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This summer, the American public was subjected to a salacious barrage of anti-Kerry ads, paid for in full by the unfortunate fellows from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. And, for a while, we were distracted. Their claims against Kerry’s war hero status too tantalizing to pass up, his flip-flopping on Vietnam too traitorous to ignore—that is, until the accusations were debunked. After a ridiculous amount of media coverage—as though we could expect anything less from our friends in the establishment—the public was finally granted...
...curb outrageous campaign contributions that had been the source of so much political woe. Yet, on both sides of the political spectrum, groups quickly mobilized to find ways around the legislation, establishing all sorts of loophole groups that fell under the radar of soft-money restraints. The Swift Boat Veterans and their Texan philanthropists are simply a flagrant example of the way in which these groups are succeeding in their efforts to skirt rules and manipulate the media...
Freshman Kyle Kovacs took the helm of the team’s B-division boat, with Schlitz crewing on Saturday and sophomores Matthew Knowles and Emily Simon crewing Sunday...
Harvard finished twelfth in the B-division, but not without controversy. During the eighth race on Saturday, a Connecticut College boat collided with one from Roger Williams while rounding the final mark. When Connecticut College protested, Roger Williams responded that the Crimson boat had not allowed adequate passage to the inside...
...thought I had actually committed a foul, I would have taken the 720-degree penalty turn, but I thought I had provided ample room and was in the clear,” said Kovacs, who would have finished second in the race had the boat not been disqualified afterwards...