[grendelreport] OBAMA CAMPAIGN COMES OUT SWINGING AGAINST NAVY SEALS

[Bruce Majors]

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/106154/who-ayn-rand-brief-guide-objectivism
On Friday, August 17, 2012, Travis wrote:

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> OBAMA CAMPAIGN COMES OUT SWINGING AGAINST SEALS… NAVY SEALS****
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> By Clash Daily <http://clashdaily.com/author/clashdaily/> / 16 August
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> TheAtlanticWire- Politically speaking, Navy SEALs aren’t the safest
> targets to rail against in a presidential race, but the Obama campaign
> isn’t hesitating to take down a group of former SEALs who’ve criticized the
> president’s national security decisions.****
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> On Thursday morning, campaign officials waged a full court press against
> the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, a group of former U.S.
> Special Forces and intelligence 
> officials<http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/you-didnt-build-meme-takes-bin-laden-raid-you-didnt-kill/55791/>accusing
>  President Obama of leaking vital national security secrets and
> taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden. When the group
> launched its anti-Obama media campaign Wednesday, consisting of TV ads and
> a 22-minute 
> film<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Xfti7qtT0&feature=player_embedded#%21>,
> it wasn’t clear if Obama officials would avoid a potentially messy
> confrontation or refute the military veterans publicly. But now the
> campaign has made clear it views the attacks in the same light as the 2004
> John Kerry “Swift Boat” attack ads, which, however misleading, were
> painfully effective.****
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> “The Republicans are resorting to ‘Swift Boat’ tactics because when it
> comes to foreign policy and national security, Mitt Romney has offered
> nothing but reckless rhetoric,” Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt 
> toldReuters’ Mark 
> Hosenball<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/16/us-usa-campaign-binladen-ad-idUSBRE87E01F20120816>last
>  night. Taking a direct shot at the leaders of OPSEC, an Obama campaign
> official lambasted the group’s accusations about national security leaks
> this morning.* *“No one in this group is in a position to speak with any
> authority on these issues and on what impact these leaks might have,” said
> the official, speaking on background, “and it’s clear they’ve resorted to
> making things up for purely political reasons.”
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