Swift Boat Support For Rudy

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 06:55:38 PM EST
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Peter Boyer, exposed here as clueless by mcjoan, misses the significance of one of the bigger pieces of news in his New Yorker story (see Jeralyn's post on the article):

Among those smiling appreciatively at Giuliani’s remarks was retired Rear Admiral William L. Schachte, seated several rows back. Schachte gained notoriety in 2004 as a key figure in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign against John Kerry. Schachte had been Kerry’s commanding officer in Vietnam and, in August, 2004, declared that he was on Kerry’s boat the night Kerry saw combat action that brought him his first Purple Heart. Schachte asserted that Kerry had not encountered enemy fire that night. (Kerry and two of the men who served with him have said that Schachte wasn’t on the boat.)

Rudy has eagerly accepted the support of lying skunk SwiftBoater Schachte. Before I asked, how low will Rudy go? The bottom has not been found yet.

This piece of news DOES make this, via Sargent, Newsweek article very ironic.

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How did Boyer miss it if he reported it? (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by oculus on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:00:25 PM EST

Confusing.

the significance (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by Big Tent Democrat on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:04:19 PM EST

: Clueless is as clueless does (none / 0) (#6)
by TexDem on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:39:05 PM EST

Taking Rudy out early (5.00 / 2) (#3)
by buhdydharma on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:24:16 PM EST

Is great strategy.....but it will make the election awfully boring!

Ummm (5.00 / 4) (#4)
by Big Tent Democrat on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:26:43 PM EST

Are you accusing me of strategy?


Golly NO Mr. Tent! (5.00 / 3) (#5)
by buhdydharma on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:38:16 PM EST

Everyone knows only Centrists use strategy and you are a liberal blogger!


I am a progressive centrist (5.00 / 3) (#8)
by Big Tent Democrat on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:45:15 PM EST

liberal blogger thank you very much.


But it's a (5.00 / 1) (#10)
by Alien Abductee on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:52:44 PM EST

rightish progressive centrism... ;)


A little Leftish too (5.00 / 2) (#11)
by Big Tent Democrat on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:54:38 PM EST

Mainstream type of thing. . . .


: Just trying to keep (none / 0) (#12)
by Alien Abductee on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:57:07 PM EST

pushing that window in the right, um, left, direction...

Just don't try telling him that you're ticked (none / 0) (#17)
by Militarytracy on Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 10:34:44 AM EST

and you are changing your party affiliation to Independent instead of Democrat. BTD has pinko skivies ;) Right next to his tender skin ;)


pinko skivvies (none / 0) (#18)
by Alien Abductee on Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 12:01:57 AM EST

Oh I doubt that. In fact, I suspect in a more normal age he'd be a Republican.

::ducks::


In a more normal age (none / 0) (#19)
by Militarytracy on Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 01:48:28 PM EST

I could even vote for a Republican ;) I can't even recognize any of them anymore. Do you think that the ghosts of the L. Ron Hubbard aliens have taken over all of their bodies? I'm starting to wonder. It used to chap me that Democrats didn't take fiscal responsibility very seriously. It was something I liked about Republicans until the aliens got them.


: More like (5.00 / 1) (#20)
by Alien Abductee on Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 06:09:51 PM EST

David Icke's Reptilians and their secret Illuminati control throughout history - almost makes more sense than that half the population of the country voted for Bush because they thought he'd be a great guy to have a beer with.

Having just gotten into a (5.00 / 2) (#14)
by andgarden on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 08:54:04 PM EST

fight over definitions with spoon, this is a sore subject.


It's one of the reasons I like being me! (5.00 / 1) (#15)
by buhdydharma on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 09:09:21 PM EST

Just swing the dial all the way over....no real definitions needed til we get past nationalizing the oil companies for National Security purposes, lol.


: heh (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by andgarden on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 09:13:22 PM EST

Boring (none / 0) (#9)
by Alien Abductee on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:45:26 PM EST

I'm sure they can come up with a surprise or two to keep us entertained.


I found this from the link to be very telling. (1.00 / 0) (#21)
by jimakaPPJ on Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 11:45:54 PM EST

But, look, the role of journalists isn't simply to decide whether criticism will be politically effective; it's also about determining whether the criticism is true.

Why would a journalist care if it was, or was not?

And the answer is.......

A journalist shouldn't.

Heh (none / 0) (#7)
by TexDem on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 07:41:24 PM EST

Just for fun I added clueless MSM to mcjoan's tags. Haven't been reprimanded yet, so I guess it'll stand.

Good catch (none / 0) (#13)
by andgarden on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 08:53:02 PM EST

Stupid Journalist.