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August 23, 2004

Coordination?

Whether you think the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are raising legitimate issues about John Kerry's character or you think they're piloting a boatload of b.s., there is serious doubt as to how much they've coordinated with the Bush campaign in their activities.

And one piece of evidence particularly should cast doubt on their independence. They chose to run ads in West Virginia, Ohio and Wisconsin. West Virginia and Ohio obviously are two states that Bush carried last time where he shows weakness -- but Wisconsin? Why choose that state? My guess is that polling has shown that there are a fair amount of veterans in that state who may be persuaded by these attacks, and that one gets more bang for his dishonest buck there. But have the Swiftees done independent polling to verify this? Highly doubtful. And when an organization, particularly one as savvy and sophisticated as the Swift Boat Vets, places a media buy, they've usually done some opionion research to figure out how and where to place that buy. My guess is that the B/C team is that organization and there may be some illegal sharing of information going into this.

It's worth looking into.

Posted by Chris at August 23, 2004 11:06 AM

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