swift boat

The GOP’s Hidden Campaign Against Obama

Aug 25, 2012
If the election is tight, two Republican tactics -- one well known and the other just emerging from the political sewer -- could be enough to defeat President Barack Obama. If the election is tight, two Republican tactics—one well known and the other just emerging from the political sewer—could be enough to defeat President Barack Obama.
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Anti-Obama Author Deported From Kenya

Oct 7, 2008
Jerome Corsi's scheduled visit to Kenya to promote his latest book, "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was cut short after local authorities, who claimed that Corsi didn't have the right permit, arrested the author and sent him packing on a plane to Europe on Tuesday.

Vet Groups Battle for American Hearts and Minds

Jul 8, 2008
There are two major veterans groups trying to make a splash in this year's election, one conservative and the other broadly liberal. Both, says NPR's Peter Overby, will attempt to have an impact on the order of the 2004 efforts of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. It sounds like the anti-war group will have the edge this year.

Kucinich Under Fire

Feb 8, 2008
Rep. Dennis Kucinich is back in Cleveland and fighting for his political survival as his longtime corporate opponents finance a Swift-boat-style media onslaught to take over his congressional seat. Here he fires back and makes his case for why Cleveland, and the country, needs his voice in Congress now more than ever.

Clinton and Obama in ‘Scandal’ Feud

Nov 19, 2007
Conservative columnist Robert Novak initiated a scuffle between the Clinton and Obama campaigns over the weekend by reporting that "agents" of Hillary Clinton claimed to possess "scandalous" information about Barack Obama. Obama promptly accused the Clinton campaign of trying to "Swift-boat" him and demanded that the front-runner come clean.