Read more Swift Boat Veterans for Truth stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32099/swift-boat-veterans-for-truth.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:50:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65765/maher-birthers-stupid-but-dangerous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLately, liberals have “been laughing heartily at the wacky antics of ‘birthers,’” the goofballs who think “President Obama is an African sleeper spy,” writes Bill Maher in the Los Angeles Times . But we need to stop laughing, because this is America, “where if you don’t immediately kill errant nonsense...http://www.newser.com/story/65765/maher-birthers-stupid-but-dangerous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 9:56:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35786/obama-out-to-stop-ad-linking-him-to-radical.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama is striking back to stamp out an ad that links him to a 1960s radical, eager to demonstrate a far more aggressive response to attacks than John Kerry did when faced with the 2004 "Swift Boat" campaign. Obama not only aired a response ad to the spot linking...http://www.newser.com/story/35786/obama-out-to-stop-ad-linking-him-to-radical.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Aug 2008 20:56:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34919/obama-nation-author-has-made-career-of-wild-claims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthor Jerome Corsi, he of the Kerry Swift Boat book and the new attack tome on Barack Obama, has a long history of, um, provocative theories. For instance: The world's oil supplies are nearly infinite because oil constantly replenishes itself. Politico takes a look at some of his more outlandish...http://www.newser.com/story/34919/obama-nation-author-has-made-career-of-wild-claims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 19:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34917/kerry-fights-back-on-obama-swift-boating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJerome Corsi is back, and this time John Kerry wants to confront him head on. Kerry has launched a website to refute the attacks in Corsi’s new book, Obama Nation , which aims to dismantle Obama's reputation the same way 2004’s Unfit for Command helped destroy Kerry’s. “We know the game,...http://www.newser.com/story/34917/kerry-fights-back-on-obama-swift-boating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 11:43:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34794/swift-boat-author-aims-to-sink-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe author who helped torpedo John Kerry's White House bid is aiming to make it two for two, the New York Times reports. Jerome Corsi's Unfit for Command launched the Swift Boat controversy. His new book, Obama Nation , portrays Barack Obama as a radical liberal with strong ties to Islam,...http://www.newser.com/story/34794/swift-boat-author-aims-to-sink-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Aug 2008 5:27:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33231/pickens-drills-into-mccain-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe reinvention of oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens as an environmentalist represents a huge political about-face, writes Timothy Egan in the New York Times . Four years ago, Pickens bankrolled the Swift Boat campaign that derailed John Kerry's presidential bid. Now Pickens, "looking a bit like the John Huston character from...http://www.newser.com/story/33231/pickens-drills-into-mccain-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Jul 2008 8:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32016/once-pals-kerry-and-mccain-are-now-on-the-rocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 2004 election cracked the once-close personal relationship between John McCain and John Kerry, the Washington Post notes, and differences over the Iraq war has left the bond between the former Navy men fractured. "The same intensity of their feelings as veterans which brought them together has pushed them apart...http://www.newser.com/story/32016/once-pals-kerry-and-mccain-are-now-on-the-rocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 14:39:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31374/mccain-pockets-70k-from-swift-boaters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain has taken nearly $70,000 in donations from top funders of the notorious Swift Boat Vets for Truth, the group that assaulted John Kerry’s military record in 2004—prompting censure from McCain at the time as “dishonest and dishonorable.” A rep was coy in response, telling USA Today...http://www.newser.com/story/31374/mccain-pockets-70k-from-swift-boaters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:26:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31251/swift-boat-vets-want-their-name-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThese days, the phrase "Swift boat" has come to mean a vicious political attack of the kind suffered by John Kerry in the 2004 election. While the term has gained such currency that it's now used as a verb, one group is seriously miffed: the Navy veterans who, like Kerry,...http://www.newser.com/story/31251/swift-boat-vets-want-their-name-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Jun 2008 6:06:04 CDT