MSNBC is now linking Bush with the swiftboat ads...

[Javaman]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5771731/

[madmax]

1. Nice

Welcome to DU :hi:

[mctrotter5]

2. Give them a pat on the back, all it took was a big New Yok Times

connect the dots article this morning. It was even in our little Sacramento Bee here in California. Maybe there is hope for cable news!

[bobbyboucher]

3. I have friends in Sac,

whareabouts do you live?

[Zorra]

4. “Today’s the start of the mother of all backlashes.” n/t

[bear425]

5. nice poll results on the same page as the story

George W. Bush
39%

John Kerry
59%

Ralph Nader
2%

[JudgeSmales]

11. I hope that isn't

the same poll that one of our members admited to cheating on and then posted a how to guide.

"Moran"!!

[swag]

6. Just for the heck of it, a little text from the article

MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 4:56 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2004The veterans' group behind the controversial TV ads that question Sen. John Kerry’s Vietnam war record has extensive ties to President Bush and his family, other high-profile Texas politicians and Bush’s chief political aide — ties that have raised questions about possible illegal coordination between Bush’s re-election campaign and the group.

Described as a “web of connections,” the links between the Bushes and the group were detailed in a Friday piece in the New York Times that also listed inconsistencies in some of the veterans' own public statements on their regard for Kerry.

How the group known as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "came into existence is a story of how veterans with longstanding anger about Mr. Kerry's antiwar statements in the early 1970s allied themselves with Texas Republicans," The Times said.

. . .

[LostInAnomie]

7. I'm still worried about the lawsuit but...

... a good thing about it though is that from now on the SBV and the Bush campaign will be linked. Every time a new ad come out there will be mentions of how there is an investigation into connections. Bush is stuck under it now.

[calimary]

8. YOWZA! Kick-ez vous!

Read. Repeat. Spread the word.

[0007]

9. Look at how many folks voted in this poll - Kerry in a cake wake

Swift Boat Politics: Do you believe Sen. Kerry or the veterans behind the ad? * 131,915 responses

Sen. Kerry
62%

Veterans
38%

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If the presidential election were held this week, who would you vote for? * 286,079 responses Look at how many voters voted in this poll.

George W. Bush
39%

John Kerry
59%

Ralph Nader
2%

[TahitiNut]

10. Here's the NYTimes graphic

It makes a handy hand-out.

[DeepModem Mom]

12. MSNBC FEEDBACK: [e-mail]; to leave viewer comments...

Phone: [phone]

Also:

Fax: [phone]
Address: 1 MSNBC Plz., Secaucus, NJ 07094

[TNMOM]

13. DU the poll - do you believe Kerry or Swift Liars?

Click on link above - there's a poll (scroll down the page a bit). You know what to DU!