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Monday, September 15, 2008
Robert Greenwald Anti-McCain PAC Ad Evokes Swift Boat Attacks on Kerry

Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald, known for his films critical of George Bush and Fox News, has released a bound-to-be-controversial ad on national cable television with a former McCain fellow POW claiming that McCain doesn't have the proper temperament to be commander in chief. The ad is clearly modeled on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attack ads in 2004 against John Kerry.

UPDATE: This parody ad, "Hockey Moms Against Sarah Palin" is a spoof of the 2004 Swift Boat ads:

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ad "Any Questions:"