Sins of Omission III: Washington Post

As a resident of Northern Virginia, who hesitantly crosses over the Potomac each morning to work in downtown DC, I couldn't agree more with Win's Sins of Omission I blog earlier today, as evidenced by the fact that the Washington Post barely covered the Unfit for Command story until it ran this refutation of it on yesterday's front page and then again today with this story, also on the front page, claiming that the group of Swift Boat Veterans is "a front for Bush."

First off, whether the group is a front for Bush or not, the Democrats started this mudfight with Terry McAuliffe calling Bush "AWOL" when he served in the Air National Guard. Kerry said "Bring it On" and his fellow Swifties did and now Kerry doesn't like it.

Having been in close contact with the Bush Campaign in 2000, I can assure you there is absolutely no coordination between the Swift Boat Veterans and the Campaign because Karl Rove will make sure of it. A close friend once formed an ethnic group supporting Bush and made the mistake of contacting Rove in an e-mail to tell him about it. Within the hour a Bush-Cheney attorney was on the phone demanding the group be dissolved, the website shut down, and the friend was personally castigated for his stupidity. That's how tight a ship and how serious the Bush-Cheney team takes the campaign finance laws regarding coordination. Maybe Kerry-Edwards handles its relations with MoveOn.Org differently?