I feel like way too few people appreciate just how much of a watershed moment the swiftboating of John Kerry was for this country. It proved to the far right that they could just say things that were provably, objectively untrue during a campaign, and the media would always aid and abet those lies.
I don't take the age thing seriously. THEY PICK A LIE ABOUT EVERY DEM, and the press knows it's some BS but plays along. They know that the other guy is worse in every way, especially his brain. They turned being a war hero into a liability against a fortunate son draft dodger.
