Morton Kondracke: Dems lead in '04 smear campaign

Naple Daily News ^ | 03/04/2004 | Morton Kondracke

[martin_fierro]

That Democrat primary was a love-fest. All they did during all those months was bash Dubya.

Kerry's in for an eye-opening.

[onyx]

Good post.

Ambrose, just like we said, "Mort will vote for GWB."

[Betaille]

I'm tired of hearing how bush is vulnerable on the jobs issue. As Jack Kemp said last night YOU CAN NOT CLAIM TO WANT TO BRING BACK JOBS, BUT BE AGAINST THE BUSINESSES THAT CREATE THEM.

[cripplecreek]

"Kerry's in for an eye-opening."

I couldnt agree more. It's looking like the 2002 season all over again. the vast wins predicted for democrats ended in massive failure instead.

Maybe its just me but it seems that democrats are still losing seats in state races across the nation. That cant be a good omen.

[anniegetyourgun]

Why would you think that? I can't ever imagine Mort abandoning his party - especially as wedded to stem cell research, abortion on demand, and homosexuality as he is?

[oyez]

With logic like that the Dems will be in a down spiral for a long time. Of course, as the country gets dumber at some point the majority of voters will not be able to recognize logic.

[Mo1]

But so far, if anyone's "sliming," it's Democrats. And the media should call them on it.

Hey Mort .. don't hold your breath on that one

[cweese]

...you got that right! i wonder when (if at all) kerry will start stating the issues (if any) that he will run on...

[HJH207]

Its time we here at Free Republic start fighting back. We need to flood CNN, ABC, CBS, the New York Times with emails about this type of biased reporting.

[jwalsh07]

Pretty honest reporting by Mort Kondracke. He's a liberal but an honest liberal.

[uncitizen]

Does anybody remember Mort way back in the early days of Fox News? He's moved quite a bit to the right since then. It's amazing what happens to a liberal when they are forced to shutup and listen to the other side of the story, as they are on Fox.

Even Alan Colmes doesn't seem convinced of his own stance anymore.

[Mo1]

We need to flood CNN, ABC, CBS, the New York Times with emails about this type of biased reporting.

We need to send emails of these types of articles to all our friends and families .. especially the dem ones

Because we can't count on CNN, ABC, CBS, the New York Times to report the truth

[GulliverSwift]

The media have been talking ad nauseum about Kerry's "remarkable" victory but in reality, the only surprise was his win in Iowa and to a lesser extent in N.H.

John Edwards never had the infrastructure to mount a serious challenge. He just stayed in the race to raise his name recognition. He never really identified any real issue that he disagreed with Kerry on other than the issue of protectionism. That was it. He never had a prayer the way he ran things. Nor did he want to.

[metoooo]

and some of the farleft claim bush murdered 20,000 women, children and old folks in iraq...

[Mo1]

Yes I've notice that .. As hard as they try .. there are times they just can't seem to follow the party line.

[metoooo]

and some on the farleft claim bush dropped 23,000 bombs on innocent people in iraq...

[twigs]

I agree with you that Kondracke is honest. And he's getting more conservative in spite of himself all the time. I think that is pretty much an inevitable consequence when you're really honest.

[onyx]

He's been disgusted with democrats for a while now. Do you not watch him on the Beltway Boys or read his columns?

Recall Mort was appalled by Madeline's statement in the green room before one of the news shows, and he's not recovered from that.

Mort is a decent democrat who's above the fray of "gotcha, down-and-dirty" politics.

Abortion and stem cell research do prohibit Mort and others from seeing the big picture: national security and a lame-ass, dangerous pol like Kerry.

If we had to depend on votes from Republicans only, GOP candidates would never win an election.

[onyx]

Does anybody remember Mort way back in the early days of Fox News? He's moved quite a bit to the right since then. It's amazing what happens to a liberal when they are forced to shutup and listen to the other side of the story, as they are on Fox.

Yes, I do. Your observation mirrors mine.