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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx</link><description>From NBC's Domenico Montanaro, Caroline Gransee and Alex WallFollowing up on the McCain campaign's earlier call, here's something that's been picked up on -- one of the "Truth Squad" Members apparently was part of "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" which</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175964</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175964</guid><dc:creator>Ira, Freehold, NJ</dc:creator><description>Swift boaters for McCain.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;These are the surrogates McCain as chosen to defend his qualifications.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Brings it all into perspective. </description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175970</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:15:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175970</guid><dc:creator>obama 08</dc:creator><description>Bwhahahahahahahahahah!!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Guess the &amp;quot;Straight Talker&amp;quot; aint talking so straight is he.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like anyone believes anything out of the GOPs mouths anymore anyway.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BWhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhah!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LOSERS</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175973</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:16:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175973</guid><dc:creator>Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA</dc:creator><description>More double talk from McSybil? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He denounced the swiftboaters, but now brings one of them on to his &amp;quot;truth squad?&amp;quot; Hmmmm.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175975</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:16:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175975</guid><dc:creator>DV, CA</dc:creator><description>Hmm...let's see the evidence then, or shut up, Day. &amp;nbsp;Otherwise we will just go by what is a matter of public record.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175977</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:18:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175977</guid><dc:creator>Bush is an IDIOT</dc:creator><description>How are Clarks remarks &amp;quot;inaccurate&amp;quot;?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He stated that flying an airplane doesn't qualify you to be President.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How is that inaccurate?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So does that mean that anyone that flies a plan IS qualified to be President?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The GOP are a bunch o freaking IDIOTS lead by the biggest IDIOT of all GWB. &amp;nbsp; And McBush is a freaking carbon copy of GWB.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What a bunch of IDIOTS</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175978</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:18:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175978</guid><dc:creator>Dan, McFarland, WI</dc:creator><description>Senator McCain just made a major blunder.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Everyone who is sick and tired of the path America has been on the last four years blames the Swift Boat group.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senator McCain's decision to hire Day will cost him the Independent voters.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175979</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:18:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175979</guid><dc:creator>Ira, Freehold, NJ</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;McCain came out against Swift Boats efforts.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;..............................................&lt;br&gt;I don't remember him defending fellow Viet Nam vet Kerry in 2004. &amp;nbsp;Now Bud Day, one of the architects of the swift boat campain is a McCain surrogate.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175980</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:19:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175980</guid><dc:creator>Bob in Tallahassee</dc:creator><description>So, McCain first claims to denounce the Swift Boat crew when they attacked Kerry by lying about his actual war record, then McCain uses the same people to take a side swipe at Clark when Clark did not misrepresent or lie about McCain's war record! &amp;nbsp;Talk about confused missteps! &amp;nbsp;McCain needs to get his story right if he has any hope of getting elected. </description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175983</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:19:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175983</guid><dc:creator>J. Richter</dc:creator><description>The McCains refused to pay their taxes in cAlifornia for four years on one of their 7 houses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chuck Todd, First Read: please present this news:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/143775"&gt;http://www.newsweek.com/id/143775&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175986</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:19:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175986</guid><dc:creator>Dan, McFarland, WI</dc:creator><description>Instead of McCain's &amp;quot;Straight Talk&amp;quot; bus, it's McCain's &amp;quot;Swift Boat&amp;quot;.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175995</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:21:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175995</guid><dc:creator>M. Paulson</dc:creator><description>Wouldnt the world be fair if the same successful SwiftBoaters became the same unsuccessful group to defend McCain from simialr attacks.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1175997</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:21:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1175997</guid><dc:creator>Nero</dc:creator><description>no suprise here... Manchu McCain will do aanything to win</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176002</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:22:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176002</guid><dc:creator>Just Me</dc:creator><description>After stirring the hornet's nest, the Obama team now need to duck and get the best flak jacket around to cover their fat @rse for the upcoming counterattack from team McCain...LOL!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;You will get what you deserve&amp;quot; </description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176004</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:22:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176004</guid><dc:creator>TLA </dc:creator><description>Release your records, McCain. &amp;nbsp;What are you afraid of?</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176008</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:23:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176008</guid><dc:creator>Carol, Long Valley NJ</dc:creator><description>Pot meet kettle. &amp;nbsp;How dare Bud Day smear John Kerry and laud John McCain! &amp;nbsp;The hypocrisy of it all disgusts me. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This time do something smart and vote for your wallet, vote for the economy, vote for the environment, vote for jobs, vote for America! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote for the smartest candidate in the race, a real leader (and no that's not McCain, who graduated at the very bottom of his class -- not by a long shot)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote Democratic 2008 -- don't let the corporations and their Republican stooges win again. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176009</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:23:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176009</guid><dc:creator>Nashville_fan</dc:creator><description>Dear First Read:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;During the week after Tim Russert's death, their was much talk of his wish to have this campaign be about the issues for a change. What are you doing to make that happen? I see nothing but innuendo, one side coverage, and opinion pieces. Some days, I get more truthful information from the comment section than the actual posts. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There is a CLEAR double standard when it comes to John McCain's life choices, his associates, and his record. And it is all justified with platitudes like &amp;quot;we know him&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;he's a POW&amp;quot;. That is not journalism, that the buddy system. And it stinks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is this really your best effort? </description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176010</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:24:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176010</guid><dc:creator>KJ, Dallas, TX</dc:creator><description>McSame,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please pay your taxes, like all of us have to do. &amp;nbsp;Ed Schultz is reporting that you and Barbie are ignoring requests for you to do so. Not only are you a war monger, but we can now add &amp;quot;tax evader&amp;quot; to the list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;OBAMA/BIDEN, 2008!</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176013</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:24:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176013</guid><dc:creator>Ira, Freehold, NJ</dc:creator><description>Is anybody on from MSNBC or the media going to apolgize to Obama for their comments. &amp;nbsp;Judgemental at best. Couldn't wait for ALL the facts to come out before commenting. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The folks at Morning Joe and their guests should be ashamed.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176017</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:25:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176017</guid><dc:creator>Miserly Stark</dc:creator><description>For the record, Clark's point of view is an attempt to water down McCain experience to a degree that it becomes negligible when compared to Obama's fat zero experience and questionable patriotism... and it back-fired!</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176018</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:25:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176018</guid><dc:creator>LENI CAVALETTO,MICHIGAN</dc:creator><description>THE NEVER ENDING PARADE OF STUPID MARCHES ON.</description></item><item><title>Defending Swiftboats</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/30/1175953.aspx#1176019</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:25:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1176019</guid><dc:creator>Mark Thieme</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;Democrats learn slowly, but they learn. &amp;nbsp;You ain't seen nothin' yet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cindy and John-boy are going for a ride in the media that will make the Hanoi Hilton look like a vacation destination.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>