| DIRTBAGGERSIt probably isn't coincidental that on the day that former Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart officially joined the Kerry campaign, the behind-the-scenes pushback to bail out Kerry's presidential campaign began in earnest.
According to a Kerry campaign source in Washington, the campaign itself, or perhaps entities outside of the campaign to allow for plausible deniability, has pulled together more than 1,000 documents related to members of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, many of them compiled within the past three weeks by professional opposition researchers assigned to dig up dirt.
"We have the documents," says the campaign source. "It's not clear that the campaign did this or that it was done by an outside group and given to us. Either way, we have the stuff and we're going to use it."
In some cases, the material is said to include psychological evaluations from the post-Vietnam era, employment records, and criminal and civil court records (including divorce and child support data).
According to a Democratic National Committee staffer, who has not seen the material, the Kerry campaign has every right to use that information against the Swift boaters. "These guys say they know war and they know battle, well this is war. They can't expect the Kerry people to just sit back on their heels. There will be pushback and it will be ugly."
The DNC staffer denied that the documents were the result of the party's opposition research efforts. But the staffer added that the Kerry campaign and the DNC were working on putting together another round of attacks on Bush and his National Guard service, which might be dropped on the media next week to embarrass the president during his re-nomination in New York.
Meanwhile, the Kerry campaign continued to look for documentary material that would aid their candidate in some way, but were striking out. "A lot of were pushing for a full release of Kerry's diaries from the period. But we're hearing that those diaries aren't helpful at all, and may actually make matters worse," says a Democratic political strategist not aligned with Kerry.
One glaring example of that was published by the Washington Times Wednesday morning.
"The only way they are going to get out of this is through a war of attrition and with the help of the media," says the Democratic strategist. "You watch CNN and Chris Matthews and read the New York Times and you can just tell from the faces of the anchors and the words on the page that they are disgusted by this story and want to wash their hands of it. Kerry has to figure out a way to make it easy for them to do it, and that's through dirty politics of their own."
The media is STRANGELY SILENT The Kerry people have illegally invaded the privacy of the Vets. They have pulled their credit reports without permission. They have pulled their employment records without permission. They have pulled their health records without permission. They have pulled their sealed divorce records without permission.
We need to pray. We have a constitutional right to privacy. We have constitutional right to protect us from unwarranted search and seizure. Is this the kind of Man you want in the white house. A man who will try and destroy your constitutional rights when you do not agree with him
We need to pray for John Kerry please. |
Posted by: akabezalel
Father, You know the Truth, You know what was done and will be done. You see this man's heart and the hearts of his Staff and Supporters. I stand in the gap for Mr. Kerry and his Supporters. I ask for one more day to find Salvation before the hounds of hell are allowed to rend him. I declare Salvation for him and his Supporters. Shine the light of Truth on him and his Supporters and let the voters see who is standing in the way of destruction and deceit. Bring him to the court room to answer for the lies and stealing of privacy that he has done or approved. Stop him Father before he destroys good people and a great country. In the Name of Jesus, AMEN!
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