Massive article in today's NYT linking the anti-Kerry veterans group to Bush & Rove:
A series of interviews and a review of documents show a web of connections to the Bush family, high-profile Texas political figures and President Bush's chief political aide, Karl Rove.My favorite part of the article:
Records show that the group received the bulk of its initial financing from two men with ties to the president and his family - one a longtime political associate of Mr. Rove's, the other a trustee of the foundation for Mr. Bush's father's presidential library. A Texas publicist who once helped prepare Mr. Bush's father for his debate when he was running for vice president provided them with strategic advice. And the group's television commercial was produced by the same team that made the devastating ad mocking Michael S. Dukakis in an oversized tank helmet when he and Mr. Bush's father faced off in the 1988 presidential election.
What drives the veterans, they acknowledge, is less what Mr. Kerry did during his time in Vietnam than what he said after. Their affidavits and their television commercial focus mostly on those antiwar statements. Most members of the group object to his using the word "atrocities" to describe what happened in Vietnam when he returned and became an antiwar activist.Yeah, how dare John Kerry question our commitment to the Vietnam war. It was, apparently, a VERY GOOD WAR, and, apparently, WE DID VERY GOOD THINGS WHILE WE WERE THERE, like My Lai, napalm, and other such good deeds. Yes, the Bush defenders would like us to believe that our role in Vietnam is something to be defended and admired. And we wonder how these same people got us into Iraq.
