Swift Boat Vet Operative Vows To "Attack Obama Viciously"
Check out this little nugget buried in today's Washington Post piece on the efforts by the Obama and McCain campaigns to steer donors away from third-party groups:
"We will attack Obama viciously on all fair issues, whether they are national security, whether they are taxes or the economy," promised Chris LaCivita, one of the Republican strategists behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the group that attacked Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry in 2004.LaCivita added: "At the end of the day, every individual has a right to participate in the political process whether John McCain likes it or not. It's their constitutional right."
Hmmm -- "attack Obama viciously," huh? Don't say you weren't warned.
WaPo notes that the Obama campaign has directed its donors not to give to third party groups. McCain, who has promised to run a "civil" campaign, has reportedly made similar gestures on his side.
But it remains to be seen how effective or sincere they are and whether they will amount to anything at all in the real world.
Surely McCain will point to this promise to "attack Obama viciously" and demand that his donors not give money to bankroll such stuff, right?
Separately, it's worth pointing out that key parts of WaPo's story today were already reported yesterday by a rather prominent news organization.
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