This is an excerpt from an email I received from John "Swift Boat" Kerry:
"What is it these Republicans who never served have against Democrats who did?
Disgustingly, Mike Fitzpatrick, the Republican incumbent in Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, has engaged in the lowest form of smear and fear politics. It's as if he took a page right out of the George W. Bush "how to slander a veteran" playbook.
At a press conference, Fitzpatrick stood in silence as the "swift-boating" of Democratic veteran Patrick Murphy unfolded. It's the same way George Bush stood in silence while John McCain's service was questioned. Fitzpatrick watched as his surrogates tried to destroy his opponent by disparaging the service of a veteran home from Iraq. Then after waiting for the damage to be done, he announced that he personally would never question Patrick Murphy's service to our country.
You and I can't let this cowardly strategy succeed. This is where the swift-boating stops. Act now to support Patrick Murphy and three other Democratic veterans running in "make-or-break" congressional races."
I don't know what's worse: Losing the '02 elections to a guy who 2 years later gets mid 30s approval ratings, or conceding that the defeat was as a result of the success of SwiftBoatGate. Do the Dems really wanna remind themselves of the less-than-aggressive (read: spineless) initial response of Kerry? The attack worked so well that it's even become it's own word!
-"Wow man, Fiddy Cent's new album hasn't even broke the top ten."
-"Yeah, well, it's because Ja Rule totally swift-boated him on his last track, bro."
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