Publicists for the Swift Boat Veterans smear join right-wing bloggers
in pushing the claim that new National Guard documents were forgeries,
according to an Eric Boehlert in today’s Salon:
Concepts, the Arlington, Va., Republican public relations firm run by
former Pat Buchanan communications director Greg Mueller, with help
from former Pat Robertson communications director Mike Russell, sent
out a media advisory Thursday to hawk a right-wing news dispatch: “60
Minutes’ Documents on Bush Might Be Fake.” Creative Response Concepts
has played a crucial role in hyping the inaccurate, secondhand Swift
Boat allegations, with Russell serving as the group’s official
spokesman. A company spokesman could not be reached for comment…
Creative Response
Concepts, which was obviously paid some undisclosed amount for its
Swift Boat work, has many links to the Republican Party and the
conservative movement. Among its clients are the Republican National
Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and National
Republican Senatorial Committee. Its client list also includes the
Christian Coalition, National Taxpayers Union, Media Research Council
and Regnery Publishing. Regnery is the firm that published “Unfit for
Command,” the SBVT screed against Kerry’s military record.
Nice to know that groups that aren’t connected to the Bush campaign are so closely tied together.