calculated in the state of ohio, john kerry had to concede that presidential election and in effect concede to a lie. joel aarons is a former campaign operative. he and his anti-obama video have been praised by karl rove on twitter. we know what the republicans have learned about swiftboating. you can get away with a lie to some of the people, some of the time, and that just might be enough people to win you a presidential election, if they live in ohio. and now, the swiftboating of barack obama has begun and we re about to discover what the democrats have learn since john kerry had to concede to a lie.
veterans for a strong america is actually, as far as we know, only one veteran for a strong america. it has only one employee, its self-proclaimed executive director, joel aarons, who said, yes, it s the swift boating of the president in the sense of using what s perceived to be his greatest strength and making it his greatest weakness. the republicans did this to john kerry in 2004. they tried to take his greatest biographical asset away from him, having volunteered for combat in vietnam. having been wounded in vietnam. having been awarded medals for valor, medals for his heroism in combat. they lied about him and some people, we don t know how many, but some people believed the lies about john kerry. and the morning after the 2004 election, when the final, very narrow margin of victory was
veterans for a strong america is actually, as far as we know, only one veteran for a strong america. it has only one employee, its self-proclaimed executive director, joel aarons, who said, yes, it s the swift boating of the president in the sense of using what s perceived to be his greatest strength and making it his greatest weakness. the republicans did this to john kerry in 2004. they tried to take his greatest biographical asset away from him, having volunteered for combat in vietnam. having been wounded in vietnam. having been awarded medals for valor, medals for his heroism in combat. they lied about him and some people, we don t know how many, but some people believed the lies about john kerry. and the morning after the 2004 election, when the final, very narrow margin of victory was
the companies got back on their feet. so i ll take a lot of credit. he s taking credit for saving the auto industry. mitt romney saved detroit. i ll take a lot of credit. or so he says. how do you explain this one? the auto rescue let detroit go bankrupt. was his idea now. what do you make of this chutzpah. back a couple of years ago, mr. romney said, let detroit go bankrupt. what? yeah, they need to go bankrupt. hold politicians to account the companies got back on their feet for the lies they tell. so i ll take a lot of credit. certainly amount lot of chutzpah. north carolina voting today on whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married. on amendment one. my feelings on this are evolving. stop saying your views are evolving. just come out and say it already. it s not popular in swing states. you re against banning gay marriage, but not for it. i struggle with this. what should the president do? he shoul
on whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married. on amendment one. my feelings on this are evolving. stop saying your views are evolving. just come out and say it already. it s not popular in swing states. you re against banning gay marriage, but not for it. i struggle with this. what should the president do? he should man up. the numbers are shifting. support for gay marriage is just about down the middle. 50% favor, 41% oppose. men marrying men, women marrying women. i am absolutely comfortable. obama, i know that you re listening. no one s ever doubted i mean what i say. joe biden being joe biden. the problem is i sometimes say say what i mean. are you listening?! mitt romney has a new campaign tactic. taking president obama s successes and saying that he would have done the same thing, even though mitt romney is already on record saying that he wouldn t. here was romney trying out the new tactic last week. of course that