No, But Three Rights Make a Left

Washingtonpost.com:

Not that Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) was out for revenge or anything. But he did seem to enjoy at least a small measure of satisfaction in making mega-GOP-donor Sam Fox squirm during yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to consider Fox's nomination to be ambassador to Belgium.

Fox contributed $50,000 to fund the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads that sought to smear Kerry's Vietnam War record in the 2004 presidential campaign.

So, how did Maximum John nail the creep?

[Kerry asked,] How does the nominee feel about the level of "personal destruction" in politics these days?

Fox replied that he was "very concerned" that politics have become too "mean and destructive," especially with the participation of independent "527" groups such as Swift Boat Veterans. ...

Why then, given Fox's dim views of 527s, did he give such a large chunk of money to help Swift Boat? Kerry asked.

Fox explained that he and his wife donate generously to GOP political causes. "When we're asked, we generally give," he said. He said he could not recall who asked for the Swift Boat donation but explained that he thought it was important to give to a 527 working on behalf of Republicans because a 527 "on the other side" was stooping to such low levels as comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler.

"So two wrongs make a right?" Kerry asked.

What that asshole Fox is referring to is an urban legend: Namely, that MoveOn.org ran an ad depicting Bush as Hitler. In fact, MoveOn held an ad contest, and one of the many entries submitted - and promptly rejected - compared Bush to Hitler.

So there you have it: The far right makes up things about the left, and then does those things themselves.