Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Swift Boat Liars for Bush embarassed again

Check out Josh Marshall going almost into Daily Howler mode over the Swift Boat Liars for Bush and the ridiculous puffball treatment their cheap sleaze-slinging is getting from our pathetic political press corps in this 08/18/04 post.

He cites a couple of new pieces on the Swift Boat Liars:

Unfriendly Fire Slate 08/18/04

Records Counter a Critic of Kerry Washington Post 08/19/04

Marshall also cites this 08/13/04 exchange illustrating how Bush is using his Potemkin crowds, screened to include only loyal devotees of Bush the Magnificent, to promote Oxycontin-radio-type smears against Kerry.  See our classy president in action:

Q On behalf of Vietnam veterans -- and I served six tours over there -- we do support the President. I only have one concern, and that's on the Purple Heart, and that is, is that there are over 200,000 Vietnam vets that died from Agent Orange and were never -- no Purple Heart has ever been awarded to a Vietnam veteran because of Agent Orange because it's never been changed in the regulations. Yet, we've got a candidate for President out here with two self-inflicted scratches, and I take that as an insult. (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you for your service. Six tours? Whew. That's a lot of tours.

Let's see, who've we got here? You got a question?

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