PollyThe history of #swiftboating by Time:
https://time.com/7015638/tim-walz-jd-vance-military-records-max-cleland-history/
Old Hippie Ⓥ Resistance!The polls are shifting towards #HarrisWalz according to most sources.
My concerns are:
1. Polls are notoriously inaccurate this early in a campaign (if they're ever accurate).
2. People will get complacent thinking Harris is ahead and not vote.
3. #MSM seems to favor #tfg and will increase attacks on Harris/Walz (such as #SwiftBoating ).
The gist of my concerns is that each of us needs to do what we can to promote #HarrisWalz2024 and not allow complacency.
Don Hawkins - W7DAHHarlan Crow, owner of Justice Thomas, is a threat to Democracy.
https://substack.com/@lorraineevanoff/note/c-64991338
#Swiftboating #HarlanCrow #Walz #JusticeThomas #JohnKerry #Skulduggery #Liars #Election #Vote #USA #America #GOP #Republicans #Law #Justice #KamalaHarris #tRump #SCOTUS #TimWalz #Campaign #Truth #Billionaires #EatTheRich #Veterans #Military #Service #disinformation #FakeNews #FairnessDoctrine #MSM #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Cheats #RNC
Lorraine Evanoff on Substack
Brilliant. "Did you know who it was back then who financed the Swiftbosat Veterans for Truth campaign? It was Harlan Crow. Yes, that Harlan Crow. Clarence Thomas’s sugar daddy. Did you know who the “Republican hitman” - as he was known then - who ran that campaign was? It was Chris LaCivita, the guy now running the Trump 2024 campaign, who has been given control of the operations of the RNC. Last week, when Tim Walz was first “discovered” and people began to take a look at his biography, Chris LaCivita put in a call to Harlan Crow. And, after the call, Crow made a “significant donation” to the PAC supporting Trump, which isn’t supposed to be controlled by the campaign, but is run by one of LaCivita’s associates. Rather than let the bullshit lie there unnoticed like Kerry did in 2004, the Harris campaign was quick to pounce, and make certain the Credulous Media got the facts: Walz served in the field artillery, a job that took a toll on his hearing. After serving 20 years, in 2002 a medical board considered discharging him because of the hearing impairment he’d developed from that. At the time, he was already eligible for retirement, but he convinced the board to allow him to complete his assignment, which had begun just after 9/11."
Democracy Labs9 Ways To Insult Veterans
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/08/10/9-ways-to-insult-veterans/
#timwalz #swiftboating
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/08/10/9-ways-to-insult-veterans/
#timwalz #swiftboating
William Lindsey 
"The swiftboating of Walz is sick, inacurate, and will fail. Weak men attack stronger men to make themselves feel better."
~ Adam Kinzinger
#JDVance #TimWalz #swiftboating #media
/13
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-swiftboating-of-walz-is-sick
"Remember when John Kerry was Swiftboated by Chris LaCivita who is doing it to Tim Walz now? Guess who funded it? Harlan Crow, the billionaire who has been lavishing freebies on Clarence Thomas."
~ Jane Mayer as quoted by David Kurtz
#JDVance #TimWalz #swiftboating #media #HarlanCrow #ClarenceThomas #ChrisLaCivita
/12
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/jack-smith-wants-more-time-to-figure
Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Two decades ago, LaCivita helped write & produce television ads for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that falsely claimed Kerry was misrepresenting his #service as a #SwiftBoat captain in the #Vietnam War — for which Kerry was awarded 3 Purple Hearts, a Silver Star & a Bronze Star.
Vance & other Republicans are now trying to discredit Walz’s 24 years of service in the #NationalGuard...
#swiftboating is now a widely used term for the kind of attack #Republicans have launched at #Walz"
"If you're criticizing your opponent for his 24 years of military service, you obviously don't have any substantive arguments to make."
~ Michael McFaul as quoted by Evan Hurst
#JDVance #TimWalz #swiftboating #media
/11
https://evanhurst.substack.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-man-whiny-maga-guys
Open for Business“This will be a weird election, but not in the sense of uniqueness. If anything, #Election2024 is a race to find out who can best ignore recent history and doom the rest of us to repeat the weirdest aspects of it.” #kamalaharris #donaldtrump #timwalz #jdvance #swiftboating https://ofb.biz/sa1235
Sean MurthyCaptain Bone Spurs's running mate serves 6 months in Iraq press office: "He was a marine for 4 years, enlisted after Sep. 11th, and served in Iraq" [which is honorable 🫡].
17-year old enlists in Army National Guard and retires after *24 years* of service to do *more* public service: "He deserted his troops and he wasn't in Afghanistan and didn't have the rank the Nat. Guard says he has."
Take aways:
1. Pixie dust: Marine, Sep. 11th, Iraq
2. #Swiftboating
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/07/politics/tim-walz-military-record-vance-attack/index.html
Vance reopens line of attack into Walz’s military record as two veterans now vie to be vice president
Donald Trump’s running mate Ohio Sen. JD Vance stepped up his attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s portrayal of his military career, accusing him of ducking service in Iraq when he left the Army National Guard and ran for Congress in 2005.