The GOP smear machine revs up (Boston Globe Alert)

Boston Globe ^ | 8/28/08 | Dan Payne

[pissant]

BARACK OBAMA can deliver a brilliant speech tonight, but its impact could evaporate within days. John McCain and his allies have opened the 2008 Swift Boating season. Four years ago, a smear outfit called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth began trashing John Kerry's Vietnam War record. Kerry was never the same.

Helter Skelter. What the GOP does is throw out so many attacks that the target and voters get confused and disoriented. This all-out Helter Skelter Republican attack machine is something Obama has never experienced.

It always starts small. A small lie. First, they say he's like Paris Hilton. Then he's why gas prices are high. Then he'll raise taxes on the middle class (Funny how powerful Obama is for a man who lacks experience.)

The escalation. McCain's part of the attack machine quickly ginned up a TV spot showing newly minted VP candidate Joe Biden at an early debate saying Obama wasn't ready to be president. Next they found video clips of Hillary Clinton criticizing Obama - imagine, one Democrat knocking another in the middle of a heated primary! Such things never happen to Republicans.

McCain vs. the Pig. During the Republican primary, John McCain and Mitt Romney tangled over immigration. McCain said this about Romney: "Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it."

The book of lies. Four years ago his book smeared John Kerry's war service. Now Jerome Corsi has a book out on Obama, published by none other than Mary Matalin, longtime hit-woman for the attack machine for the Bushes and Dick Cheney.

[Question Liberal Authority]

There probably isn’t anyone on staff at The Globe who would cross the street to say “hello” to John Kerry.

For a party that embraces failure, they sure don't have much tolerance for losers. I remember in 2004 when the convention was in Boston and Michael Dukakis practically had to sneak in the back door and pretend he was with the wait staff.

[popdonnelly]

A legitimate criticism of Obama is not a “smear”. Don’t give up in the face of widespread dishonesty by Democrats and the MSM.

[popdonnelly]

Why doesn’t Dan Payne do something that requires real journalism, instead of repeating what the Obama campaign tells him. I suppose that’s requiring too much of today’s “journalists”.

[Cyman]

Dan Payne should spend his time doing things to improve himself, like realizing his genetic line is not mispronounced as bahstad.

[Retired Greyhound]

I’m still waiting for the smears.

Where are the Jerimiah Wright ads?

[RJL]

The GOP smear machine revs up (Boston Globe Alert)

But the Democrats' MSM smear machine never rests.

[Retired Greyhound]

Good find. I support this guy.

http://www.antoinemembers.com/

America needs more regular people like him in Congress, and not these career politicians.

[Argus]

Liberals have to hide their true records and what they really believe in order to get elected at the national level.

Pointing this out and exposing what they really believe and their true records is “smearing” them.

It’s that simple.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The Dem smear machine is always running full out 24/7/356.

[Oldpuppymax]

Was this tripe presented as a news article, or as an editorial? I realize that the two are interchangeable in todays straight-arrow MSM, but I’m curious. I didn’t have the patience or enough Pepto Bismol on hand to click on the rest of the offering, but did Payne finally proclaim that Obamas dad could beat up McCains dad? If not, it was the only bit of childish nonsense that he missed.

[pankot]

Article looks like crap and smells like s***. And Payne is the real pissant.

[Interesting Times]