Posted on 10/03/2006 7:07:55 PM PDT by kristinn
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In 2004, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth started out on the margins of the presidential race. In an era of Old Media domination, they might have stayed there. When the group's founders held a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington on May 4, there was nothing in the next day's Washington Post, and the episode got scant attention elsewhere. A conservative website, FreeRepublic.com, however, covered the news conference and listed the fax numbers of Establishment news organizations, urging readers to send missives demanding to know why they were "blacking out" the event. A day later, the Post and New York Times carried short stories inside the paper. The Post report included the Kerry campaign's response that the Swift Boat Veterans was a "politically motivated organization with close ties to the Bush administration."
The SBVfT was organized by Vietnam veterans who profoundly resented Kerry's role in the antiwar movement. Some of the men personally had served with Kerry in Vietnam. The group was funded and promoted by prominent Republicans, several of whom had ties to both President Bush and Karl Rove, though no evidence of a coordinated effort ever emerged.
As it happened, the SBVfT need not have worried about the amount of coverage they would receive, in either the New Media or the Old. And the spasm of publicity would come at the worst possible time for Kerry. On July 28, one day before Kerry formally accepted the Democratic nomination at the party's national convention in Boston, Drudge touted the imminent release of Un¿t for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry. On the morning of Drudge's report, the book was ranked at #1,318 on Amazon.com. The next day it had jumped to #2, and within a couple of days it hit #1.
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BTW, I preferred Cheney or Rummy for the top spot. Much better credentials and communication skills.
Tom DeLay.
I would vote for him as POTUS, no hesitations or reservations.
If the Washing Compost is spending this much time making excuses for John F'n kerry, it seems to me a sure sign that the coward is going to run again. It should be great theater to watch as kerry, algore, biden, feingold, her thighness, et. al. take to the hustings. I wonder if hillary has reserved enough space at Fort Marcy park to accomodate all her competitors.
Good stuff. I am salivating to take on Hillary.
Rudy's the only one at this point who could win.
This was a year or so ago but someone on FR threw in the name Mark Sanford (R).
He is Governor of South Carolina.
Fiscal Conservative
Pro WOT
Other than that I know nothing about him but I thought I'd see what you all think.
Is part two coming in Wednesday's issue ?
BTW, I preferred Cheney or Rummy for the top spot. Much better credentials and communication skills.
I'd vote for Rummy in a heart beat. I like Cheney too, but I especially like Rummy. He is one that can hold his own with whatever is thrown at him.
I think Halperin has a thing about Drudge. I don't know if it's love or hate, but there's definitely something there.
When did Giuliani grab guns?
In just a few short years, liberals have complained that everyone on their side from John Kerry to John Murtha has been 'swiftboated' by those mean ol' conservatives. Even Cindy Sheehan's been 'swiftboated.'
Says it all, if he cannot inspire a cohesive campaign team as a candidate what hope of success would there be as President ?
A Cheney run would be delicious just for the Apocalypse effect it would have on the Rats.
If I weren't worried about his health, I think he'd make a fine, tough president.
Also right under our nose is Jeb Bush. I neither get nor care what people are concerned about b/c his last name is Bush. If he is the best man we have available for the job, then I say, let's hire him and let the whiners be damed.
Nobody on the Left seems concerned about a Klintoon "dynasty."
George Allen has been attacked as viciously as he has been precisely because the Rats view him as the most formidable candidate.
Yathink anyone around here thought George W. Bush was "ready for prime time" when he started out to run for President and hit the Rat buzzsaw for the first few times?
I wouldn't rule Allen out yet. Let's see how he does with his race in Virginia, then we can talk.
The media tried to bury the Swifties. They would have succeeded in the old days.
That's pretty cool. (And true, BTW.)
Again, I just don't see why people think Jeb can't be elected just because he's a Bush.
Oh, believe me, I know the wailing would reach the stratosphere should he run and be nominated, and that even some of our own would moan to high heaven.
But (1) I believe he has the political skills to get through that and (2) come Election Day, would people really stay home just because he is in the Bush family?
If Jeb were nominated, it would be: "it is what it is" and people would deal with it and vote for him or not the way they always do.
And as I also said upthread, nobody on the Left is the least concerned about a Klintoon "dynasty."
Yep, Cheney or Rummy for Prez, Jeb or George Allen for VP.
Oh, John Kerry definitely is going to run again.
So is Algore.
And Algore can whup the Hildabeast (aka MRS BILL CLINTON).
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