Bush condemns Swift Boat Vets for Truth ads
Sort of. In Crawford, Texas, today, President Bush called on John Kerry to join him in "condemning" the advertisements sponsored by 527 organizations. Asked by a reporter whether his comments included the ads by Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth, Bush answered yes.

Dem mouthpieces immediately scoffed at the president's remarks, saying that they would accept nothing less than Bush specifically denouncing the SBVT's ads and calling for them to be discontinued.

Out of the top-ten-funded 527 groups, nine are openly pro-Kerry, anti-Bush. A Democratic Congressman said this morning on FoxNews that there was no problem with Democratic 527s because SBVT "are liars and Democratic 527s are honest." (I heard it, but wasn't able to get his name - anyone out there see this? Leave a comment with his name if you did, please.)

Personally, I think there's some hypocrisy on Bush's part here, because the 527s were created by the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform act, which became law over Bush's signature, when he had been urged by conservative voices to veto it. Sorry, George, these groups are children of your own creation.

by Donald Sensing, 8/23/2004 01:44:06 PM. Permalink |