Given a proper public airing, it nukes Kerry's campaign in one shot.
I was disgusted by the cavalier manner with which this was dismissed by Brit Hume, among others who claim to be interested in the truth. It reminded me of the Clinton impeachment whitewash. The accused was dead to rights, but everyone stuck their fingers in their ears because of the supposed ramifications.
Honestly, it would be disservice to honest Democrats to have a candidate lined up who is persoally damaged. I would rather see a race decided on the ideological merits. But when the personal negatives are covered up from day one, or simply ignored, such is the risk they took.
If Hillary Clinton does have sympathetic hands on the levers of media power, the Kerry campaign is now hers for destroying whenever she chooses.
As more specific details of this story emerge, and these vets defend themselves, it could get real ugly for Kerry.
So far this looks like the most disgraceful media coverup I've ever witnessed.
Yup, if these people were trashing Bush, they'd be on Time magazine hailed as whistleblowers.
This Big Media cover up is such a betrayal of the AMerican people.
Actually, it helps Kerry, which is why the DNC is putting this "assault" on the Swiftvets together. They need to do something to keep this going; on its own, it would be dead by Tuesday.
I know I'm going against the grain here, but Bush is staying as far away from this as he can for a very good reason: it will backfire, big time, if he says anything about these guys.
As more specific details of this story emerge, and these vets defend themselves, it could get real ugly for Kerry.
Actually, Vietnam works only positively for Kerry, just as the war on terror works only positively for Bush.
There is so much else to nail Kerry on; don't put all your hopes on this Swiftvets issue. It is bound to fail.