Kerry Handler Cahill: Swift Boat Veterans Sank Us

NewsMax ^ | Dec 16, 2004 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

I compared this with the ABC version and decided to post it because of Limbacher's comments.

[hobbes1]

"This is the best $40,000 investment made by any political group, but it was only because of the news coverage that it got where it did,"

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that cupcake. The million copies of the Book that were sold, and the tremendous work of the blogosphere, had nothing to do with anything.....

[Puppage]

Kerry Handler Cahill: Swift Boat Veterans Sank Us

Tell it like it is, Cahill.....THE TRUTH sank you

[Max Combined]

"Astonishingly, Cahill said Kerry's campaign at first thought there would be "no reach" to the low-cost ad, which originally aired in only three states."

The truth hurts.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Also, here is the other post.

[jocon307]

"In hindsight, maybe we should have put Senator Kerry out [of his misery]earlier."

[theDentist]

Does the left still fail to grasp the power of Internet, radio and cable news?

Yes. Even now, 6 weeks after such a long hard fought campaign, and the dismal failure of their elitist candidate. Yes they still don't see the 'net as anything more but a way to get money to run for a political office. Dean showed them how to do that before he melted down.

let's 'em stay ignorant.

[Slyfox]

These are the very same people who think that the success of Ronald Reagan was due solely to the way he was 'packaged'.

Hey, we WANT them to think like that, don't we?

[SoFloFreeper]

How about this: the TRUTH sank you??

I am still astonished President Bush won re-election. He had MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS of dollars poured into slandering him as a leader, a thinker, and even as a human being. Millionaires happily GAVE of their money and time to try and defeat him...and he still won.

The impact of the Swifties was not their money--it was that they spoke the truth.

God bless America.

But I was nervous for a while, I'll admit. I believed the right would ultimately win, but I still feared for a time that the huge outpouring of funds by a hateful few would persuade just enough people to vote against the President.

[ThirstyMan]

the lack of TRUTH sank Kerry.
How could anyone but a zealot ignore Kerry's dancing around not signing the Standard Form 180?
That one action would have laid to rest all of the need for further defenisve responses....BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED!!!
We all waited and waited and waited.
and in their analysis of Kerry's failure this lack of signatture on that form 180
IS STILL, NOT A PART OF THEIR ANALYSIS OF KERRY'S FAILURE?????
AMAZING!!!!

[silent_jonny]

The Swifties were (and are) an important part to Kerry's demise. But Kerry lost because of Kerry. One said something, the other denied it. One claimed to be a war hero, the other a war protester. One was an obvious elitist snob, the other was obviously not the "man of the people" he pretended to be.

All in all, the Republicans couldn't have asked for a better candidate to run against. The Kerry campaign sank under his own weight.

[speed_addiction]

They keep looking for a "reason" as to why Kerry lost. It was the Swiftboat Vets. It was the Osama Bin Laden tape. It was the gay marriage issue. All of these were a factor but it came down to the one thing they can never admit. America AMERICA JUST DID NOT LIKE JOHN KERRY. Even the votes he did get were votes against Bush. Most Democrats held their nose while casting their votes for Hanoi John.

[savedbygrace]

Kerry sank Kerry. The SWIFTboat vets supplied much of the ammunition, but if Kerry had been a decent nominee, he could've risen above it.

Ultimately, Kerry was his own worst enemy. And I take nothing away from the valiant and honorable campaign John O'Neill and the rest of the vets waged. They are wonderful patriots who completed their mission. But Kerry sank Kerry.

[rocksblues]

[WorkingClassFilth]

What does Cahill think of the blanket suppression of the Swifties message by the MSM for three solid months achieved? The Swifities layed it all out in early May at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. fer crying out loud and the press devoutly ignored Kerry's treason with a solid wall of silence.

The new media, however...

[JohnLongIsland]

in the final analysis it's not the messenger it's the message

[gridlock]

"This is the best $40,000 investment made by any political group,...

I like to think that my little sawbuck packed a whallop this year. The Swiftees have spoiled me for future fundraisers, since now I'll be expecting them to elect my guy for $29.95.

[PGalt]

Integrity. Integrity. Integrity. Thanks Swift Boat Vets!

[FreedomPoster]

Dems continue to call the Swifties "proven liars" based on little more than their saying so. They then quote "factcheck.org, supported by the VP".

The truth killed the Dems, on this one. I just wish it had the power to take Kerry out of the Senate, where he does not belong. While it was probably the correct political decision to not force the issue, more, for the Bush campaign, Mass Republicans need to force it when Kerry comes up for re-election.

On the finances front, I know I bought the book and contributed $150 directly. $40,000 my butt.

[Cai Della]

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Shouldn't that be "sunk"?