Swiftboat publisher targets Obama

[meegbear]

(caglecartoons.com)

Smear. Rinse. Repeat.

The same publisher that distributed the 2004 best-seller that took aim at John Kerry’s Vietnam service is planning a summer release of what’s scheduled to be the first critical book on Barack Obama.

Conservative journalist David Freddoso’s “The Case Against Barack Obama” will offer “a comprehensive, factual look at Obama,” according to Regnery Publishing president and publisher Marjory Ross.

But the book’s subtitle makes clear its perspective: “The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.”

Ross contends that the mainstream media has offered insufficient scrutiny of Obama and likens the goal of Freddoso’s book to that of “Unfit for Command,” the scathing assessment of Kerry’s war record that rocketed to No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list.

Although wingnut welfare will likely propel this screed to the top of the NYT best-seller list, I’m not very concerned that it will be as damaging as Unfit for Command was to John Kerry. Barack Obama has proven time after time that he won’t fall victim to these kinds of slimy attacks, and you can be sure his rapid-repsone team will be all over this from the get-go.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/27/swiftboat-publisher-targets-obama/

[lligrd]

1. Isn't It Time For Someone To Investigate This Guy?

Quite certain he has some interesting skeletons in his closet.

[Fleshdancer]

3. Swiftboat the swiftboater....

I like it :D

[blm]

2. The Dem PARTY and its spokespeople won't fail Obama as it did Kerry. Kerry countered

the attacks appropriately and strongly, especially in his Aug 19, 2004 speech to Firefighters Convention that every news network ignored and Dem spokespeople would not further for Kerry. Even Dkos and DU ignored that counterattack and didn't highlight the importance of it or press the challenge he made to Bush at that time.

Obama is fortunate in a changed media climate at some networks that recognizes Bush has NOT been a straightforward leader of 'sterling' character as they had been promoting him since 2000 and ramped up since 9-11.

Obama is fortunate that Dems this election cycle will show up on TV and defend him mightily from attacks like this, while in 2004, most wellknown Dems, like Bill Clinton and Joe Lieberman showed up on TV supporting and defending Bush on the very attacks Kerry was making on him at the time.

People should revisit the DU threads from last June, July and August and see how events actually were going down at the time.