Swifties Slime Again (Dowd)--she sure got this one right!!

[rodeodance]

"Once again, just as President Bush runs into political trouble,
he floats above the fray while the help takes out his opponents."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/opinion/24dowd.html?th

February 24, 2005

Swifties Slime Again
By MAUREEN DOWD

WASHINGTON

Instead of trying to destroy AARP, Republicans should be signing up the seniors' lobby to find Osama.........


.......Mr. Jarvis defended his ad by saying that he was simply trying to provoke liberal bloggers, and that he succeeded. In fact, part of the sinister beauty of the Swift Boat method is its viral quality: it slips into a host body - "Inside Politics," say - and hijacks it. An ad it showed briefly on the Internet has now been replicated free, all over the world, and, yes, it is now being transmitted through the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.

Senator Jon Corzine of New Jersey sent a letter to President Bush yesterday calling the USA Next ad "incendiary" and asking him to denounce such tactics. But, of course, President Bush has nothing whatsoever to do with any of this. Right?

[GOPFighter]

1. " The oleaginous Mr. Jarvis..."

Bwahahahahahaha! That phrase alone made the article worth reading!

[rodeodance]

2. it is vile ads such as this that silly stupid listen to and believe!! some

days i shake my head --other days I scream!!

[The Zanti Regent]

3. Nothing Whoreen does can atone for my dead son

She lied any lie to elect Bush in 2000, and sent my son, my only child, to die.

NOTHING she does can atone for that. NOTHING!

[GOPFighter]

5. I'm sorry, Zanti

My light-hearted enjoyment of her phrase must have hurt. As a father of a son, I can only imagine what you must be going through.

[Career Prole]

4. She certainly nailed this tactic...

"In fact, part of the sinister beauty of the Swift Boat method is its viral quality: it slips into a host body - "Inside Politics," say - and hijacks it. An ad it showed briefly on the Internet has now been replicated free, all over the world, and, yes, it is now being transmitted through the Op-Ed page of The New York Times."

How many times did that happen last year? The swiftliars got vastly more air-time than they paid for. Thanks, CNN. :grr:

[RamboLiberal]

6. Great column by MoDo - we also have another thread here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x108605