Smeared by Ginsberg: Boston Globe Editorial

Boston Globe ^ | August 27, 2004 | Boston Globe Editors

[rface]

BENJAMIN L. Ginsberg is the smoking gun. As national counsel to Bush-Cheney for five years, he has operated continuously at the center of President Bush's political organization. He was James Baker's right-hand man during the 2000 Florida recount challenge.

When Ginsberg aided the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's untruthful, scurrilous attacks on Senator John Kerry's Vietnam War record, he established a strong and obvious connection between the president's campaign and the smear.

Ginsberg is right, of course, in saying lawyers represent all kinds of legally unconnected clients. But his suggestion that there is no political connection in this case is persiflage.

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No memo trail needs to be found linking Bush personally to Ginsberg and the veterans' group; the connection is apparent.

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Bush, realizing that the tide has turned against him, is trying to back-pedal and change the subject -- proposing yesterday that both campaigns join in challenging the so-called 527 groups... [ snip ]

But that is not the issue with the anti-Kerry veterans. The issue is Bush -- his refusal to condemn a patently false attack, his willingness to try to reap some political reward on the cheap, his utter lack of leadership in brushing off the role played by his close political aides.

[rface]

my favorite line: No memo trail needs to be found linking Bush personally to Ginsberg and the veterans' group; the connection is apparent.

Click the link above to read the entire editorial.

[mewzilla]

When the BG prints everything about John Kerry that it's sitting on, then I'll take it seriously. But I'm not holding my breath while I wait.

[Belisaurius]

I can just guess who wrote this editorial. The language used sounds oddly familiar.

[tsmith130]

Click the link above to read the entire editorial.

No thanks, I've read too much here already.

President Bush is NOT backpedaling...he's been saying the same thing about 527's for months.

In addition, the 'attack' is NOT patently false!

[madprof98]

For far too long this attack has worked to Bush's advantage. Even when Kerry and other veterans were defending his war service effectively, Vietnam headlines were obscuring stories on the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuses . . .

Thank God for small favors.

[AlexW]

"Bush, realizing that the tide has turned against him"

I just spewed beer all over my keyboard...Oh, I am not drinking so early..I am in Romania this month,it is 4:30 PM. FR is my number one source of news here since I am on poor connection and slow computer, so I can not listen to live feeds from Rush and others :(

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Earth to Boston Globe: Attacking the messengers rather than addressing the issues raised by the message adds credibility to the message.

[federal]

Now this is probably worthy of a lawsuit, I can only imagine what Mr. Ginsberg is thinking right about now.

But this is a vey serious accusation to throw at a Lawyer, There cannot be a defense for the globe.

This is slander at it's purest form.

[rface]

Bush, realizing that the tide has turned against him, is trying to back-pedal and change the subject --

I am not sure that this is the case - the tide still feels like it's going Bush's way

[Repairman Jack]

No memo trail needs to be found linking Bush personally to Ginsberg and the veterans' group; the connection is apparent.

Oh good lord.

That's all I needed to read.

[dennisw]

Not one peep from these scumballs about Democrat and 527 connections. The same from the NY Times which owns them.

That's why Europe is so socialist and stupid. 90% of their "mainstream" press has been leftist for 30 years and actively brainwashing them. We should not be shocked.... the big shift to partisanship is happening here for the last 10 years

[TommyDale]

The Kerry Campaign is still battling over the original TV commercial, when they have absolutely no counter-argument for the second one. There is no accusation of falsehoods about John Kerry's speech to the Senate Committee. I think this speaks volumes...

[listenhillary]

Bush should insist that he be re-hired.

[mattdono]

To the Boston Globe Editors:

[Tamzee]

I despise the mainstream media. I think it's the most deadly enemy we face today. If it weren't for them, America could deal much more easily and effectively with political corruption, International sabotage and terrorism.

[Pete]

When Ginsberg aided the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's untruthful, scurrilous attacks on Senator John Kerry's Vietnam War record

That didn't take long. I only had to get to the second sentence before finding an error in this Editorial.

[Diogenesis]

They are channelling MaryJo Kopechne for the spiritual "memo trail",
which needs no physical evidence for the Boston Globe's Jayson Blairs.

[rface]

Rush is on vacation this week (Scotland) - but if he were here, this would probably be in his "stack of stuff."

How is Romania...? Is it worthy of tourist visits?

[Ed_in_NJ]

Does Tizzy own the Boston Glob? Major shareholder?

[TommyDale]

No memo trail needs to be found linking Bush personally to Ginsberg and the veterans' group; the connection is apparent.

Last time I checked, a court of law would need to see a tangible link. There is no case here, and they all know it. The Kerry wagon has no wheels.