Posted on 02/18/2007 3:43:51 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON — Old enemies of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are out in force. Just weeks after she joined the Democratic Party's flock of presidential contenders, Clinton is being targeted by conservative and Republican-allied activists intent on derailing her campaign before the start of next year's primaries.
They have surfaced with a flurry of planned projects: a Michael Moore-style documentary film, book-length exposes, and websites such as StopHerNow.comand StopHillaryPAC.com.
Conservative admirers of the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth media blitz that helped torpedo Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential candidacy in 2004 are now agitating to "Swift-boat" Clinton.
.........Clinton campaign insiders say Web-savvy staffers are immersed in monitoring suspected enemy blogs and websites and conservative cable TV and radio talk shows.
Clinton also reportedly spent lavishly to hire a large team of opposition researchers headed by Judd Legum, previously research director for the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank headed by former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta.
.....Clinton intimates said she would also eventually rely on veterans of her husband's administration such as James Carville and Paul Begala to run interference on television, and on the street-fighter instincts of longtime political aide Harold M. Ickes for behind-the-scenes advice.
"We tend to think the blogs will drive a lot of the news," Ickes said recently.
"Even if you think it's completely false or outlandish, you ignore it at your peril."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I hope they keep their mouth shut until it's campaign season. What's the point of telling Hillary's people what you're going to do to them now, a year before the primary begins?
No word from Vence Foster.
Shhhh! We are being monitored.
With the primaries moving up, they need a head start to document it all.
It's explained fully in the article.
Ha ha!! I was just thinking that.
Nope. Not a peep.
Oh, you mean Chelseas father?
Webb Hubbell still not talking?
The best news I've had all week.
Her Heinous is running a 2008 campaign with 1992 personnel and tactics.
Gee... where was this type of reporting with Tom DeLay?
Question one should be can bill keep his zipper zipped long enough or will he derail Mrs. Clinton by being caught by some fat bimbo eruption yet once again?
Definition of Swift Boating.
It means putting the truth out to the voters. It means letting them know of the lies being told by the candidate. It means the public has the right to know the candidate and not just the propaganda the candidate is putting out. Countering lies with truth. Thats swiftboating.
And the demmies cant take it.
They really did a number on DeLay, didn't they?
I believe in the end, Tom will have the last laugh.
No they can't take it, so they redefine it.
Neither is Ron Brown
What ever happened to Webb Hubbell?
If any of these people turned, it would be a great day.
And the ( MSM ) and demmies cant take it.
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