Daily Caller. “Usual unsolicited advice from outside.”
Johnson, who worked in the Bill Clinton White House, did not respond to a follow-up question about whether he knew of any specific opposition research, especially regarding any of Trump’s accusers.
Must be the women paid to say Trump sexually assaulted them.
I’m still having trouble believing that the porno star turned down $10,000 for a date.
Glover Park Group was founded by Savannah Guthrie’s husband, Michael Feldman.
Cozy.
http://gpg.com/team/joel-johnson/
Looks like Gloria All Dead to me.
Democrats believe that an explosion of paid for women leaping up to accuse Trump of sexual improprieties is equal to Kerry’s Swift Boat colleagues casting aspersions on his self proclaimed veracity and valor.
LOL, yeah that doesn’t seem very likely does it.
What a crazy election. Multiple felonies proven against hillary via wikileaks and O’Keefe. Yet she hasn’t sunk.
And maybe a dozen statements by the Donald that would have ruined another candidate. (i know they DONT COMPARE to what the monster has done, but his comment about McLame would have been a game ender for anyone else)
I wonder what the dynamic is that has caused neither to break off and run away with this election.
Will it AGAIN be the 3 or 4 percent undecideds who turn this thing?
Where’s the logic?
Bernie could stop her but he’s living it up in his new house. He doesn’t realize he becomes a liability on Nov. 9.
nasty
Bearnie may have been all about making it look good, because this whole thing smells like it was scripted from the start.
A bit off topic......the story about the porn actress is up at TMZ. What i find interesting is the comment section at TMZ, you would think that it is full of lib comments, not so much.
Organized crime/DNC will not take their fingers off our throats unless and until forced to do so.
Comparing themselves to the honorable veterans who came forward to rebuke Kerry is absolutely disgusting!
This is a deliberate lie. Wikileaks does not hack. They receive documents from whistleblowers - staff - within targeted organizations and publish them.
We must, at an appropriate time, offer our deepest appreciation to the Clinton campaign member who has bravely taken the lid off this bubbling chaldron of corruption.
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