[cardinal4]

When he sets his jeweler’s eye upon the so-called Swift-boating of the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, for instance, future candidates for office get point-by-point instruction on how to turn a campaign liability into an asset: in this case how someone with no combat experience can successfully run on national security issues against someone who was actually shot on the battlefield.

This the third SwiftBoat reference I have seen in the last 24 hours. Kerry is spending money..

[dirtboy]

Just the standard response to Dem talking points being issued. It's not just about Kerry - it's an attempt at a pre-emptive attack against conservative truth-telling in 2008.

[rockrr]

I have too. And I wish I could give credit to the FReeper who so aptly said; "It wasn't the Swift Boaters who sunk Kerry, it was Kerry who sunk Kerry!"

Personally, I'm getting a kicke out of the fact that it is only the urnalists who are buying this bizarro world spin on the SBT strategy...