[olde north church]

How will this play?

[Semper Paratus]

JF*K can think himself and McAullife for opening up Vietnam.

[Preachin']

It'll be ignored by the media, of course.

[sinkspur]

How will this play?

McCain could be Bush's hole card, if Bush plays it right.

[Taliesan]

McCain will NOT resurrect it. This article is all quotes from 1973. When asked about it, he will minimize it now. THe comity of the Senate will prevent him.

This is the same code of spineless comraderie that Orrin Hatch follows, such as when he admitted to Sean Hannity that if Jay Rockefeller had politicized the intelligence committee then Jay ought to be "criticized" (as opposed to being asked to resign).

By the way, this code of comraderie is a guide for Republicans only. Democrats can attack with impunity. And the Republicans are aware of this double standard imposed on them; it "troubles" them.

[Gorjus]

How will this play?

Insignificantly.

First off, Vietnam is ancient history to most of the electorate. Even if they have heard of it or have some vague memory of it, they just don't care.

Second, no one cares about McCain any more. To the Dems, he's just a Republican and therefore evil and an automatic liar (unless he's saying something they want to hear, in which case he's not a liar - but his opinion changes nothing). To the Republicans, McCain is a self-centered egoist who will say whatever brings attention to himself.

So who cares what he says? Only McCain, and the media - and the media only because McCain can be counted on to bash Bush regularly. This, in their mind, demonstrates they are non-partisan because they give air time to quotes from Republicans as well as Democrats. Of course, the only Republican quotes that get air time are from those who say what they want to hear.

So, bottom line: Adverse McCain comments about Kerry are not significant.

This would change if McCain were actually to switch parties, but if he did, he's simply recant any prior statements that didn't support the party line. (See Lieberman, 2000)

[rintense]

Well, they were *kids* after all. /sarcasm

GWB, on the other hand, was a reckless, Christmas wreath thief who was AWOL in the National Guard. He should be thrown in jail and held accountable for his actions, even though HE WAS A KID HIMSELF.

*SIGH*

John 'War Waffler' Kerry will dig his own trench in this election. And I will be one of the proud that throws a shovel full of dirt on him with my vote in November.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Rats will ignore it and take another swallow of KoolAid.

[PISANO]

This WILL NOT PLAY, the media already knows this and will NOT report it. Just ask yourself this question. Is it good or bad for a Dim when you want to know whether or not the PRESS/MEDIA will report a story or assiduously investigate it.

Good for Dim.....YES!

Bad for Dim.......NO!

[KSCITYBOY]

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[TankerKC]

How will this play?

Like the silly stretch that it is?

[CalRepublican]

So McCain has the right to criticize Kerry but the Swift Vets don't?

For crying out loud how do politicians get away with this BS?