Comments on: Votes, Vets, VoteVets, And Swiftboating http://www.good.is/post/votes_vets_votevets_and_swiftboating/ GOOD Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DirtyFiveThirty http://www.good.is/post/votes_vets_votevets_and_swiftboating/comment-page-1/#comment-7549 DirtyFiveThirty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.good.is/votes_vets_votevets_and_swiftboating#comment-7549 I don't know if this is better or worse than your average political ad. It isn't as brazenly dishonest as the swiftboat campaign. But it reminds me of swiftboating in some important ways.<br><br /> <br><br /> 1. VoteVets describes itself as "The Voice of America's 21st Century Patriots." So who are those who disagree? America's 21st century traitors? I'd be pissed if a group with the opposite political agenda represented itself this way.<br><br /> <br><br /> 2. Was McCain serious about the 1000 years figure? Is he really adamant about a 3008 A.D. withdrawal date? Nope. He was using hyperbole to make the (fair) point that we might need to stay in Iraq, on the sidelines, for a long while in a supporting role. VoteVets picked a cartoon version of his position. I don’t know if this is better or worse than your average political ad. It isn’t as brazenly dishonest as the swiftboat campaign. But it reminds me of swiftboating in some important ways.

1. VoteVets describes itself as “The Voice of America’s 21st Century Patriots.” So who are those who disagree? America’s 21st century traitors? I’d be pissed if a group with the opposite political agenda represented itself this way.

2. Was McCain serious about the 1000 years figure? Is he really adamant about a 3008 A.D. withdrawal date? Nope. He was using hyperbole to make the (fair) point that we might need to stay in Iraq, on the sidelines, for a long while in a supporting role. VoteVets picked a cartoon version of his position.

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