Four Years Later, Media Still Obsessing Over 'Swift Boat Attacks' on John Kerry

T. Boone Pickens has been all over the media of late with his plan for Big Wind and he's making the political rounds, today meeting with the Future President of Earth.

So instead of discussing what occured in his meeting with Obama, what does Reuters reporter Jeff Mason chronicle?

Why, the dreaded "Swift Boat attacks" four years ago on the hapless Jehn Kerry.

Get. Over. It. Already.

White House hopeful Barack Obama talked energy policy on Sunday with T. Boone Pickens, a billionaire oil investor who funded the "Swift Boat" attacks on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004.

Pickens, a lifelong Republican, has endorsed neither his party's candidate, Arizona Sen. John McCain, nor Democrat Obama in the Nov. 4 election and wants to make energy a top campaign issue.

He has advocated a plan to cut U.S. oil use by converting cars to run on natural gas.

Pickens funded efforts in 2004 by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which sought to discredit Kerry's military service in Vietnam. The Massachusetts senator's initially tepid response to the attacks was partially credited for his loss to President George W. Bush.

Obama brushed off Pickens' past at the start of a meeting that the Texas energy tycoon requested on Sunday.

"You know, he's got a lot longer track record than that," the Illinois senator told reporters when asked how it felt to meet with someone who tore down his Democratic predecessor in 2004.

"He's a legendary entrepreneur, and, you know, one of the things that I think we have to unify the country around is having an intelligent energy policy," Obama said.

Give Obama credit where it's due. Even he's mature enough to move past this pathetic media obsession. Would be nice if Reuters could move on.