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Redefining 'Swiftboating' and Rewriting History
American Thinker ^ | April 20, 2008 | Henry P. Wickham, Jr.

Posted on 04/20/2008 6:23:28 AM PDT by Nony

If the words "swift" and "boat" must be combined and turned into a verb, then let us insist on its proper use. The word as a verb originates from the campaign undertaken in 2004 by the Swift Boat Veterans in response to the John Kerry presidential candidacy. The word means, or should mean, the exposure of a fraudulent autobiography of one seeking political office or public influence. It is the correction of a personal and professional record that has been selectively and dishonestly compiled, as the Swift Vets did so effectively to that of John Kerry.

Although swiftboating may be a neologism, there are other recent examples of this phenomenon. Justus Reid Werner, in a seminal Commentary article, exposed the fraudulent life story created by Edward Said to advance his political agenda. Dan Rather's macho claims to be an "ex-marine", when he did not finish marine basic training, were also revealed to be fraudulent. This is swiftboating in its truest sense.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; kerry; obama; swiftboat; swiftboating
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To: stand watie

I doubt we’ll last another century unless there are some drastic chanes.


61 posted on 04/23/2008 1:02:57 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: stand watie

Hopefully he’s not the last of his kind.


62 posted on 04/23/2008 1:03:48 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: R. Scott
i wouldn't argue with you.

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63 posted on 04/23/2008 1:11:34 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: R. Scott
i fear that he IS.

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64 posted on 04/23/2008 1:12:22 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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