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No honor among Reagan cultists and Swift Boaters
Last edited Mon May 20, 2013, 08:16 AM - Edit history (1)
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/spaeth-communications-chief-administrative-officer-pleads-guilty-to-mail-fraud-admits-to-embezzling-funds-for-years.html/Incidentally, if you want to see a blue print for Swift Boating, then check out the firing of Mike Leach, the former head football coach at Texas Tech University. Some of the sports press in Texas has since sliced up and laid out Spaeth's scheme like a fish. Spaeth lined up its contacts in the press and manipulated them into dropping the false news all at once. Meanwhile, like one-shot snipers, Spaeth quickly vanished into the background.
