Didn't people get very irate when Bill Clinton used the term "Swiftboating"?

redqueen

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:53 PM
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Didn't people get very irate when Bill Clinton used the term "Swiftboating"?

Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 08:07 PM by redqueen

So... will we see the same fireworks now that Kerry's used it?

This is only IF Kerry's aiming that at other candidates. It was the "distorting his record" part that jumped out at me.

If he'd only said the stuff about religion, that'd be one thing... are repuke emails also distorting Obama's record?

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IndianaJones

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:56 PM
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1. wasn't Kerry a swiftboater? nt.

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KennedyGuy

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:57 PM
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2. Psst..this is different..all the rules change when it comes to Obama

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TwilightZone

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Tue Jan-22-08 07:59 PM
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3. It's used so often that it doesn't retain much of its original meaning.

In my opinion, at least. DUers seem to use it for every minor "attack" on their preferred candidates.

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redqueen

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:01 PM
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4. I'm thinking more about the way these things are received on DU...

more than the meaning of the word.

It was bad then, it should be bad now... IF Kerry's aiming that at other candidates. If he'd only said the stuff about religion, that'd be one thing... are repuke emails also distorting Obama's record? That seemed to me to be aimed more at other candidates.

I hope I'm wrong... cause that's *extremely* divisive IMO.

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TwilightZone

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:04 PM
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5. Oh, there is quite definitely a double standard at work.

Just mention the word "Hillary" around here and the place goes into the knee-jerk two-step.

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Cha

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:05 PM
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6. What's your real problem?

That Kerry is defending Obama?

"I support Barack Obama because he doesn't seek to perfect the politics of Swiftboating -- he seeks to end it."

This is pretty disingenous flamebait to worry about who's going to be offended by the word "swiftboating".

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redqueen

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:09 PM
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8. I didn't mean it to be flamebait... I just think there might be a double-standard.

Sorry... I've got to run.

I edited the OP to be more clear... it was the "distorting his record" that made me think it wasn't only aimed at stupid e-mails.

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thunder rising

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:08 PM
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7. appitomy of ignorance: John Kerry commanded a Navy Swiftboat

That was ambushed on a night patrol. He turned the boat into the machine gun fire and countered the attack. ABC news went to the town in Vietnam and the villagers described the abush, very much as Kerry did. One more time: Kerry turned a small boat into machine gun fire.

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redqueen

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:10 PM
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9. I know... and I wish Kerry had been as vocal as quickly when he was the target

of idiotic wrongwing attacks.

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K Gardner

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:11 PM
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10. Thanks for posting this. I never dreamed some people here might actually not *know*

what a Swiftboat was.

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