Swiftboating: Not a Big Deal to Obama
You know that “swiftboating” thing Barack Obama’s campaign is always moaning about? Apparently it’s all behind them now: Obama deflects Swift Boat question.
RENO, Nev. – Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy.
The presidential hopeful praised Pickens as a “legendary entrepreneur” and deflected a question about the billionaire’s role in helping to fund a television ad campaign that undermined John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee.
“You know, he’s got a longer track record than that,” Obama told reporters when asked about Pickens’ association with the ads by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. “One of the things I think we have to unify the country around is having an intelligent energy policy. … That’s what we’re going to be talking about.”
(Hat Tip: obama operative Charles Johnson)
Tags: Swift Boat Veterans, swiftboating, T. Boone Pickens
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