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This whole "Kerry! Kerry! Kerry!!" campaign scenario strikes me as a bit surreal...and who were those older people wearing plain fatigues at the mall?!!

Love the bumper sticker, but I also think the "average person behind you in traffic" wouldn't read beyond the "Kerry" word, and would just think the flag portrayed was some kind of fancy new red and blue-stripe "logo"...< sigh >...

Main point: IMHO, "lying (reasonably) low" for the moment is good, aside from plain old refuting of lies at the "grass roots" level..."Mad" Howie didn't need much help from the "VRWC" to self-destruct, and I'd rather see Kerry take the nomination first (at which point, all hell will break loose around here) than see Edwards (about whom a long-time crony said "you never see him coming until it's too late") step up at the last minute...

I can't imagine what real appeal Kerry has to anyone, but I'd much prefer he be considered "most able to beat Bush" than give Edwards the chance to try...somehow Edwards managed to become a billionaire trial lawyer, get elected to the U.S. Senate as his first elective office, and less than four years into his first term become a viable presidential candidate (in theory)...Edwards still has enough "background" as a lawyer that would be "unhelpful" to his quest for the Presidency, but he's a heck of a lot more charismatic than Kerry, and we all know how that goes, after eight years of "the man from Hope"...

I understand your feelings about not wanting to "peak too early".

I also understand your concern about the bumper sticker, and people not realizing it is an NVA flag in the middle. People who aren't as close as some of us may not see the significance.

It is very easy for me to get worked up into a lather about Cash and Kerry when he starts to expound upon his war record. Coming from a family that has a long and honorable active duty and Guard background I hate it when individuals stand up and say:

"I did this, I did that".

My experience with these individuals is that the telling and yelling often exceed the doing.

I listen to the WarRoom with Quinn and Rose each morning when I am on my way to work. Jim had a slant on this war record thing that backs up my feelings of Hillary riding into the convention on a white horse at the last moment and "rescuing" the party, and becoming the standard bearer. Quinn sees the machinations and conniving of McAuliff,Carville, and Bubba setting up Dean and Kerry and then having them destroyed, or in Dean's case, self destruct.

Hillary doesn't want to face Rudy in '06, because if she loses the Senatorial race she is spoiled for '08, and she can't risk Kerry winning in '04 because it would then be another eight years before she could run for the big prize.

The analysis of what is happening, why, to whom, and when is almost as much fun as picking up a sign and getting out in front of people.

Thanks for your thoughts.

BTW, I am still taking the Bush43 administration to task for their run to the left. That won't end.

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