Swift Boating means exposing the ugly truth about poseurs.
But before we get there, here's what the Times had to say Monday (emphasis added throughout, h/t NBer Bingo):
“Swift boat” has become the synonym for the nastiest of campaign smears, a shadow that hangs over the presidential race as pundits wait to proclaim that the Swiftboating has begun and candidates declare that they will not be Swiftboated.
FYI, Same ol' same ol'...