It is rather amusing to see how ugly the GOP race is. Yes, the democrats have been slinging mud, but on the dark side things are just crazy.
John Kerry was "swiftboated", or attacked, for his service in Vietnam. Now McCain gets the same treatment. The website is * drums * ....
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjoh...
You can't make this shit up!
More right wing hate after the flip..
This stuff is so hard to believe that i have to quote them:
Why has McCain been Communist Vietnam's best friend in the US Congress?
and..
JOHN MCCAIN was directly responsible for
the DEATHS of
FELLOW AMERICAN PILOTS in VIETNAM
Ok, one more..
Was John McCain Brainwashed by his North Vietnamese Captors to Destroy this Nation?
You have to appreciate the style. It is amazing what some people are willing to do.
Some background to this website.
Apparently this same guy, Jerry Kiley, was also behind a similar attack on John Kerry (no need to link to that website, use your imagination).
Last Year the Raw Story reported this:
Two familiar faces will soon be dogging Senator John McCain on the campaign trail, as activist Vietnam Veterans Jerry Kiley and Ted Sampley resume a campaign they have conducted for years against the Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war.
And they sure did go after McCain. This guy, and his supporters, seem to be a fringe, and i don't see a bigger plan here. Of course John McCain has fathered a black child, so why not some betrayal as well. How ever, i do not know if they get any funding from some GOP sources, but i expect this to be rather insignificant.
Apparently McCain (big surprise) doesn't really "like" the guy:
In the New York Times in Feb. 2004, McCain was reported as saying that Sampley was "one of the most despicable people I have ever had the misfortune to encounter."
Here is a very ugly flier, a good example of what these guys do.
EDIT:
Here is aresponse from the McCain campaign( 1.16.08):
"These two pieces of paper are a collection of half truths and misinformation and simply done to try and destroy John McCain," former POW Orson Swindle said Tuesday in a conference call with reporters that McCain's campaign arranged.
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Why should you care? Because this a great example of the ugly side of politics in 2008. If this is what they do to their own, what do you think they will do the the "enemy"?
If McCain wins the primaries he will have some die hard enemies on the right. Of course he is such a weasel that i find it hard to feel sorry for him.
Talking points memo has more here.