"Let People Draw Their Own Conclusions"
How long a shot was it that we could finally have an election that didn't turn intto a referendum on the Sixties? Very long.
And so, just as the Democrats seem to be launched toward the inevitable, here come the fusillades from the Swift Boaters, fully equipped with Rev. Wrong videos that arrived in the nick of time to confound Democrats, leave Obama chastened (or so he appeared in Fayetteville today as he addressed the Iraq catastrophe) and not least, to lift the hearts of Republicans. Politico reports how thrilled they are at the prospect of running against Obama's blathering father-surrogate, his flagless lapel, his wife's belated discovery of American pride, and assorted attendant baggage. The slash-and-burn commercials write themselves:
“It’s harder for people to say it’s taken out of context because these are Wright’s own words,” noted Chris LaCivita, the Republican strategist who helped craft the Swift Boat commercials against Kerry that employed the use of their target’s own language when he returned from Vietnam and returned his medals. “You let people draw their own conclusions.”“You don’t have to say that he’s unpatriotic; you don’t question his patriotism,” he added. “Because I guaran-damn-tee you that, with that footage, you don’t have to say it.”
