tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post6507769544036952648..comments2023-10-23T12:28:52.858-05:00Comments on The Unknown Candidate: Hillary's Swift-Boat Tactics BackfireThe Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-66371209894951237402008-04-27T12:52:00.000-05:002008-04-27T12:52:00.000-05:00Swiftboating: "Swiftboating is American political ...<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftboat" REL="nofollow">Swiftboating</A>: "Swiftboating is American political jargon that is used (primarily) as a strong pejorative description of some kind of attack that the speaker considers unfair or untrue—for example, an ad hominem attack or a smear campaign.<BR/><BR/>The term comes from the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (formerly 'Swift Boat Veterans for Truth') and their widely-publicized [1] campaign against 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry. [2] (For a similar example of a pejorative verb based on a historical incident, see 'borking,' coined as a result of the fight over the nomination of Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court.)"The Unknown Candidatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-51691167022676566072008-04-20T06:42:00.000-05:002008-04-20T06:42:00.000-05:00“Swiftboat” means roughly, “Telling the truth abou...“Swiftboat” means roughly, “Telling the truth about a Democrat”, it’s greatly feared and reviled by the left. And they’re not going to take it sitting down, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com