swiftboat

to attack an anti-war politician on the basis of their military service record
"Man, did they swiftboat Murtha."
by galatea January 15, 2006
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swiftboated

To be unfairly and inaccurately attacked relentlessly in the media
They swiftboated the Gold Star mom on the news by questioning her credibility when she refused to back off with her antiwar protest in the presidents back yard.
by Mike Levy August 10, 2005
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swiftboated

to be smeared by the president or his administration in a tastless and slanderous way.
They're gonna totally swiftboat this soldier's mom the way they did kerry.
by zeroklk August 09, 2005
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swiftboat

To bravely expose the lies and manipulations of a powerful person seeking to achieve self promotion based on a falsified personal history and thereby prevent the success of his or her deception.
It took a lot of guts to go up against the lying billionaire, but they were able to swiftboat his dreams of taking over the country.
by Bobby Farrelly August 24, 2006
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swiftboated

Thank God Kerry was swiftboated before he got elected President.
by Bobby Farrelly August 24, 2006
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swiftboat

the act of exposing something true, but unpleasant or politically inconvenient about a progressive.

refers to the swiftboat veterans for truth. when john kerry attempted to capitalize on his brief service in vietnam, a group comprised of all but a handful of veterans who served in the same combat area of operations and mos came forward to underline what a bullshitter kerry was. among other things, they demonstrated that kerry didn't earn his combat medals, lied about christmas in cambodia, and seemingly only enlisted so he could turn directly around and participate in an effort to brand all veterans as war criminals.

the term has since been turned into a generic pejorative for any revelation about a public progressive which progressives can't dismiss on a factual basis. the idea is to name the "crime" of telling the truth about progressives on the same axiomatic level as "theft" or "rape". progressives are implicit totalitarians who don't like having their authority challenged.
"now they're trying to swiftboat bernie ward by publishing the chat transcript in which he talked about having his daughter blow his son in front of him."
by juuuummmmyyyy October 15, 2009
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Taylor Swiftboated

When someone with an anti-social disorder (ego-mania, perhaps?) destroys one's moment in the limelight.
My head was rushing, I didn't know who to begin to thank, then some fucker grabbed the mic and Taylor Swiftboated my ass.
by Evil W September 16, 2009
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