[MNJohnnie]

"That may gain him sympathy votes. He may try to portray himself as a bullied intellectual geek. Maybe shed a false tear or two. Remember that media will back up any such ploy 100%." Nope, not going to work in the least. Latest CBS poll shows 57% polled think Kerry's attacks on Bush are excessive and unfair. After spending the last 6 months tearing Bush a new one in every speech, Kerry is wholly incapable of NOW spinning himself as a victim. I am curious why you are so eager for Bush not to go negative? Could it have anything to do with your pro Kerry tag line? You really should change it to one that conforms with the Truth-in-Advetising laws. "Slogans, but No solutions" John Flip-Flop Kerry.

[palmer]

Well if the satire of my tagline isn't obvious then maybe I should change it. Perhaps the problem is that I was quoting him almost verbatim so it might not appear to be satire. As for my negativity about negativity, we are all aware of the power of the liberal media, but not just how eager they are to make Bush lose. The lies they will spin about the "mean" Bush campaign are going to be astounding. Kerry won't need to spin himself as a victim when he will have so many people doing it for him. Also remember that Kerry spent the primaries tearing at Bush because that is what is required to get democratic votes in the primaries. But now it seems to me at least from yesterday's speech that he was taking a new tone.