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In reply to the discussion: One of the things they have been up to at Camp David [View all]Hekate
(90,683 posts)31. Don't kid yourself. They go after a person's strengths (like being a war hero) and twist them...
...past recognition.
John Kerry served his country in Vietnam, honorably and courageously, as a Swift Boat captain. Then he came home and opposed the war, which also was an act of courage in those days. He testified before a Congressional committee and famously asked,"How can you ask a mother to let her son be the last to die in a war that is a mistake?" (I am paraphrasing from memory here.)
Kerry went into politics, and was clean. He ran for president against George W. Bush. By the time the Repubs were done with him, "to be Swiftboated" and "Swiftboating" had entered the lexicon as terms for taking someone's achievements and turning it against them to devastating effect.
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This is why I want a cadidate with a short career but star quality-less baggage. Harris.
bettyellen
Jan 2018
#1
I dont like her taking a bossy from the Clintons and then stabbing them in the back....
bettyellen
Jan 2018
#22
That's what they did in 2016. Several of them actually admitted it was all purely political
underpants
Jan 2018
#3
Sadly, that is quite true. And the GOP is out to take this country apart. None should stand by and
RKP5637
Jan 2018
#7
I think you and I have run into each other in the past. Possibly on another site.
appleannie1943
Jan 2018
#16
They are going down hard. I only hope & pray that Club Fed awaits the majority of them...
Hekate
Jan 2018
#23
Don't kid yourself. They go after a person's strengths (like being a war hero) and twist them...
Hekate
Jan 2018
#31
Always be a skeptic. I've heard Toobin talk, and he stutters just as much as the shills.
LenaBaby61
Jan 2018
#35
Sounds right. In the later Western Roman Empire, the Praetorian Guard selected the Emperor.
FarCenter
Jan 2018
#37