Well, we all know by now that the swifties are serial liars. But that is not nearly enough. Time to go on the offense, as Josh Marshall mentioned some days back. Time to highlight the pattern of misleading the public, deliberately and through the use of retainers, that Bush has used throughout his career.
The swifties are only the last example, but other examples included misleading on WMD, on the desire to invade Iraq generally, on the budget, on the desire for screwing with the tax code, for "healthy forests" or "clear skies." Heck, in being selected pres to begin with.
In each and every case retainers have lied, misled and done dirty deeds to fool the public. Time to tie it all together and wrap it with a bow for the public. Time to indict Bush as an enemy of open govt, and hence of any govt of the people, by the people and for the people. This election is about democracy and the future of our type of society -- either open or cloaked in bolshevik lies a.k.a. the republican party line.
Kerry needs to make this clear and make this the case: this election is about Bush and the way he conducts "business."
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