To: america-rules
Edwards is the only threat. He doesn't have any record to go against and he's taken the high road. If he makes it in the the top 2 in NH he's trouble ! Maybe I'm being confident, but I'm not THAT worried about Edwards, at least now yet. For goodness sakes, the guy looks like he was just weaned! Sure he's a fresh, attractive baby-face, but will that kind of tabula rasa prettiness inspire confidence in a nation worried about war and terrorist attacks? And he may be taking the high road now, but how long will that last now that he KNOWS he has a chance at actually getting the nomination? Plus, he's pretty green.
I'd be more worried about Kerry--he has the Vietnam-combat background, he's experienced, he has that craggy-faced serious contemplative, depthful look about him, plus he's tall (sounds silly, but unfortunately height, just like looks as in Edwards case, can sway a lot of voters). Also, he has a Hispanic wife and I know a lot of (Hispanic) people who'd vote for him just because of that, notwithstanding that she's supposedly nuttier than a fruitcake.
25 posted on
01/20/2004 1:17:12 AM PST by
gop_gene
To: gop_gene
I don't think she's Hispanic.
Irish maybe?
28 posted on
01/20/2004 3:00:09 AM PST by
Ramcat
To: gop_gene
You have it right: Kerry will be nominated.
Dean finished himself with his outburst. Lieberman has a fatal charisma gap and has no chance. Clark will be easilly finished off in New Hampahire for much the same reasons Dean lost Iowa but Clark will go out with a wimper, not in bombast. Kerry will quickly pick up all the money he needs now.
The dims have actually gotten something right, they are underway toward nominating their most formidable option in Kerry. He will make no big mistakes - especially on TV. He is insulated by his war record from being labelled soft on defense. He will sucessfully straddle (not for us but for the bulk of the electorate) both sides of the war issue. He will operate much the same on spending; complaining that Bush has failed to fund education while also failing to balance the budget. He will also straddle the tax cut issue. He will be difficult to burlesque (sorry, calling him Ketchup Boy just doesn't do it).
He might well select Gebhardt as VP to aid him in the midwest or Edwards for the south and more likely the border states.
Look for a difficult race with the media doing everything to elect Kerry short of actually stuffing ballot boxes. They know, as does the rat party, that the liberals face years in the wilderness if they lose this one. I predict that within one month Kerry's river boat in Nam will be represented as a vessel at least as sacred as PT 109.
To: gop_gene
Mrs. Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique. Her father was a Portuguese MD and she was schooled in South Africa.
Mrs Heinz Kerry was the wife of our GOP Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kerry is outspoken. Mrs. Kerry will be Howard Deans replacement for off handed remarks.
The Kerry's own several homes. They are the peoples candidate? Beacon Hill in Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Washington DC and Pennsylvania. They use more energy per day than any 30 Democrat families. Do they use private aircraft to fly into Martha's Vineyard? Yes they do. They are elitists pretending to be for the common man while holding their noses when they move through the crowds.
They are extremely wealthy fakes.
To: gop_gene
I'd be more worried about Kerry--he has the Vietnam-combat background, he's experienced, he has that craggy-faced serious contemplative, depthful look about him, plus he's tall
You forgot to mention that he lies like a rug and dims love liars. I loved how last night in a speech, he referred to the Vietnam War as "Nixon's war." The crowd went nuts and I wanted to vomit. This idiot will re-write history to win.
93 posted on
01/20/2004 12:51:33 PM PST by
Toespi
To: gop_gene
Also, he has a Hispanic wife
Hispanic? I thought she was actually South African born?
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