The Swift Boat Veterans for 'Truth' thing. It wasn't about Sen. Kerry. You know and I know and even a lot of the people who voted for Bush know that it was never about Sen. Kerry's service or medals or Vietnam or even his Vietnam protest. It was about flooding the airwaves with enough lies to get a Republican elected. That's all it was, and that's all it still is.

We know that, not only because it's been proven beyond any doubt that the Senator's service was honorable, but also because if it was about Sen. Kerry, the same Liars wouldn't be funding McCain, Romney, Giuliani and (to a lesser degree) Huckabee now. Hillary didn't serve in Vietnam, nor did Obama or Edwards or Biden. They have no medals to question or service records to smear. There are no swift boats in 2008, but there's still Swift Boat Liar money. Because the same people who went after JK in 2004 are throwing money at Republicans in 2008 with one goal. To elect Republicans by hook or by crook, with an overwhelming emphasis on the latter.

Christopher Hayes reported yesterday in The Nation

The most notable recipient of Swift Boat largesse is John McCain, erstwhile front-runner and Stand Up Guy. When the Swift Boat ads were first unleashed, McCain was alone among his Republican colleagues to condemn them. A fellow Vietnam veteran, a good friend of Kerry's and a former target of smears about his own service, McCain called the ads "dishonest and dishonorable," a "cheap stunt," and he urged Bush to condemn them. But in pursuit of the GOP nomination, McCain ditched the mantle of maverick for that of hack, and his once-floundering, possibly rejuvenated campaign has been aided along the way by $61,650 from Swift Boat donors and their associates. "There is such a thing as dirty money," said Senator Kerry in a statement, after The Nation informed him of McCain's FEC records. "I'm surprised that the John McCain I knew who was smeared in 2000 and thought so-called Swift Boating was wrong in 2004 would feel comfortable taking their money after seeing the way it was used to hurt the veterans I know he loves." (McCain's office did not return calls for comment.)

McCain's Swift Boat bounty is exceeded only by that of Mitt Romney, who has raked in $70,550. Romney's success with Swift Boat donors is significant because he has surpassed even McCain in his demonstrated willingness to do or say anything in pursuit of the presidency and because he has emerged as the GOP establishment's favored candidate. Last year, when McCain held that position, the Arizona senator received significant backing from Swift Boat donors. But many have subsequently switched their allegiance. Pickens, who donated to McCain in June 2006, is now an enthusiastic Giuliani donor and fundraiser (Giuliani ranks third in Swift Boat funding, with $47,950). Perry, who also recorded several donations to McCain's PAC in 2005 and 2006, is now a major donor and fundraiser for Romney. If the list of top Swift Boat donors is expanded to fifty, Romney's fundraising edge is even more pronounced. (Neither Romney nor Giuliani's campaign returned calls for comment.)

In 2004, despite the revisionists' current accounts, Senator Kerry fought the Swift Boat Liars. Maybe he didn't put enough money behind it, as he has admitted in retrospect. But really, should he have had to? Is the voting public not bright enough to figure out that a decorated Vietnam veteran trumps an AWOL frat boy with business ties to the bin Ladens? I think they are, but even if they weren't then, they should be by now.

Here's a little flashback from 2004 that the 'mainstream' media didn't cover. Something that, in August of 2004, should have stopped the Liars in their tracks.

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