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Get Your Own Smear TacticsPosted on Apr 27, 2008Satire by Andy Borowitz The Democratic race for president has descended to “a level of meanness and acrimony that is damaging to American politics,” the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth said today. The Swift Boat group, which became famous in 2004 for attacking Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, said that it was speaking out because “the current Democratic contest is giving Swift-boating a bad name.” “We have increasingly heard pundits accusing Clinton and Obama of Swift-boating each other,” said Swift Boat Veteran Tracy Klugian. “This hurts the reputation of Swift-boating.” Mr. Klugian was quick to draw a distinction between what Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are doing and Swift-boating, which he called “a noble profession.” “When you try to destroy a member of another party, that’s Swift-boating,” said Mr. Klugian. “When you do it to a member of your own party, that’s cannibalism.” He said that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth would soon air ads attacking both Democratic candidates for sullying the reputation of Swift-boating. “Tear each other up if you want to, but don’t take Swift-boating down with you,” he said. “That’s just unfair.” The Swift Boat Veterans’ statement came on the heels of a similar statement by the Weather Underground, a 1960s radical group that has been tied to both the Obama and Clinton camps over the past week. “We denounce and reject both candidates,” said the Weather Underground, which has seen its approval ratings plummet in recent days.
Elsewhere, CNN’s Larry King said he would continue his series on polygamy, saying that he was uniquely qualified to discuss people who had more than five wives.
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By Bluestocking, April 30 at 7:18 am # Do I hear glass shattering? Methinks I do…
By Women voters not thinking ahead, April 29 at 10:40 pm # Hillary as President, nice ring to it for women, except that with such voter sentiment (more war, more special-interest pandering), fewer Democrats will be elected to Congress, thus fewer votes to get a women’s-issues Supreme Court nominee confirmed. More Clinton corruption and the stench of these two in the White House again. Women voters are drinking the Kool-Aid for possibly the most sickening example of womanhood ever to run for public office.
By dasm, April 28 at 2:15 pm # A well-earned, dismal reputationThe term ‘swift-boating’ has become synonymous with smearing someone through lies & hate. The Swift Boat Vets for Truth (truth??- in their own minds only) brought this on themselves, because anyone with a brain saw their tactics for exactly that: smears, lies, & hate. Their tactics were indefensible then, and are now. They, more than anyone, made a mockery of politics & honest campaigning; they brought campaign attacks to a new & disgusting level of destructiveness and dishonesty. Hopefully as the Repubs continue to lose power, some sort of ethics and the addressing of real issues can come back to U.S. politics. “hurts the reputation of Swift Boaters”??? You are a group of miserable, dishonest old men who will do anything to destroy a candidate. That is the only reputation you have, a reputation earned long before the present election campaigning began.
By Aaron Corsi, April 28 at 8:29 am # wowI heard they are doing wonderful things at mental instuites
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