The good folks over at The Daily Mis-Lead post an up-date--with linked sources--on the bushre-election campaign's direct connection with those "Not-so-Swift Liars" attacking John Kerry's military record. If you think I am perhaps obsessing on this matter, I shan't deny it. I will offer in defense the fact that according to recent polls the smear campaign of bush & twigs is working; American swing voters (registered independents and undecideds) are buying into the smear. In my meager way, I must do everything I can to try and counter that--America and the world is in danger if bush gets four more years. Please bear with me; and spread the truth wherever you can:
BUSH MISLEADS ON CONNECTION TO SMEAR CAMPAIGN
President Bush has adamantly denied any connection to discredited and unsubstantial attack ads, run by the so-called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), a group that aims to smear John Kerry's record of honorable military service. On Friday, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said that the White House and the Bush/Cheney campaign "weren't involved in any way in these [SBVT] ads."[1] McClellan neglected to mention that Kenneth Cordier, who appears prominently in the SBVT ads, was a member of the Bush/Cheney veterans steering committee.[2]According to the campaign website, members of the veterans steering committee "serve as messengers for the President's re-election campaign."[3] After the Kerry campaign exposed Cordier's
involvement, a spokesman for Bush, Steve Schmidt, announced Cordier would "no longer participate" in the campaign.[4] According to Schmidt, the campaign had no idea that Cordier was involved in the SBVT ads - which have been a major issue in the campaign for weeks and replayed repeatedly on national television. Also skipped over by McClellan: The primary financial backer of the SBVT is Bob Perry - the top donor to Republicans in the state of Texas.[5] Perry has also been a friend of Karl Rove, Bush's top political advisor, for nearly 20 years.[6] Perry ponied up $46,000 for Bush's gubernatorial campaigns and contributed generously to Bush's presidential races.[7]
