{"id":2813,"date":"2007-06-28T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/its-so-obviously-the-swiftboat.html"},"modified":"2007-06-28T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T18:45:00","slug":"its-so-obviously-the-swiftboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/its-so-obviously-the-swiftboat.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s so obviously the swiftboaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That I&#8217;m surprised the <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2007\/06\/28\/a-new-attack-ad-meet-senator-switchback\/\">WSJ would even asked<\/a>.  Doesn&#8217;t everyone know that?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hot Air Network&#8217;s Web ad, viewable at left, urged &#8220;conservatives fed up with Republican scheming on this bill, [to] do something about it. If you gave to the party in the past year, you can demand your money back. Call the Republican National Committee today and demand a full refund. If you gave to any senator or congressman in the past year, call their office and demand a full refund.&#8221; <strong>Just who sponsors Hot Air&#8217;s ad, and other similar ads popping up across the Internet, is unclear.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><\/strong>It seems that the WSJ is as clueless as the Senate, no wonder they were such advocates for the immigration bill.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Update<\/span>:  I guess the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/washwire\/2007\/06\/28\/defeating-immigration\/\">WSJ<\/a> finally figured out who runs Hot Air&#8217;s blog:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/\"><strong>Hot Air Network<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s Web ad, embedded below, urged &#8220;conservatives fed up with Republican scheming on this bill, [to] do something about it. If you gave to the party in the past year, you can demand your money back. Call the <strong>Republican National Committee<\/strong> today and demand a full refund. If you gave to any senator or congressman in the past year, call their office and demand a full refund.&#8221; Hot Air is a conservative online broadcast site run by blogger Michelle Malkin.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n<strong>Correction:<\/strong> An earlier version of this post said it wasn&#8217;t clear who produced the Hot Air ads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good piece of reporting there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/WSJ\" rel=\"tag\">WSJ<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Hot+Air+Network\" rel=\"tag\">Hot Air Network<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That I&#8217;m surprised the WSJ would even asked. Doesn&#8217;t everyone know that? 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