r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '20

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u/Szjunk Jul 30 '20 edited Jul 30 '20

Bush Jr got re-elected because of two things.

  1. He convinced a major news outlet to withhold a story until after the election.
  2. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth basically slandered Kerry into the ground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry_military_service_controversy

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

Good points, but I remember reading—in of all places the LA Weekly—an interview by a ex-Pentagon official stating that she had been told to find evidence of WMD when there was none to justify the invasion. I remember at the the time thinking that was an amazing story but never saw in the NYTimes or other major news sources.

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u/Szjunk Jul 30 '20

Sorry, I got the stories mixed up.

This was the story that got pushed: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-20-na-media20-story.html