The GOP’s Hidden Campaign Against Obama

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Swift Boat Reborn: Group Shames Obama for Bin Laden Bragging

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 15, 2012 It's the biggest feather in the president's re-election cap: the confirmed killing of America's most wanted criminal. But a new group plans to air commercials diminishing the president's role in Osama bin Laden's assassination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher: Fringe Losers Can Ruin Everything

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2009 The "Real Time" host battles the birthers, "the far-right goofballs who claim Obama wasn't really born in Hawaii and therefore the job of president goes to the runner-up, Miss California Carrie Prejean." [Video fixed] Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anti-Obama Author Deported From Kenya

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Original Swift-Boater Is Back

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 15, 2008 Here come the goons, right on schedule. The "author," and I use the term loosely, whose vicious lies damaged John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign has crawled back out from under his rock to spew vicious lies about Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Vet Groups Battle for American Hearts and Minds

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Get Your Own Smear Tactics

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Apr 28, 2008 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kucinich Under Fire

Dennis Kucinich / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Coming Attack on Barack

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Conspirators with a "Swift boat" style are looking at the Illinois senator and sharpening their knives. One of their delicious subjects of attention is the candidate's provocative spiritual adviser. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kerry Takes Swift Boat Vets’ $1M Bet

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2007 It may be a few years too late, but Sen. John Kerry is going after the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, taking SBVT sympathizer T. Boone Pickens' offer to pay $1 million to anyone who could disprove the group's claims. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton and Obama in ‘Scandal’ Feud

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Swift Boat Appointment Obscures the Real Threat

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 10, 2007 How much damage can an ambassador to Belgium do? Probably not as much as an ardent antagonist of Social Security might unleash in a top policymaking position at the agency that millions of Americans depend on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )