the pot calling the kettle black.
--- On Thu, 5/15/08, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Swift Boating Obama
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 4:47 PM
> Let the "official" swift boating begin. I hate to
> say "I told you so," but....
>
> I don't really expect anyone to donate to MoveOn.org
> (especially since
> the source they cite is internal) but if the spirit moves
> you, I'm not
> going to stand in the way either.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:21 PM
> To: Kendall David Corbett
> Subject: Swift Boating Obama
>
>
>
> Yesterday a top official from Swift Boat Veterans For Truth
> vowed to
> use the same tactics to take down Obama, saying, "We
> will attack Obama
> viciously." Can you chip in $25 to help get the truth
> out?
>
> Chip in
>
> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> Yesterday a top official from Swift Boat Veterans For
> Truth—yes, those
> Swift Boats—vowed to use the same tactics to take down
> Obama, saying,
> "We will attack Obama viciously."1
>
> This race is going to get very ugly.
>
> The only way to counter these kinds of nasty attacks is to
> make sure
> voters are armed with the facts. That's where we come
> in—our plan is
> to target 1.6 million voters in swing states and talk to
> them to make
> sure they know the truth about the candidates and the
> issues. That
> kind of personal contact will beat the negative ads every
> time.
>
> But it's going to take a lot of work—and money—to
> build that
> organization. We've been in meetings all week crunching
> numbers to
> figure out how many states we can afford to work in this
> fall, and we
> need to make a decision soon. MoveOn doesn't have
> billionaire
> donors—it's just all of us, chipping in together. Can
> you chip in $25
> to help make sure we have the resources necessary to get
> the truth
> out?
>
> https://pol.moveon.org/donate/victoryin2008sb.html?id=12662-1622281-elah3j&t=3
>
> We've already seen underhanded online campaigns making
> false and ugly
> claims about race, gender, religion and patriotism. But it
> could get
> even worse—there's literally nothing that's
> off-limits for these
> people.
>
> Our best weapon is the truth. If this election is about
> things that
> really matter to people—-bringing our troops home from
> Iraq, getting
> out of this economic mess and getting health care to
> millions of folks
> who desperately need it—McCain and the Republicans
> don't stand a
> chance.
>
> And that's precisely what we're going to do this
> year. We're going to
> talk to voters in neighborhoods across this country about
> the things
> that matter to them most—and we're going to make sure
> they vote for
> progressives. We'll ensure folks in those key states
> have the facts in
> their hands so they can separate the lies from the truth.
>
> Our election plan is one of the biggest, most effective
> efforts that
> progressives have ever put together.
>
> It builds on our best practices from the past—integrating
> our
> neighbor-to-neighbor door-knocking program from 2004 with
> our "Call
> for Change" phone program that helped pave the way for
> big Democratic
> wins in 2006. And we've been working hard on it to make
> it even more
> effective this year.
>
> The moment there's a Democratic nominee we have to be
> ready to start
> defending them against Swift Boat-style attacks. If each of
> us chips
> in a little, we can make sure they won't get away with
> lies and
> deception. Please chip in $25 today.
>
> https://pol.moveon.org/donate/victoryin2008sb.html?id=12662-1622281-elah3j&t=4
>
> Groups like the Swift Boat Veterans will tap billionaire
> donors to
> fund their politics of fear and destruction, but our
> movement is much
> stronger—it relies on millions of folks like us working
> for hope and
> change. If we all work together we can trump their divisive
> attacks
> and build a more progressive future.
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> –Nita, Peter, Patrick S., Michael, and the MoveOn.org
> Political Action Team
> Thursday, May 15th, 2008
>
> Source:
>
> 1. "Swift Boat Vet Operative Vows To 'Attack Obama
> Viciously,'"
> Talking Points Memo, May 14, 2008
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>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
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