Kerry Hires Joe Lockhart to Combat Swift Boat Veterans

MSNBC 'First Read' Political Insider Memo ^ | 8/20/04 | Liz Wilner

[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.

[Rebelbase]

I don't know where O'neill hails from, but there is Texas money being donated to the Swift Boat Veterans cause.

[olde north church]

Chris "Cabana Boy" Lehane? He's a McGreevey style boy. Put Virgnia Hill + Sam Giancana + Congressional hearings into google. I believe, her comment should be there.
Virginia Hill had made a comment that made the tail on Keafauver's coonskin cap stand up on end!

[Mike Bates]

[MeekOneGOP]

Exactly! He's digging his own grave. He should come clean and put this
behind him. He chooses "Quagmire" instead!

It suits me he chooses to, as you say, "keep digging", LOL! What a fool !

[Ann Archy]

HUH???

[sauropod]

Borders was a big Clinton supporter back in the Dark Days.

I stopped patronizing them at that time.

[sauropod]

No. They're gonna crown her Queen. Being "president" is a pay cut for Her Ankleship.

[RightOnline]

If you bite the bullet and go to MSNBC's Web site right now ( www.msnbc.com ), you'll see that they are trumpeting Bush family ties to the Swifties.

Right.

You got it; quoting the NY Times hit piece on the SBVfT as gospel. What a disgusting bunch of pseudo-journalists.

[windchime]

Bump!

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[GailA]

Not that I know of.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Joe Lockhart bump!

[mabelkitty]

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[mabelkitty]

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[The Bandit]

YOU Decide...

No contest......

[BunnySlippers]

Panic mode over inexpensive but credible ads is wonderful.

In fact, I think the ad company who did these ads will gain a lot of business as a result. They are short, low budget, and to the point.

[Jorge]

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.

I'm only 1/3 thru "Unfit For Command" and already don't see how ANYBODY, especially a veteran could possibly vote for a man like Kerry.

[Jorge]

Yeah, but the Swift Boat Vets are being funded by a Texas Republican.

A RICH one. It's all very suspicious.

[hershey]

Well, a veterans' group in Lowell, MA held an event last weekend, to which they'd invited Fat Teddy and Kerry. Teddy either came or sent a surrogate, or a polite I love you guys, but I'm busy note. But Kerry didn't bother to respond at all. No note, no show, no nothing. So the vets fired off an angry letter to Kerry campaign headquarters and then sent another to the Lowell Sun newspaper. Big black eye for Kerry. He just lost more votes, and here comes another SwiftBoats ad. Just gets better and better.

[mabelkitty]

pressure to kerry bump