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The wrong man, sir

August 26, 2008 - 9:42 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-27 14:06:00

“This is not a time for us to play fair, so let the crazy rumors fly.” Roderick Reilly

“Roderick Reilly’s right — get all that we can out there — voters have to know there are too many unanswered questions for him to be trusted.” Believer.

Wrong approach. We don’t take the approach of the leftists because we believe (at least many of us do) in absolute truth. Truth matters. Truth results in credibility. One of the reasons that the “Swift Boat” organization was so effective against Kerry was because their character, logic, and facts were unassailable. The term “swift boating” was created by Kerry’s Democrats to impeach the Swifties testimony via ad hominem innuendo, because it could never be done by the facts.

Facts, truth – get that out there. Questions? Sure, we can ask them were supported by some evidence. “Was BHO a rapist..?” is character assassination, whereas “Was BHO a closet Muslim? Did BHO benefit in his early years from hidden Muslim support? Was that support linked to Muslim groups or nations hostile to us?” is not. There are questions that BHO has not fully answered at this late hour, and any question about BHO’s past, rather then being met with full disclosure, is met by – once again, ad hominem attacks. The word is on the media street (my conjecture), to the effect “..don’t you dare go there .. don’t you dare explore a history of BHO which differs from the BHO campaign rhetoric, or you will be attacked as a racist, and your media career will be ended by BHO operatives”.

BHO has developed a “quick response” team, not to correct the truth or get information to the media and public, but to destroy anyone who raises the questions. Kerry did the same thing. The Clinton’s were masters of that technique.

So, in view of that, it’s easy to say “..hey.. the liars deserve it…” when negative press comes BHO’s way, but that’s not OUR way. We stand on truth, and truth will eventually vindicate us, and damage the spinners.