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Posted on 08/20/2004 7:41:15 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
The Los Angeles Times notes this morning that he Kerry campaign has hired former Clinton White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart and Joel Johnson, a lobbyist who worked for President Clinton to help respond to the Swift Boat Veteran's attacks.
Group officials who discuss strategy on condition of anonymity said that the anti-Kerry group plans to hammer the Democrat for his war claims and protests after he left Vietnam, especially his claims that US soldiers committed war crimes.
The group are also arranging local veterans to criticize Kerry when he vists their states.
Aides said Kerry has been flooded with calls from concerned veterans, and a CBS poll released last night showed the senator losing significant support amongst those who served in the armed forces.
Instead of rebutting each charge, Kerry blamed Bush for sanctioning such highly personal attacks, though there is no evidence that the presdients campaign has any direct connections to the anti-Kerry group.
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Well he covered one arse already for the DNC whats one more
Hmmmm, maybe he is imploding.
Yeah, but the Swift Boat Vets are being funded by a Texas Republican.
I hope the Swift Boat vets are ready to fight and fight hard. A couple of attorneys by their side wouldn't hurt, either.
The NYT article which tries to connect the President to the Swift Boat vets is here for reference:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position=
Have you seen the new ad? It's devastating!!
You know there is blood in the water when Dems start bringing on Clintonistas to do damage control.
Is the hiring of Joe Lockhart supposed to scare anyone? Sheesh, why else leak that?
Old Bug Eyes is back!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!!
Kerry: High guys. Thanks for coming on board.
Now, is this knife big enough for you to cut my throat with? Perhaps you should check with Bill and Hitlery.
What a dipshit.
Lockhart?? OOOOoooo... scary.
Gee I didn't know Joe served in Viet Nam, if he didn't he's not ALLOWED to comment right??? LOL
That's going in my van window.
what scares me about the democrat party of clintons and kerry is that they think they can get by with anything.
"reality is what i say it is", and you'd better believe it! (/s)
these people are only interested in POWER.
they were well described in ayn rand's book "the new intellectuals".
The vets are the 'soccer moms' of this years campaign..
Awful lot of money to spend hiring these guys when one could just simply release his military/medical records for fairly cheap...
You have to admit - he's the right man for the job. Pathetic, lying POS fronts for pathetic lying POS!
Another Rat defender doing what he does best....
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