The swiftboating of John Kerry
I'm temporarily away from the blog, so I thought I'd post one of my personal favorites from almost exactly four years ago (there were conventions going on then, too). As you may recall, an independent group calling itself "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," began a campaign to destroy John Kerry's reputation as a war hero.
One has to view this strategy through a jaundiced prism today, as John McCain, war hero, uses the POW defense for virtually every difficult question posed to him. Not to take away from his sacrifice in the least, but does it really help the electorate in making an intelligent choice when he uses it as his default answer?
CHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.
Comments
My new name for George W Bush - Chance the Gardener.
Posted by: MrBear | September 3, 2008 7:05 PM
Nah. Even Chance the Gardener was wiser than him.
Posted by: Rory L. Aronsky | September 4, 2008 5:44 AM
The Swiftboat folks only exposed the fact that John Kerry is a lying fake. To this day Kerry still can't deliver the docs to support his silly stories. I was never uncomfortable acknowledging I had received Purple Hearts in Vietnam until that guy showed up. Don't shoot the messenger.
Posted by: Paul Goodman | September 7, 2008 9:33 AM