mozz@mbin.grits.dev to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoDid Trump‘s VP pick JD Vance just ‘swiftboat’ Tim Walz by attacking his military record?www.nj.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down16
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkDid Trump‘s VP pick JD Vance just ‘swiftboat’ Tim Walz by attacking his military record?www.nj.commozz@mbin.grits.dev to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·5 months agoSince I had to look it up: Since the 2004 election, the term [Swiftboating] has come to commonly refer to a political attack that is dishonest, personal, and unfair.
minus-squareBojimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months agoEspecially if it’s attacking military service.
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 months agoI just aged like Matt Damon at the end of Saving Private Ryan.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoHave to make up innocuous sounding word rather than just say ASSHOLE SAYS SHITTY THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. “Journalists” literally can’t.
Since I had to look it up:
Especially if it’s attacking military service.
I just aged like Matt Damon at the end of Saving Private Ryan.
Have to make up innocuous sounding word rather than just say ASSHOLE SAYS SHITTY THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. “Journalists” literally can’t.