Friday, August 20, 2004

Hypocrisy, thy name is John

Ladies and gentlemen, John Kerry:

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry accused President Bush on Thursday of letting front groups "do his dirty work" in questioning his military service during the Vietnam War.

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"They're a front for the Bush campaign. And the fact that the president won't denounce them tells you everything you need to know -- he wants them to do his dirty work," Kerry told a cheering crowd.

Is John Kerry really in any position to accuse the Bush campaign of taking advantage of unregulated soft money activities? He goes out of his way to highlight the "hundreds of thousands of dollars" being spent to discredit him. Wow, that's a lot of money. Or is it?

Just who IS contributing to these various 527 Committees anyway?

Peter Lewis $14,030,000

George Soros $12,600,000

Steven Bing $8,086,273

MoveOn.org has taken in over $9,000,000 this election cycle. And they're NOT doing John Kerry's dirty work? Gimme a flip-floppin' break!

Take a look at this table and tell me which candidate, if elected, would be in the back pocket of these special interest groups.


UPDATE: Drudge Report is now running a story about an upcoming Salon.com article in which the Kerry campaign is calling for the publisher of "Unfit for Command" to withdraw the book from publication. Choice quote:

"No publisher should want to be selling books with proven falsehoods in them,"

- Kerry campaign spokesman Chad Clanton

Dude, Where's My Integrity? Fitting that someone who currently exemplifies the whining hypocrisy of the left is named "Chad".