If this has already been diaried, I'm sorry.
Washington Post's The Slueth has an article today on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
They are out to do to Obama what they did to Kerry. And there are two books out to help them. Hoping for a reprise of 2004.
One problem:
This is a really lame attempt that even the press is laughing their asses off at.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/...
Not to underestimate them but, aside from the usual suspects like Hannity, et.al., they are not getting traction. Sure, a bunch of right wingers will buy these books but, frankly there just is not much for them to go on.
The Slueth said John O'Neill sent out mass emails to buy one of the books and one ended in the box of a democratic lobbyist:
n fact, one Democratic lobbyist who found the email in his inbox over the weekend was so furious that he hit reply -- cc'ing the Sleuth -- saying: "I am not your 'friend' so take me off your list you no good [expletive]."
And that is how The Slueth came to write about this.
But, she goes on to describe the scandalous charges by David Freddeso, the author of the book being promoted called: The Case Against Barack Obama. As well as the new book by the author of Unfit for Command:
Not to be outdone, O'Neill's Swift Boat cohort, Jerome Corsi, has his own new Obama attack book out called "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality." He showed up promoting the book last week in -- what else? -- a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity.
The shocking charges are what has the press rolling and laughing. The shocking charges are as follows and what the press thinks about them
What's the smoking gun O'Neill and Co. have on Obama? He has the "#1 most liberal voting record in the Senate. And a politician whose rhetoric of 'change' does not match the reality of his corrupt, 'Chicago-machine politics' background," O'Neill writes.
Not exactly bombshell stuff, guys, considering those are already pat GOP talking points. We can't help but wonder if the Swifties have lost a few knots over the past four years?
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Of Course we should never underestimate the opposition and the lengths they will go to but, honestly, this is just hillarious and apparently I am not the only one who thinks so.