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They're Baaaack... Swift Boat Veterans Take Aim At Obama
Just as they sought to destroy John Kerry in 2004, the founders of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group are aiming their guns at this season's presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. But unlike four years ago, when the Swifties spent millions to discredit Kerry, their hit on Barack Obama so far hasn't cost them a dime.
The opening assault came over the weekend in the form of a mass email to would-be sympathizers. "As liberal as Kerry was, America faces an even more liberal threat today: Barack Obama," wrote John O'Neill, a founder of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who co-authored the book "Unfit for Command," the attack (or smear) on Kerry's Vietnam War record.
In the email, O'Neill promoted the new anti-Obama book just released by the conservative National Review Online political reporter David Freddoso, titled "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate." O'Neill exposes Obama as -- gasp! -- a liberal, and urged everyone on his email listserv to buy up the books in bulk.
But not everyone who received O'Neill's email was receptive.
In fact, one Democratic lobbyist who found the email in his inbox over the weekend was so furious that he hit reply -- cc'ing the Sleuth -- saying: "I am not your 'friend' so take me off your list you no good [expletive]."
That email probably never reached O'Neill, since it was sent to the email address "no-reply@HumanEventsOnline.com." Human Events, the hard-core conservative publication, is a sister company to Regnery Publishing, which published Freddoso's book as well as O'Neill's hit job on Kerry in 2004.
Not to be outdone, O'Neill's Swift Boat cohort, Jerome Corsi, has his own new Obama attack book out called "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality." He showed up promoting the book last week in -- what else? -- a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity.
In his email to friends (and at least one foe), O'Neill said he was "privileged" to have played a role in the last presidential election "in helping prevent John Kerry from being elected president." Today, he said, "Democrats and the media are not holding Obama accountable, so conservatives must."
What's the smoking gun O'Neill and Co. have on Obama? He has the "#1 most liberal voting record in the Senate. And a politician whose rhetoric of 'change' does not match the reality of his corrupt, 'Chicago-machine politics' background," O'Neill writes.
Not exactly bombshell stuff, guys, considering those are already pat GOP talking points. We can't help but wonder if the Swifties have lost a few knots over the past four years?
Just as they sought to destroy John Kerry in 2004, the founders of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group are aiming their guns at this season's presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. But unlike four years ago, when the Swifties spent millions to discredit Kerry, their hit on Barack Obama so far hasn't cost them a dime.
The opening assault came over the weekend in the form of a mass email to would-be sympathizers. "As liberal as Kerry was, America faces an even more liberal threat today: Barack Obama," wrote John O'Neill, a founder of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who co-authored the book "Unfit for Command," the attack (or smear) on Kerry's Vietnam War record.
In the email, O'Neill promoted the new anti-Obama book just released by the conservative National Review Online political reporter David Freddoso, titled "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate." O'Neill exposes Obama as -- gasp! -- a liberal, and urged everyone on his email listserv to buy up the books in bulk.
But not everyone who received O'Neill's email was receptive.
In fact, one Democratic lobbyist who found the email in his inbox over the weekend was so furious that he hit reply -- cc'ing the Sleuth -- saying: "I am not your 'friend' so take me off your list you no good [expletive]."
That email probably never reached O'Neill, since it was sent to the email address "no-reply@HumanEventsOnline.com." Human Events, the hard-core conservative publication, is a sister company to Regnery Publishing, which published Freddoso's book as well as O'Neill's hit job on Kerry in 2004.
Not to be outdone, O'Neill's Swift Boat cohort, Jerome Corsi, has his own new Obama attack book out called "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality." He showed up promoting the book last week in -- what else? -- a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity.
In his email to friends (and at least one foe), O'Neill said he was "privileged" to have played a role in the last presidential election "in helping prevent John Kerry from being elected president." Today, he said, "Democrats and the media are not holding Obama accountable, so conservatives must."
What's the smoking gun O'Neill and Co. have on Obama? He has the "#1 most liberal voting record in the Senate. And a politician whose rhetoric of 'change' does not match the reality of his corrupt, 'Chicago-machine politics' background," O'Neill writes.
Not exactly bombshell stuff, guys, considering those are already pat GOP talking points. We can't help but wonder if the Swifties have lost a few knots over the past four years?
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