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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (1899)	5/8/2005 8:35:55 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224676

Culprits behind smearvet campaign a real rogues gallery Karl Rove - Bush's White House political director; longtime associate to Bob Perry; consultant to Hutchison; most senior advisor to Bush campaign. Ken Cordier - Former Bush-Cheney campaign advisor - forced to resign after appearing in Swift Boat Veterans for Bush commercial. Benjamin Ginsberg - Former general counsel to Bush-Cheney - resigned after it was discovered he was advising both Bush and the Swift Boat Veterans. Harlan Crow - Bush Foundation trustee; longtime friend of Bush family; longtime fundraiser for Bush family; donated at least $25,000 in seed money to the Swift Boat Vets for Bush. Bob Perry - Largest Republican donor in Texas; donated hundreds of thousands to Bush family campaigns; donated at least $200,000 in seed money to the Swift Boat Vets for Bush; close colleague of Rove in Texas governor's race; longtime friend of John O'Neill. Kay Bailey Hutchison - Longtime friend of Spaeth; former client of Rove; current co-chair of Bush campaign John O'Neill - Longtime friend of Bob Perry; very close law firm connections to Bush as governor; close friend to Spaeth, former colleague to Spaeth's husband/Bush's 1994 running mate; front man for Swift Vets for Bush. Merrie Spaeth - Provided media consulting to Swift Boat Vets; longtime friend of Hutchison; longtime supporter of/donor to Bush campaign; provide debate prep for GHW Bush; met with and gave media training to current, top White House officials; close associate to John O'Neill; advised smear campaign on McCain in 2000. Tex Lezar - Late husband to Spaeth; former running mate with Bush in 1994; law partner to John O'Neill. Harriet O'Neill - Close associate to John O'Neill, Lezar & Wilson; Bush judicial nominee. Margaret Wilson - Law partner with John O'Neill, Lezar; Bush administration official; former counsel to Governor Bush. Bush-Cheney Campaign HQ Florida - Regional Bush HQ in battleground state; coordinated activities with Swift Boat Vets for Bush rally; rally forced to be cancelled. Minnesota RNC - Official Republican website in battleground state; coordinated linkage with Swift Boat website, providing direct link to Swift Boat commercial. DCI Group - Political strategy firm with close connections to Bush campaign & Swift vets. Charles Francis - Longtime friend/supporter of Bush; works for political firm with close ties to both Bush campaign and Swift Vets for Bush; colleague of Lacivita. Tom Synhorst - Advisor to Bush campaign 2000; "major contracts" with Bush campaign 2004; works for firm with close ties to Swift Vets for Bush; colleague of Lacivita; worked on anti-McCain phone banking in South Carolina in 2000. Chris Lacivita - Senior advisor to Swift Boat Vets for Bush; close ties to Bush campaign; associates with Synhorst & Friancis. * And let's not forget the Tom Delay Foundation which gave Perry a 6 million buck contract afterward.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (1899)	5/8/2005 8:38:06 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224676

Actually slander against a politician is legal. Those in public life cannot sue for libel. I read that on a blog and it makes sense since I can't think of a single politician ever to sue for libel or slander. Therefore, the smearvet liars, Drudge, Hannity, Malkin and others knew they could get away with saying anything they wanted to, the bigger the lie the better, and they'd never be held accountable. In fact the rightwingers would even give them medals for telling the biggest lies.