Been out for a couple of days and I return to find a whole bunch of handwringing about the Swift Liars. I amazed and can't figure out why.
In one thread, someone wrote that this destroys Kerry's Strengths - his military service. Wrong!Kerry's Service helps to NEUTRALIZE Bush's advantage on the National Security issues. Kerry's strengths are the ISSUES!!
This is some of the worst and most misguided handwringing we've seen here in some time. Have you guys not seen what the story is becoming - it's not whether the Swift Liars are Liars - everyone is pretty much agreeing they are - and everyone here means the SCLM - the story is NOW whether Bush is connected to it and will he condemn the Swifties. The 2nd ad, which COULD have been potent, is now just more lies - the issue is Bush.
Finally, if this is THE issue of the campaign, then everyone who did not support Clark for VP needs to admit they were wrong. Clearly Clark would have been the best VP choice then.
But, of course, it isn't the most important, or the 10th most important, it is a launching pad to Kerry's drive to a landslide - see my diary