Swiftboats

I think one difference between this attack on Obama and the attack on Kerry was that the issue of the Swiftboats was a new topic and Kerry had a very mild, short-lived primary battle.

Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating 2009

Think "Swiftboats", and how that whole thing seemed so trivial when it first started.

Another Example Surfaces Of Obama-Patrick Rhetorical Overlap 2009

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RNC "Swiftboats" Kucinich 2006

Think "Swiftboats", and how that whole thing seemed so trivial when it first started. "

Another Example Surfaces Of Obama-Patrick Rhetorical Overlap 2009

I was involved heavily with our local VFW over the past fall, and odds are if you brought up Kerry and the Swiftboats, they'd start cussing Kerry out in short order.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

I was involved heavily with our local VFW over the past fall, and odds are if you brought up Kerry and the Swiftboats, they'd start cussing Kerry out in short order.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

I was involved heavily with our local VFW over the past fall, and odds are if you brought up Kerry and the Swiftboats, they'd start cussing Kerry out in short order.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

I was involved heavily with our local VFW over the past fall, and odds are if you brought up Kerry and the Swiftboats, they'd start cussing Kerry out in short order.

Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

Swiftboats will be the fastest growing industry in the United States.

Paul Abrams: Supreme Court to Hand Government to Republicans, Again: This Time, Forever. 2009

And thank goodness he is not lying low and hoping it goes away and then responding two weeks late (a la John Kerry and the Swiftboats).

Obama Offers Most Extensive Response Yet To Questions About Rev. Wright 2009