GOP Staffer Verifies Rove Behind Swift Boat Ads

[Clinton Crusader]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5843033/site/newsweek/

The strategy "came straight from the West Wing," says the
GOP staffer. "Nobody should be confused." Asked to explain,
this Republican says Rove is smart enough to keep technical
distance. But all it takes is a well-placed wink to activate a
web of Bush family hit men, confidantes and deep-pocket
donors. "They know what to do -- it's like sleeper cells that
get activated," he says, likening the players to "political
terrorists."

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[molly]

1. I never had a doubt

O'Neill just needed another person like Nixon.

[autorank]

2. OUTSTANDING link!!!!!

[RetroLounge]

3. "it's like sleeper cells that get activated"

Yup, the Real Terrorists are in the White House.

RL

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. VERY COOL!!!!

"Cells" is what I've been using to describe them for a couple of weeks or so! The way this staffer described it is almost exactly what I said not long ago. *pats self on back*

But he's absolutely, positively, CORRECT!!! And we need to use the terminology.

[SoFlaJet]

4. OK how do we get this out

it needs to be pounded into their heads repeatedly otherwise it will go the way of well almost everything else.Like a dictatorship would be nice if I was the dick-W

[napi21]

9. MSNBC isn't just an obscure web site ya know.

I suspect, rivalry being what it is, at least all the other cable chanels will pick it up too. Will the mainstream media pick it up? It depends on how big the story gets.

[SoFlaJet]

16. Oh yea you wanna bet on that?

I am willing to wager that Matthews mentions not a peep of it on Hardball.It's just like all the online polls they have on MSNBC that show Bush WAY down-then they go and cite a more um shall we say "conservative" number from another poll like, Oh maybe the Wall Street Journal's polling

[Norquist Nemesis]

13. We get it out by simply using it!

Make it a part of the way you talk. e.g. campaign cell Smearvets for Bush...

[Rose Siding]

5. Thank you, Eleanor

That's a great title- "Bush's sleeper cells"

[wryter2000]

6. Welcome to DU

Great link. Thanks.

[MGKrebs]

7. Wow. That's a great article.

[Gelliebeans]

22. I wrote the author and told her we needed more articles like that

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. This quote confirms EXACTLY what I said 2 weeks ago:

The fact that the sleeper network has gone nuclear is evidence of Bush’s weakness, not his strength, says Zogby. “If weren’t seeing serious damage, they wouldn’t be hitting so hard so early. The president is on the ropes; there’s no other way of looking at it.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x642175

[SoFlaJet]

19. I hope your 6 week estimate

is right NYerviaMASS.I just want to see the news reporting on it now-where it(SBlies)comes from and all

[progressivebydesign]

11. Beautiful work.

I wish all the media was so honorable.

[abrock]

12. YES!

That article hits the nail ON THE HEAD, and the closing line is especially important. They may have awakened Kerry into full attack mode. If so, this election will be over 2 months early.

[RetroLounge]

14. So the media might actual discover

what we've known all along.

Duh to the Media.

RL

[Dhalgren]

15. Good article.

It should be required reading at the RNC...

[chaska]

17. Tell it, Ellie!

[tandot]

18. Great find...Thanks for posting, Clinton Crusader

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[Armstead]

20. kick

[Blue_Roses]

21. excellent article

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[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. Great interview this morning on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! show

Amy Goodman is one of my heroes (heroines?). This morning she interviewed one of the co-authors of the book "Bush's Brain" about the influence of Karl Rove on the Bush Administration. The author Mr. Slater stated that the usual modus operandi of Rove is to audaciously attack the strength of a candidate, not his/her weakness and that the SmearBoaters' ads have Rove's fingerprints all over them. The transcript from this morning's show is at the link below:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/31/148237

[thecrow]

24. I sent it to CNN "news Tips" and to Lou Dobbs

I really love the way Lou tore a new one for the Rethugs he had on his show!
Lou is on our side, or at least on the side of honesty, imho.