Rosa Brooks employs the age-old liberal smear tactic of premonition in her latest column. Suffice to say she is very unhappy with the re-emergence of the roughly 250 Vietnam vets who pointed out lies by John Kerry in 2004:
Remember Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the right-wing goon squad whose defamatory insinuations helped sink John Kerry's presidential campaign? They're back! This afternoon, key Swift boaters George "Bud" Day, Mary Jane McManus and Carlton Sherwood are holding a little reunion, in the guise of a panel discussion at the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference. The panel topic? "The Left's Repeated Campaign Against the American Soldier."
Why is Brooks so cheesed? Well, I am reminded once again of Glenn Reynolds' definition of"Swiftboating:"
"Swiftboating" seems to mean the disclosure of truths that are, er, inconvenient for Democrats.
Brooks despises the "goon squad" tactics so much that she employs them ad nauseum in her column. The bottom line is she does not feel a group of Vietnam vets should be discussing how the Democratic Party and the far left are treating soldiers.
Apparently she is not a big fan of dissent.
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