Bush* under investigation for ethics violations

[Proud2BAmurkin]

Kerry has filed with the FEC. Kerry's spokesman Tad Devine said point blank "Bush is behind these ads."

Kerry's camp KNOWS there's a link and Bush is going down.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/20/kerry.swiftboat/index.html

[David Dunham]

1. Kerry's complaint will not be resolved until after the election.

[Beetwasher]

2. That's Why this is a GREAT MOVE

There's no downside to doing this. Kerry CAN'T LOSE before the election and the allegation is now out there and EVERYONE already knows it's the truth!

[jayfish]

8. Yep, It Just Hangs Out There...

to be used at Kerry's leisure. The story will also blossom once the investigation hits high-gear and the leaks start flying.

Jay

[SpiralHawk]

15. That would be a Turd Blossom

Bringing flowers out of the shit that BushCo (AWOL) is slinging.

Stick that in your craw, KKKarl.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. after BCCI and Iran Contra, Bush would seem a 2 bit punk

Kerry is the MAN!

[Mizmoon]

4. They are a walking ethics violations

they ooze violations

[tlcandie]

5. Dupe sorry ... plz retitle so the mods lock ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x765558

[bahrbearian]

6. Where's the Link for Latest Breaking ?

[Tuttle]

7. Yes!

Kerry is the man! Bring it on!

Tut-tut

[MrBenchley]

9. Here's McClellan today inadvertantly admitting it!

" We can put an end to it all if Senator Kerry would come out and join the President and say, let's stop this kind of unregulated soft money activity. "

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040820-2.html

How can Scotty put an end to it if the ads are out of his control, you may ask. (Certainly no-one from the White House Press Whore, er , Corps did.)

[geek tragedy]

11. Exactly.

Kerry can't stop moveon. Apparently Bush can stop the Swifties.

[Fionn]

12. Legislation

How can Scotty put an end to it if the ads are out of his control, you may ask. (Certainly no-one from the White House Press Whore, er , Corps did.)

- I think he meant legislatively.

[calico1]

13. Sounds like blackmail to me.

"We'll stop the dirty swift boat ads if you stop all the moveon ads."

[demon67]

10. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

Posted this in another thread. Also fits here.

Have we learned nothing about negative publicity? Controversy sells -- period. Consider just the following recent examples: Fahrenheit 9/11; Al Fraken's "Fair and Balanced" book; Passion of the Christ. If there is one way to get people interested in a book and bring an issue to every water cooler in America -- tell people not to read it or see it or, better still, tell bookstores and theaters not to let carry it. Today, "Unfit for Command" is No. 1 on Amazon.com. Kerry's camp has now spent two days pouring gasoline on this fire storm. Next week, it will be No. 1 on NY Times Bestseller list and every person in my office -- who otherwise don't care much about politics or Vietnam -- will be looking for a copy.

Do you let people tell lies and not respond? No, of course not. You respond in a dignified, dismissive manner -- focusing on your service and allowing it to be compared to *. Doing that, the issue might have already passed. Would the effect of the book be negative, probably a little. But now, having raised the profile of this book to a "must read," it will surely be worse. Now, a focus on Kerry's four months in Vietnam (and subsequent anti-war activism) will burn brightly through the debates and into election day. This is NOT a winning issue for us, I don't believe.

Not wanting to be Chicken Little, but I do not see this debate playing out favorably. We may "win" the credibility contest vis-a-vis the Swift Boat guys, but regardless it keeps the focus on defending Kerry's credibility, when it should be on *'s.

[pmbryant]

14. No, Kerry is turning this fight back onto Bush*

Not responding forcefully leaves Kerry on the defensive. By responding as he has, Bush* will now be on the defensive himself.

And if the focus on events of 30-35 years ago continues, the press may well be forced to revisit the issue of Bush's missing year in Alabama while supposedly in the National Guard.

The Corsi book was already #1 on Amazon before Kerry took back the initiative yesterday, I believe.

Peter