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And if I, personally, decide that Obama is not effectively countering a Swift-boat attack, I will do my best to raise the money and do it myself -- whether "the Obama campaign" likes it or not.
David Brock's Third-Party Group Reconstitutes As Anti-McCain Research Outfit 2009
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Swift-boat tactics will likely continue to happen with any war hero candidate who does not come across as pathologically pro-war.
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Republicans won't even really need to Swift-boat her directly.
Two Polls In Two Days Say Almost Half Would Never Vote For Hillary 2009
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The beauty of the response is that it addresses the Swift-boat style ad, McCain's fixation on being a POW ( "keeps talking about the 60's") and his surrogates middle-school press releases.
Obama Ad Responding To Ayers Spot Now Running In Virginia, Too 2009
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Conservative admirers of the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth media blitz that helped torpedo Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential candidacy in 2004 are now agitating to "Swift-boat" Clinton.
Sunday Reading 2007
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The most important thing to know is that he wanted fight against the Swift-boat Liars.
In Big Iowa Speech Today, Edwards Will Amplify Case For Confrontation 2009
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This country just does not have time for Swift-boat tactics coming from the McCain campaign through Sarah Palin.
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It's hard to believe this is the same man who in 2004 said of the Swift-boat attacks against John Kerry: 'I deplore this kind of politics.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Harold Ford Jr. - Will McCain Do Anything to Win? 2008
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The same holds true for the Swift-boat sliming of Kerry: much has been made of the Kerry campaign's response or lack thereof, but there's another angle less discussed: the story was a cable staple for days and weeks, unchecked.
Peter Daou: THE TRIANGLE: Matthews, Moore, Murtha, and the Media 2008
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Promoted to Headline (H2) on 10/5/08: Shame on Palin for Swift-boating, Senator Barack Obama yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Shame on Palin for Swift-boating, Senator Barack Obama'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: In these critical and dire times, I do believe that voters are turning their backs on Swift-boat tactics which smack of Karl Rove and the polls are proving so.'
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