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KERRY'S CRISIS
New York Post ^
| 4/02/04
| JOHN PODHORETZ
Posted on 04/03/2004 1:51:58 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:20:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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April 3, 2004 -- Kerry: Good jobs news is bad political news.
IT may not be time for the Bush campaign to break out the champagne, but it sure is the right moment for the Kerry campaign to stock up on the Maalox.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushrecovery; podhoretz
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posted on
04/03/2004 1:51:59 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
I knew John F. Seinfeld was reaching for the Maalox. Looks like he will need lots of it in the months to come.
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posted on
04/03/2004 1:54:44 AM PST
by
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posted on
04/03/2004 1:55:43 AM PST
by
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To: kattracks
Oil prices? George W. Bush ran in 2000 on the need to expand domestic oil production by drilling in Alaska, precisely to increase the amount of oil available to the world market and keep prices down. His plan was blocked by Democrats like John Kerry, who have no answer other than yelling at the Saudis. I'll be using this quote---often. ;^D
To: Right_in_Virginia
Seinfeld has no answer except pretending we don't have an energy problem.
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:13:44 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: kattracks
Jobs and economy on the upswing. Capture OBL and find the WMD and we will have a trifecta. All just in time for the election. I love it!
Red
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:15:03 AM PST
by
Conservative4Ever
(EVIL.......thy name is Hillary)
To: Conservative4Ever
*Curse* that Bush for getting a lucky break. I can just hear the wailing over at DU! ;-)
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:17:48 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
LOL. You can go over there and listen if you like. I would be afraid of catching something.
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:34:55 AM PST
by
Ronin
(When the fox gnaws, smile!!)
To: goldstategop
No whine like a liberal whine. :)
Red
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:35:48 AM PST
by
Conservative4Ever
(EVIL.......thy name is Hillary)
To: goldstategop
Hey....and buy stock in Maalox and such. The great American way. Capitalism.
Red
To: goldstategop
It really should go without saying that the Democrats don't have anything to convince anyone to vote for them. It's totally in G.W.Bush's hands to lose this election if such a thing were possible.
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:42:58 AM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(One sword, at least, thy right shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!)
To: kattracks
Karl Rove's strategy is working. In Summer President Bush will lead the polls by about 10 points.
To: kattracks
I have for years used a few simple measures of economic activity.
First I judge industrial production by the number of semi trucks on interstates 71 and 70. Both run through my area of the USA (Central Ohio). A year and a half ago few trucks were on these highways compared to today. Weekdays one will often see 10 to 15 semi's running in a line in the right lane of the interstate. A year and a half ago a large number of semi tractors were parked in the grass of horse race track just south of Columbus, Ohio. None are there today.
My second measure is the number of cars in the fast food drive through lanes. A year ago I could pull into any McDonalds drive though and not have more than one or two cars ahead of me. Most of the time I was the only car going through the drive through. Now during meal times there are 6 to 8 cars in line at every Mickey Dees I pass.
The third measure is the number of checkout lines open and the number of people in each line at Wal Mart. I checked a Walmart in Circleville Ohio a week after a local Thompson RCA picture tube plant announced closing. Every isle was open and there were 3 to 4 customers in every isle. This Wal Mart does not have a supermarket in it. So the customers were not buying food.
These three measures scream the economy is booming. Working class people are the primary McDonalds customers. Working class people in fear of losing their jobs or out of work can't afford a lot of fast food. When they are working they eat fast food frequently.
When factory production is down, the semi trucks have little to haul. This spring every truck is no the road, hauling lots of stuff that someone is making and selling.
When times are tough people stop buying things they don't need. They can get by with out a new pair of jeans, or stuff for the car, entertainment gadgets, and playthings for the kids. This spring they are lined up at Walmarts to buy them.
One of the dumbest things a candidate can do is tell people things they know are not true.
Here is my take on what Kerry is doing wrong in his campaign
Democrats and Kerry are trying to tell the American people things they know are not true. That hurts the teller, not George W. Bush.
You can't make even uneducated people believe the economy is bad, when every week or so they get introduced to the new people just hired in their work place. When the boss is hiring they do not fear losing their job.
You can't tell people the economy is going south, when everywhere they go to buy stuff they have to wait in line.
Here is a thought on gasoline prices. When I was a boy minimum wage was 50 cents an hour. Gasoline as 25 cents a gallon. Today minimum wage is $5.15. By the standards of the 1950s gasoline should be $2.57 cents a gallon.
Gasoline at $1.89 a gallon is better buy than it was in the 1940s and 1950s. Perhaps that explains why SUV sales are at an all time high. Camper sales are also up and those babies really drink the gas.
All of this says the economy is booming. And lying about it to the people is a dumb thing to do.
To: Dubya's fan
"President Bush will lead the polls by about 10 points." YIPPIE-KI-YO
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posted on
04/03/2004 2:54:02 AM PST
by
DeaconRed
(I'll soon be Voter #538, Nah it won't even be close . . . . . .)
To: Right_in_Virginia
Yes, it's a very telling rebuttal to the Kerry "solution."
What was it he suggested? tapping into our nation's oil reserves to stabilize pump prices?
Duh!
On just about every issue this guy has come down on the wrong side.
From voting for lower defense budgets, for decreasing the intelligence gathering operations, and to increase all of our taxes John Kerry represents all that is wrong with America.
And most of all we DON'T want him appointing any federal judges.
Oh my! That'd be a disaster for America!
To: kattracks
Wonder what the UNIONS will do to affect these numbers?
To: ThirstyMan
Kerry's claim to fame is: "I can beat George Bush". That is the major reason most Democrats are backing him. The issues he promotes are nill as far as his supporters are concerned.
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posted on
04/03/2004 3:43:19 AM PST
by
meenie
To: kattracks; prairiebreeze; onyx; Texasforever; CyberAnt; BigSkyFreeper; dixiechick2000; Tamsey; ...
Maalox may not be enough for Kerry and his campaign staff. They might need cases of Zantac and Tagamet also. These medications won't offer a solution to Kerry's electoral problem, but they will provide temporary relief for stomach upset. Use only as directed. Side effects may include losing in November.
Maalox for Kerry Ping
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posted on
04/03/2004 3:46:36 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: kattracks
Health care? The numbers do suggest that the American people trust Democrats far more than Republicans. But how many voters actually know that a voluntary prescription-drug benefit was added to Medicare last year? They will know after the Bush campaign gets going in earnest in the fall. Strangely enough people DON'T know about it. Talked to one last week. She was shocked that there was one. Another brain washed peon is now educated a tad more.
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posted on
04/03/2004 3:49:58 AM PST
by
GailA
(Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty)
To: kattracks
Kerry's going to run out of ski resorts and body parts needing repair, if every time he screws up he needs an excuse to take a few days off and retool his campaign.
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posted on
04/03/2004 3:53:43 AM PST
by
js1138
(In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
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