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July 3, 2008

Liberals Using "Swiftboating" as a Pejorative

In To Set the Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry, authors Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler counter the implications of the “Swiftboating” meme in a heavily-researched 400-page work that provides the first in-depth historical assessment of the impact of veterans on the 2004 Presidential campaign.

“The ‘Swiftboating’ slogan is used by leftist politicians and members of the old media to smear the Swift Vets and other anti-Kerry veterans as liars.  The truth is that they were effective because they supported their charges with evidence.  A second goal of this tactic is to preempt any criticism of Sen. Obama and the other Democrats they are trying to elect – however accurate and relevant such criticism may be,” said Scott Swett, the primary author of To Set the Record Straight.

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posted by : Left Coast Conservative on July 3, 2008
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