by Tina Grazier
I ask if Obama is an infant candidate because it seems his political memory begins at the Bush/Gore election. Today he said something about people being tired of candidates being defeated by “swiftboating”. Ha! He should be talking to his own party. Does he not recall the “Borking” of Robert Bork, the Vile hearings (on trumpted up charges) of Clarence Thomas, the intimidation and smearing of all of the women Bill Clinton ahem, forced himself upon, just to name a few?
By the way…the swiftboat vets were inspired to do what they did because they felt John Kerry was misrepresenting his war record…they were first person witnesses…they had earned the right to speak about what happened. They were also nonpartisan, acting on their own inspiration and independent from the Republican Party.
Swiftboating, if it means anything, should be defined as a spontaneous act of free expression…and nothing more.