Now This Is Real Chutzpah

Perhaps the most remarkable element of the Kerry campaign's whiney response to the Swiftboat advertisements is its hypocrisy. The Swiftboat Veterans has raised about a million dollar. Similar Democratic groups have spent over $60 million. And, there are all those Bush-bashing books and the movie Fahrenheit 911. Michael Moore sat in the VIP box during the Democratic National Convention. The chairman of the Democratic Naitonal Committee called Bush AWOL during the Vietnam War.

In all, well over $100 million has been spent by group openly allied with the Kerry campaign attacking President Bush. I'm not just saying that they're allied, you can find links to these groups at the DNC website. They actually boast about the connections. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find. this: "The Democratic Party is partnering with MoveOn.org, People for the American Way, Campaign for America's Future, and dozens of other groups representing millions of Americans to organize a massive public mobilization. On Wednesday, May 14, join us by calling and emailing your representatives in Congress to let them know that the majority of Americans oppose more irresponsible tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the wealthiest sliver of Americans."

And, although much has been made of the appearance of an unpaid Bush volunteer in a Swiftboat ad, nothing has been made of the Kerry campaign's many connection with leftist 527 groups.

And not at all remarkably, not one big shot media outlet has asked Kerry to renounce these groups, or the wackos who underwrite them.