Salon ties upcoming Swift Boat related attack on Kerry to Republican Party

[Democat]

An outline of the "The Big Picture" obtained by Salon suggests that the Citizens United documentary will offer not only a staunch defense of Bush but also an aggressive attack on Kerry, including a recitation of various smears having to do with his medal-winning military history put forward lately by the so-called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The outline portrays the Democratic nominee as the preferred candidate of such "foreign leaders" as Osama bin Laden, Kim Jong Il and the Nicaraguan Sandinista Party, and as an "appeaser" of European powers deemed corrupt and hostile to U.S. interests -- especially France. Virtually all the world's other nations are solidly behind Bush and the war in Iraq, according to the outline...

Exactly how "The Big Picture" was financed, and how much it will cost, remain mysterious. A tantalizing clue, however, showed up in a July 19 post on the right-wing Free Republic Web site, where someone nicknamed Smogger sought guidance from fellow Freepers about a political donation:

"Who is Dave Bossie and Citizens United?" asked Smogger. "I just gave them $50 that they claim they are going to use to create a movie to praise the efforts of George Bush and to counter Farenheit 911 . They said they were trying to raise $500,000 in 30 days for this effort. I assume they got my number from the RNC.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/20/chetwynd_bossie/index.html

The Salon article is about how these right wing Bush supporters, with help of the Republican Party, are probably breaking the law. Of course, Bush controls whether the laws are enforced or not, so you can bet they won't be held accountable.

One important thing to note here is that the Republican Party itself is involved in the production of a feature length campaign ad for Bush that will repeat the Swift Boat lies. They appear to even be using the Republican Party mailing list to raise money for the project, which is legally not allowed to be coordinated with the Republican Party.

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. That's one cheap movie in the works!

$500K to produce a movie praising GWB? I guess those 7 minute videos are expensive!

More likely, it will be 3.2 seconds of Bush praise and 2.3 hours of Kerry contempt!

[Democat]

2. Here is some information on Bossie and his previous crimes against America

Bossie was fired in 1998 from his job as chief investigator for the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight -- which was investigating alleged Clinton White House campaign finance abuses -- for his role in releasing selectively edited transcripts of former Clinton administration official Webster Hubbell's prison conversations.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200405200005

[DemBones DemBones]

3. Ah, a fine upstanding and ethical guy, this Bossie.

:eyes:

[Democat]

4. The media will probably give him equal time with Kerry for a month

They need to be "balanced" when any right wing lying criminal comes out with a story.

When it's someone on the left, they ignore them as much as possible.

When is the media going to give MoveOn equal time with the Swift Boat Liars?