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Remember the "Swift Boaters"? [View all]
They took the military record of George W Bush, who had gone AWOL while stationed at a National Guard unit in Alabama, and made him a hero.
And they took the record of John Kerry, with at least 3 Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star from Vietnam, and made him a traitor.
The same tactic is being used again with the "Russian collusion" charge by Trump and the Republicans.
The strategy of Karl Rove and Bush campaign was to attack the strengths of their opponent.
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