Unintentionally hilarious John Kerry graphic of the day -- from an email (PDF) to supporters:
He "won't stand for the 'swift-boating' of any candidate"... except himself.
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October 13, 2006
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Here's what I don't understand about this: I didn't think that he DID stand for his own swiftboating. He had more Vietnam vets stand up in his defense, supporting his version of events, than those who were doing the swiftboating. He held press conferences denouncing those men, and their credibility was pretty much shot not long after they attacked him. Yet, thanks to the press, the story took on an unbelievable life of its own. What was he SUPPOSED to do that he didn't do?
Posted by: Raleighite | October 13, 2006 at 02:24 PM
Raleighite: He was supposed to fight back immediately instead of letting it fester and letting the opposition frame his character before he'd had a chance to do so.
Posted by: Rick | October 14, 2006 at 08:04 PM
This seems like SwiftBoating v 2.0 to me: Kerry's a wimp (or, since we're all careful wordsmiths here, "unintentionally hilarious") because he didn't react quickly enough to a dishonorable sliming once upon a time. Therefore he's disqualified from correcting the mistake the next time it occurs?
Posted by: Thomas Nephew | October 17, 2006 at 01:29 PM