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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

Yep - and I burn when the GOP gets the credit.


41 posted on 04/21/2008 12:52:40 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: Travis McGee

You are right, and we have to be careful not to alienate him. Someone from FR got Oreilly stirred up, and now he deletes messages from blog people, right or left.

I think that Hannity is really serious about keeping Obama out. The info that Dick Morris was in Kenya helping Odingo (another thread), makes my blood boil, as that buzzhead is being paid by FoxNews as a news/analyst or contributor. I think he is an Obama shill.


42 posted on 04/21/2008 12:59:53 PM PDT by Kackikat ((No strong national security, and the rest of issues are mute points; chaos ensues.))
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill
WELL SAID!

in addition to being a SERIAL LIAR, "hanoi john" is leftist, a FOOL & a TRAITOR to his oath of enlistment & to the nation.

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43 posted on 04/21/2008 5:29:45 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: R. Scott
does the GOP get the credit????

fyi, the party "leadership" certainly spent bunch of $$$$$$$$$$$$$, trying to "distance themselves from" us vets.

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44 posted on 04/21/2008 5:31:33 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: Alamo-Girl
HI, A.G.!!!

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45 posted on 04/21/2008 5:32:14 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

Hi stand watie!


46 posted on 04/21/2008 8:27:59 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
HI, lady!!!

long time,no see.

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47 posted on 04/21/2008 10:22:16 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

Indeed. I pray all is well with you!


48 posted on 04/21/2008 10:58:19 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: stand watie

My comment was directed to post #12.
I’m well aware that the GOP tried to distance itself from us.
Many people still think anything that was against Hanoi John had to have been financed and directed by the GOP.


49 posted on 04/22/2008 2:20:08 AM 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: Alamo-Girl
well, i'm busier than a one-armed paperhanger, inasmuch as i'm in TX trying to settle my aunt's estate. what a MESS!!!

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50 posted on 04/22/2008 5:17:00 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: R. Scott
"many people believe" that wee willie klintoon was a DECENT/moral/good POTUS, too.

i take no notice of what the terminally ignorant "public" believes, as they will believe whatever the main-SLIME media tells them. (if i sound like a cynic, i am.)

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51 posted on 04/22/2008 5:21:01 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

I’m so sorry to hear that, dear stand watie.


52 posted on 04/22/2008 11:29:08 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl; All
well, dear, it's a ROYAL mess.

about half of my Aunt's "notes to self" are in an OLD-fashioned "medical shorthand" that was ONLY taught to RN students in the 1920-1940s!!! (looks like "chicken scratching" and/or ""Chinese algebra" to me.)

i FINALLY found an RN (of a "certain age" = chuckle) who KNOWS how to read it;she is "plowing through" years of notes, some of which she said, "i don't understand at all."!!!

i cannot even tell IF/when she last paid her taxes. my aunt at nearly 86YO was "getting forgetful" & lots of things got "put off" and/or "just ignored as too much trouble", according to Mother (her 92YY sister).

it's NOT a fun month.

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53 posted on 04/22/2008 12:02:24 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

Sounds like you have your work cut out for you!


54 posted on 04/22/2008 12:04:29 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
yep.

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55 posted on 04/22/2008 12:15:06 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

My cynicism level too runs high - and this election season it is higher than usual.


56 posted on 04/22/2008 1:04:27 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
"higher than usual" ======> fwiw, i'm "sick to death" of having to settle for "the least bad" of "3 evils", as POTUS. !@#$%^!

WHERE are the Tom Jeffersons, Jeff Davis,George Washingtons and other GREAT/DECENT/HONORABLE men, when we so desperately need them???

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57 posted on 04/22/2008 1:44:45 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

Voting for the lesser evil has become the norm.
Where are the great men? My guess would be that our political parties, major lobbyists and special interest groups want nothing to do with them. Without the support of these a candidate doesn’t have a chance.


58 posted on 04/23/2008 3:38:44 AM 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
IF you are correct, then this REPUBLIC is doomed.

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59 posted on 04/23/2008 5:29:56 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: R. Scott
further, where is Ronald Wilson Reagan when we NEED him??? (i fear we will look for someone of his ability without success in the foreseeable future.)

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60 posted on 04/23/2008 6:48:38 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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