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Kerry Hires Joe Lockhart to Combat Swift Boat Veterans
MSNBC 'First Read' Political Insider Memo ^ | 8/20/04 | Liz Wilner

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bugeyedjoe; clinton911; clintonistas; desperatedems; joelockhart; kerry; kerryconfused; kerrypollingnosedive; shrummyemergency; swiftboatveterans
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To: Old Sarge

You got it, Old Sarge! The "sidewinder" snake has been there all along....like Madame DeFarge....knitting, knitting, knitting and we've been focusing on a light-weight like Kerry! The dem party is a mess, maybe already dead; HRC, WJC are "buying" the party at garage sale prices. It is a major set up; nothing too illegal, immoral for the Clintonistas.


181 posted on 08/20/2004 9:20:18 AM PDT by hummingbird ("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
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To: gopwinsin04

Joe Lockhart can't help him with the new POW ad. No way they can rebut that without making Kerry look craven or look like he hates the military. That fraud has his balls squeezed between a rock and a hard place. Gotta love it, he's goin' down!


182 posted on 08/20/2004 9:21:47 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Pyro7480

There's a new ad?


183 posted on 08/20/2004 9:21:54 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Guillermo

Who happens to be dead.


184 posted on 08/20/2004 9:22:27 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: gopwinsin04

bttt


185 posted on 08/20/2004 9:23:13 AM PDT by gipper81
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To: goldstategop

He was probably a slave owner too.


186 posted on 08/20/2004 9:23:22 AM PDT by Guillermo (OJ was innocent because Mark Furhman said the "N" word.)
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To: gopwinsin04

The only hope for Kerry's campaign: Call 1-800-DIAL-A-PRAYER.


187 posted on 08/20/2004 9:25:39 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
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To: counterpunch

Joe and Joel, the new Mutt and Jeff of the Kerry campaign.


188 posted on 08/20/2004 9:26:35 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
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To: Republican Wildcat

Look under breaking news.


189 posted on 08/20/2004 9:26:44 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: goldstategop
I think it is the Lockhardt/Clinton team driving this new strategy of 'recalling' the book.

If you cannot rebut the charges, get rid of the source material!

And then probably sue on court to tie it up until after the election..

190 posted on 08/20/2004 9:27:00 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Guillermo

I admire the swift vets tactic of continual attack. John O'Neill is on every channel, everywhere all the time, never letting up, never giving an inch.

Reminds me of General Patton.


191 posted on 08/20/2004 9:29:26 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Bush is Hell on liberals and terrorists.)
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To: Guillermo

I admire the swift vets tactic of continual attack. John O'Neill is on every channel, everywhere all the time, never letting up, never giving an inch.

Reminds me of General Patton.


192 posted on 08/20/2004 9:29:37 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Bush is Hell on liberals and terrorists.)
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To: Rebelbase

Is he a Texas Republican too?


193 posted on 08/20/2004 9:33:21 AM PDT by Guillermo (OJ was innocent because Mark Furhman said the "N" word.)
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To: gopwinsin04

You know, now that you mention that...

Didn't She Who Must Not Be Named try and get FReeper BKO's book banned, right after she died at the Pentagon?

It got published, anyway, thankfully...


194 posted on 08/20/2004 9:36:09 AM PDT by Old Sarge (ZOT 'em all, let MOD sort 'em out!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

I just picked up "unfit for command" at Hastings.

W00H00


195 posted on 08/20/2004 9:43:51 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: gopwinsin04
Instead of rebutting each charge, Kerry blamed Bush

That about says it all.

196 posted on 08/20/2004 9:55:03 AM PDT by Ruth A.
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To: counterpunch

Please tell me didn't really say, "I've slandered the service of these Veterans before, and I will do it again." He didn't, did he??


197 posted on 08/20/2004 9:56:53 AM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Some of my best friends are white, middle-class males.)
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To: gopwinsin04

Well, I wasn't scared until I saw that picture you posted. LOL


198 posted on 08/20/2004 9:58:56 AM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Some of my best friends are white, middle-class males.)
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To: gopwinsin04
Im shocked that Hillary/DNC would let Kerry borrow their garbage man to try and sweep up this mess in the mainstream media!

Joe's not coming in to sweep up anything - he's part of the Arkansan sabotage plan.

199 posted on 08/20/2004 9:59:26 AM PDT by brewcrew
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To: Peach

John O'Neill is a lawyer who clerked at the Supreme Court.


200 posted on 08/20/2004 10:02:27 AM PDT by landorepub
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