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August 27, 2004
Random thoughts on Kerry and the Swift Boat Vets
What gets me is that Kerry demands, demands, that Bush denounce the swift boat vet ads. Much of the media go along with the game. Funny, though, I seem to recall that Michael Moore was at the DNC convention and even sat with Jimmy Carter. Has Kerry denounced moveon.org? Hardly.
In fact, Kerry and his legal goons are trying to get the FCC to issue sanctions against the Bush campaign for allegedly conspiring with the Swift Boat vets.
When the McCain Feingold bill was passed it seemed obvious to me that nothing would really change, that the money would just go in a different direction. It's like that kids game whereby you hit one and another pops up. Utterly predictable.
Kerry told us that his main qualification to be president was that he served in Vietnam, in combat no less. He issued forth no legislative proposals, and no foreign policy prescriptions other than vague generalities. He pointed to no legislation that he authored in the Senate as a guide. His entire campaign comes down to "vote for me because I am a war hero." Given this, it is utterly insane for him to then say that no one should examine that record, much less question it.
"Immoral and Unjust" or not?
So on the one hand Kerry and his sort tell us that the Vietnam war was "unjust and immoral." On the other they criticize Bush for not having fought in it.
Huh? Which is it, guys? Isn't it wrong to volunteer to fight in an unjust and immoral war?
Keep your Powder Dry, George
Karl Rove is well familiar with the old adage "never interfere when an opponent is in the process of destroying himself." George Bush is right to hold off on any ads for the time being. It also saves money.
Free Speech
A few weeks ago (I forget exactly) Kerry's legal goons sent letters to media outlets warning them not to run the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads. This episode has been documented well by other bloggers so I won't dwell on it here.
But aren't the vets just "exercising their free speech rights?" And aren't Kerry's letters having a "chilling effect" on free speech?
Liberals always hide behind the First Amendment whenever one of them gets caught saying something outrageous. Ah but so often the left doesn't want to debate, their tactic is to silence opposition. Check out this post from the Indymedia site, courtesy of Little Green Footballs.
Those 527s
Ok, I admit that I've never "gotten it" about what was so terrible about "soft money". Is it just me or can somebody help me out here? I've heard John McCain a hundred times on this issue and have yet to figure out what's so terrible. So what if organizations other than the political parties run attack ads? I never did understand the big deal here.
Everyone said that if you outlaw one thing another will pop up in it's place, and sure enough, here they are; the dreaded "527's".
It also sounds like "527" should be a Boeing product.
Posted by Tom at August 27, 2004 11:55 AM
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