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John Kerry: They're swiftboating Obama
Politico ^
Posted on 03/29/2012 5:24:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
John Kerry: They're swiftboating Obama
3/29/12 4:24 PM EDT
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has lent his name to a fundraising solicitation that raises the specter of millionaires and billionaires funding an outside effort against President Obama.
"When I was the Democratic nominee for president in one of the closest and toughest elections in history, a group of billionaires did something unprecedented," Kerry wrote. "They wrote million-dollar checks to fund lies about my service on what were called "Swift Boats" in Vietnam -- and in so doing, they turned the boats my crewmates and I served on into a new political shorthand for the most vicious smears imaginable: 'swiftboating.'"
In 2004, an anti-Kerry 527 group formed to raise questions about his war record and air ads against the senator, then running as the Democratic nominee for president. Its' spokesman, Jerome Corsi, would go on to become one of the leading proponents of the 'birther' conspiracy that falsely suggests Obama was born in Kenya or elsewhere.
Kerry points to a $3 million dollar donation to a pro-Romney super PAC by Houston construction magnate Bob Perry as the next round in an outside effort against Obama.
"One man. Three million dollars. And that's just the start," Kerry writes.
"I know all too clearly that these guys will do or say anything to win. They'll stop at nothing. But forewarned is forearmed. Their multi-million dollar smear tactics were new in 2004; in 2012 we know their playbook, and shame on us if we don't tear it into shreds. Join me and we will stop the 'swiftboating' of President Obama," Kerry emails.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 527groups; bho44; johnfondakerry; kerry; swiftboatvets
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Didn't he vacation in Vietnam or something?
To: Sub-Driver
John Kerry has STILL not released his unaltered military record directly to the public that shows he received a dishonorable discharge from the Navy for participating in anti-war protests while in uniform for which he received a pardon from Peanut Boy.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:26:57 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: Sub-Driver
If we had Swiftboated obama... he would be out of office and in court.
LLS
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:27:19 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(WOLVERINES!)
To: Sub-Driver
Poor Kerry. He was so busy winning all those Purple Hearts that he forgot to get a Purple Brain.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:27:44 PM PDT
by
sthguard
(The DNC theme song: "All You Need is Guv")
To: Sub-Driver
Poor Kerry ,keeps having Vietnam flash backs
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:28:09 PM PDT
by
molson209
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:28:51 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Sub-Driver
After Nixon sent him there in December 1968. Kerry is a very poor liar.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:30:50 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:30:58 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Sub-Driver
Indeed, and THEY TOLD THE TRUTH
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:31:14 PM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Madam President is my President now and in the future)
To: Sub-Driver
Speaking of boats, Johnnie boy. Are you still moving your yacht around to keep from paying your taxes on it?
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:32:33 PM PDT
by
crosshairs
(Civil rights are for civil people.)
To: Sub-Driver
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:32:45 PM PDT
by
Bryan24
(When in doubt, move to the right..........)
To: Sub-Driver
Kerry says this to Politico which basically swiftboats Repubs on a daily basis. The Dems and media are corrupt.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:32:51 PM PDT
by
nhwingut
(Sarah Palin 12... No One Else (Maybe Tim Thomas))
To: Sub-Driver
Sorry Hanoi Boi. When it comes to Barry, we’re talking more like a dinghy.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:33:25 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(It's time to WEAN the government off of our money.)
To: Sub-Driver
Hey Moron, pay your taxes on the boat yet?
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:33:25 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Sub-Driver
Johnny Boy, why didn't/don't you sue the hell out of those millionaires and folks that were lying about you? Oh, I know, because they were telling the truth about your fabricated “hero” actions in Vietnam. Punk! Coward asshat!
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:33:39 PM PDT
by
CardeadInKy
("The problem with Liberalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -Marg Thatcher)
To: Sub-Driver
Swiftboating? Isn’t that “exposing the truth”? If that’s the case, thanks traitor Kerry.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:34:09 PM PDT
by
laweeks
To: Interesting Times; The Shrew
Oh boy...Billionaires spending millions. LOL Don’t you wish.
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:34:36 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Stand with God and Sarah, the Gipper and Newt will be standing next to you.)
To: Sub-Driver
John the Traitor Kerry swiftboated 2.5 million Viet Nam Veterans in 1974 with his baby killer lies and war criminal lies. Do you really think you are innocent Kerry?
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:35:17 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
To: Sub-Driver
Didn't he vacation in Vietnam or something?
Cut me loose. I want that guy!
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posted on
03/29/2012 5:36:12 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Sarah...Sarah...Sarah!)
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