In 2004, Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry had to respond repeatedly to attacks on his Vietnam military service from a group know as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (referred to here as Swift Liars).
It’s 2008, and the Swift Liars are back. Their target: Democrats.
The despicable, vile, wretched Swift Liar Jerome Corsi just released a book smearing Obama. Indicative of how the Swift Liars are able to leverage their capacity to distort is this: a book, written by a known liar, filled with known lies is atop The New York Times Best-Sellers List for nonfiction. Swift Liar becomes "best-selling author" and is given a platform by the news media to promote lies.
In the Colorado Senate race, Swift Liar Bob Perry, who anted up $4.45 million to the group in 2004, is funding a smear campaign against Democratic candidate Mark Udall.
By all indications, things are about to get nasty. With despicable characters like Perry ready to throw millions into smear campaigns, Democrats need to mount a coordinated effort to fight these well-funded, and often insidious, GOP attack groups.
That effort is TruthFightsBack.com, a site launched by John Kerry to counter the imminent onslaught of attacks by right-wing lie peddlers.
The objective: a grassroots-level rapid response effort to build a knowledge resource to arm people with the truth to fight back against the smear merchants.
The goal: more elected Democrats.
Here is an excerpt from an e-mail Kerry sent introducing the site:
We're launching a new website that empowers you to fight back across the country in ways no campaign has attempted. It's called TruthFightsBack.com, and we can use all the help you can give.
By signing up, you'll stay on top of what the rightwing is doing and help fight for the truth. And you can report smears when you see them to keep us on track on what the smear machine is up to at every moment. You will be our eyes and ears.
We know the game, we've learned some things, and we have a fired up movement of activists like no party has had in decades, all networked together with great Internet tools.
So sign up to help. This is a massive undertaking, so we need your help to pull it off:
TruthFightsBack.com
You can't just play defense against smears, pointing out how they aren't true. You've got to play offense, too, exposing the whole cynical game for what it is: an attempt to keep us from talking about the real issues and ultimately changing our country for the better.
And from the TruthFightsBack.com:
This website has tools for you to take part in each of these processes. First off, whenever you see any smear or dishonest attack, whether it's an email that gets forwarded to you, a flier you get in the mail, a robocall you receive, or an ad you hear on the radio or see on TV, come here and report it. That way we can track where the smears are appearing and when, and we can get everyone working on debunking it (if it hasn't been debunked already).
The Democratic Convention is about two weeks away. At its conclusion, the General Election and Congressional battles will kick into full swing in September.
"The Liars are back, It's time to finish them off"
Start here: TruthFightsBack.com