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You claim that "The FEC found the Swift Boat attack was way out of line and chastised them for it, but the damage was done. And there are still those who take what they said as gospel."
This suggests that the FEC somehow refuted the Swift Vets' charges against Kerry, which is completely false. It isn't the FEC's job to validate the claims made by political groups, nor do they make any effort to do so. The FEC did note that the Swift Vets "did not unlawfully coordinate its activities with, or make excessive in-kind contributions to, any federal candidate or political party committee..."
The FEC also levied a fine against the Swift Vets, as they did to virtually all the major 527 organizations active in 2004, ruling that since they intended to affect the election they should have formed as political action committees.
If you're really concerned about honesty in political discussions, retracting your misleading characterization of the FEC's actions would be a fine place to start.
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I'll be surprised to see a retraction or correction. If Ina Hughs intended to write an honest article, she would have done so in the first place.
I do recall that the subsequent congressional investigation into Foleygat revealed that both the DNC and the media outlets they colluded with KNEW more than the GOP earlier and “did nothing” but sit on it until late in the election cycle and then they bitched and moaned how the GOP knew and “did nothing” with less information in hand.
Culture of corruption. Dirty Politics more like it.