Former Clinton Strategist Declares Obama Swiftboater D.O.A.
Howard Wolfson, a former strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and current Fox News analyst, has concluded that the first Republican attempt to swiftboat Sen. Barack Obama is a failure.
In an analysis posted Tuesday night on his new blog, Gotham Acme, Wolfson discusses the contrast between Jerome Corsi's new book, "Obama Nation," and the effective lies of the 2004 swiftboat attacks:
“The Obama Nation” contains no real revelation or new criticism about Senator Obama. ”Unfit for Command” purported that Senator Kerry did not deserve his medals and was not really a war hero. This was a big, easily understood attack which went to the very heart of Senator Kerry’s candidacy. In contrast, “The Obama Nation” contends that Senator Obama is a liberal. A Republican calls a Democrat a liberal? This is news? Who cares?....
In 2008 the Obama war room, progressive organizations like Media Matters and the progressive blogosphere attacked Corsi’s work aggressively, pointing out the many errors in “The Obama Nation” and Corsi’s own history of inflammatory comments quickly and effectively. The media, which all too often covered the claims of Corsi and his allies uncritically in 04, have focused instead on reporting the inaccuracy of his charges in 08.
The final point is the most important. If Corsi were covered like the swiftboat crew of 2004 -- just a source with a story to tell -- his attacks would make a bigger dent. Instead, he is often being treated just like every fact-driven reporter should have covered the swiftboaters -- as a politically motivated liar bent on destroying a political opponent and perpetrating a massive fraud on the American public.
Comments:
Posted 08/21/2008 12:58am with
This article ins laughable. The book is Numero Uno on the best sellers list and it was also reported today that McBush (McCain—who I also despise) has edged over Obama in the polls for the first time. Coincidence? I think not. Listen…say what you will about the author but your lame attempts to discredit his book are just that. Here is the truth about Obama that NO ONE can deny. Barack Obama is a deeply troubled personality, the megalomaniac front man for a postmodern coup by the intelligence agencies, using fake polls, mobs of swarming adolescents, super-rich contributors, and orchestrated media hysteria to short-circuit normal politics and seize power. Obama comes from the orbit of the Ford Foundation, and has never won public office in a contested election. His guru and controller is Zbigniew Brzezinski, the deranged revanchist and Russia-hater who dominated the catastrophic Carter presidency 30 years ago.