NEW YORK — President Bush may just have gotten a multimillion-dollar campaign contribution from an unlikely source — the news media. A new report has found that the anti-Kerry Swift Boat ad campaign ...
The Trump campaign’s attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military record are channeling the “swift boating” campaign 20 years ago against John Kerry, which accused the 2004 Democratic presidential ...
Three watchdog groups filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, charging that Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is violating campaign finance laws with its ads attacking ...
Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. OHIO — In 2004, it was the Swift Boat ads. Today in Ohio, we’ve seen the Swift Beard ads. During the 2004 ...
WASHINGTON – Senator Kerry took of the gloves yesterday, directly criticizing President Bush for attacking his military record in Vietnam through a surrogate group that has questioned the ...
In helping to create a series of ads attacking the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s military record, he added a new term to the political lexicon. By Ed Shanahan How does the most ...
Although they have been largely discredited by several national news organizations, the recent attacks on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have ...
NEW YORK -- -- Former congressman Vin Weber (R-Minn.) said the Swift boat controversy has had a lasting effect on the presidential campaign and will continue to dog Democratic candidate John F. Kerry.
LaCivita played a key role in the political advocacy group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which ran the TV ad campaign questioning Kerry’s military service. It’s a playbook that the Trump campaign ...