The Swiftboaters Are Back: GOP Funds Group With Finance Law Loophole

Talking Points Memo:

The "Swift Boaters" from 2004 are back at it.

A group of top Republican contributors who financially fueled the famous "Swift Boat" campaign ads that helped sink Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign back in 2004 are starting to regroup.

A story in today's Wall Street Journal reports on new Republican efforts to circumvent the landmark campaign finance laws named after their top candidate -- the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002.

Read the whole story: Talking Points Memo

Comments

[demfriend]

Is this loophole one McCain wrote himself into this bill he is now using with the GOP? I truly thought the McCain Feingold bill was a step to better not loophles one can drive through. The swiftboaters found out last election how they can influence the minions who do not pay attention nor read the truth about the candidates. The will get into the lying and mis statements and change the way people hear and read what they bother to and MSM treat mac like telon will give them a pass again. Just like with Kerry when MSM knew the truth they let the swifties do their games.

[jsinclair]

This is why Obama turning down PAC money was much more significant than McCain's lipservice to public financing.

The broadcast media better play this one up. People need to understand that donors to 527s often give $150,000-250,000 and are told, as in this story, that it will "go to help elect McCain".

Until you get RID of 527s, there IS no public financing. The whole "taxpayer funded campaign" is a farce, at present.

[obamanation31]

Smear campaign begins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdQeahEgQdM&feature=email

[NoFactsJustTruth]

These LIARS will STILL lose, and are worthless pos citizens as far as this veteran is concerned.

[MadJeffersonian]

Hopefully most people realize these guys will repeat the lie until people are dumb and numb enough to believe it. These guys have bought the world 4 years of Bush induced misery.

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!

[ecotopian]

This is why O didn't take public financing. He knew the Republicans were do something like this. He wanted to be able to counter attack.

[tel8034]

Is this McCain just FLIP-FLOPPING AGAIN?

Or is it McCain just CHEATING?

Or is it McCain just being HYPOCRITICAL?

So McCain is taking advantage of Public Finanacing AND 527 MONEY.

[LiberTLover]

And his campaign has enough money to buy a jumbo jet yet needs taxpayer money.

Sounds like the answer to your questions is "All of the Above". And none of them surprises any of us in the least. McTemperTantum can add liar to his list, claiming that he has never received special treatment in the military because of his dad the Admiral.

http://www.usvetdsp.com/smith_mc.htm

[Liberoservative]

Yes to all of the above...

and since they got rid of the "millionaire's" law, Can he finance himself all he wants from his wife's millions and millions??.

[openhand]

Colonel Lucas: Your mission is to proceed up the Nung River in a Navy patrol boat. Pick up Democratic Senator Obamas path at Nu Mung Ba, follow it and learn what you can along the way. When you find the Senator, infiltrate his team by whatever means available and terminate the Senator's command.

Willard: Terminate the Senator?

General Corman: He's out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct. And he is still in the field commanding voters.

Civilian: Terminate with extreme prejudice.

Colonel Lucas: You understand Captain that this mission does not exist, nor will it ever exist.

[magen]

For republiCONS lying, stealing, and cheating is the norm.

We all know this already.

[speeddeeps]

Sometimes, yes sometimes, i wish that us liberals were as dirty as the repubs

[TexasDem0]

I still think that the way to deal with this it to take out a full page advertisement in the home town newspaper of every Swift Boat Veteran For Truth. List them by name and state the truth about John Kerry, and the truth about how SBVFT maliciously lied at the bidding of the Republicans.

[harriscrl3]

Here they come. I just hope Obama is ready for them.

Republicans are the vermin of the earth. They are a scourge like the plague

Carol

[NickNas]

I don't get it? HOW does a group that is known ONLY for fabricateing Lies to slander and destroy a candidate and REAL War hero, Proven to be a cover for GOP false attacks STILL be around and IN THE NEWS?????

[mergina]

Can anyone explain why Republicans are such scum?

[protagonia]

Bitter, ignorant people need a party that represents them as well. We can now identify them more easily.

Watch out fof the big wave of "Independents" that will soon come.

Same wolves, new clothing.

[openhand]

sheep in sheep's clothing..­..

[filo]

It just comes naturally to them.

[mindlessmissy]

Now you see why Wiseman Obama had to forgo Public Financing . .. Those Rethugs WILL screw ya ...

I really believe they were waiting for Sen. Obama to go for Public Financing then they jump out like "Gotcha" ... However we have a wiser Man this year for the Democrats ...

President Obama '09