Did Bush break the law with Swift Vet ad?

[annxburns]

If any connection to the Bush campaign is found. ANY CONNECTION. A meeting or a telephone call with Rove or Reed. Any connection or coordination then Bush broke the law. AND HE LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5772722/

Check phone records people. Rove and Reed are behind this.

[bryant69]

1. It's entirely possible

But the connections won't be found. I'm sure they set this up, but I don't think they have control right now.

Frankly I'll bet right now they could pull it back just a little bit; i mean yeah the accusations are ought there, but they are a little too mean, and capable of creating sympathy for the candidate.

Bryant
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[berner59]

3. Blitzer just had Devine on...

Tad was saying how Bush was behind this and that of course they've got this planned so there are no traces to him...but it's the same path they took against McCain...

Blitzer tried hard to refute it but really couldn't get there...

[The Magistrate]

7. The Accusation, Sir, Should Be Pushed To The Hilt And Beyond

The hand should be inside the wound by the end of the thrust.

The great mass of the people will be inclined to believe the charge. The general level of cynicism concerning politicians is high enough that the popular perception already is that all these groups co-ordinate with the campaigns, whatever the law might be, and the "Mayberry Machiavellis" have gloried too long and openly in a reputation for hard and dirty campaigning already. So long as the charge is made, its object must reply by denying the charge, and since he will be saying something the people will find unconvincing when he does, he will build himself a reputation, well deserved, for a shabby liar. This perception of dishonesty will bleed into other matters, where it will find fertile soil already tilled by the lies told concerning Iraq, and other matters....

"Always tell the truth. It's easier to remember."

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[texastoast]

2. Check Perry Homes in Houston

Robert J. Perry. Wonder why the articles I've read today don't mention him specifically. Apparently, he's the money bags.

[Nightjock]

4. This is making me so mad

Bush says kerry is “justifiably proud of his record in Vietnam,” which Bush called “noble service.”

These lying scumbags were even caught in another lie yesterday which shows the boats were under fire.

But the media keeps hammering this story at the top of every newscast!!!!!!!!!!

WHY!?

[Triana]

5. problem is, laws are only enforced on OTHER PEOPLE

...NOT Republicans or bu$h. I doubt that will change now. Look at all he's gotten away with thus far....and he's still not in prison, where he ought to be.

[wtmusic]

6. It'll never come out unless an insider caves n/t

[lapfog_1]

8. Bush is an idiot

but KKKarl, OTOH, isn't. You won't find any traceable evidence
that this is a coordinated campaign. Chances are, this didn't
require coordination at all, with the possible exception of timing.
O'neill is a old hat at this, being one of Colson's thugs for Nixon
back in the day, so he already knows what to do, who to involve,
and so on. Rove and the BFEE can stand back and claim "clean hands".
Never mind about the funding source. Never mind how the VRWC media
picks this crap up from the induced echo chamber and gives it all
of the free air time.

(Side bar)
Notice that the not-so-swift boat veterans raised something like
$400,000 or maybe $500,000 total. So how is it that they can
produce two commercials (OK, they are cheaply done), and then
buy air time??? They have to being buying it cheap cheap cheap.
Once the ad plays, then Faux/CNN/MSNBC and the rest put this
ad on every half hour, as part of the "news", usually with one
of the not-so-swifties as an interview. More free air time to
spread their lies (even if refuted, even if debunked on air).

Anyway, I doubt you will find any evidence of a connection
from the campaign to the not-so-swifties... but if one were
to start searching, I would start with Tom Delay and the Texas
rrethuglican party (how close to the Bush re-selection campaign
does it have to be to be illegal).

[Cocoa]

9. red herring, imo

Kerry is accusing Bush of LYING, and Bush is trying to change the subject to campaign finance law, by asking Kerry to denounce all 527s.

This article serves, imo, to help Bush change the subject.

[Sparkly]

10. I think it matters

because it also goes to the veracity of these attacks. It's funded by people who are VERY close -- as in marriages and law partners -- to the Chimp White House. That shows it's not about "Truth" and it should show that the Chimp is hiding behind it.