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Voters don't see Kerry as likable
Washington Times ^
| 5/03/04
| Donald Lambro
Posted on 05/03/2004 12:24:23 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has a serious likability problem, with many voters seeing him as cold, aloof and distant, according to focus groups, recent polls and election analysts.
The complaint has dogged the Massachusetts senator throughout his political career, but it has gotten more attention in recent weeks as he undergoes deeper scrutiny in the press and from political pundits. Pollsters say when compared with President Bush on a likability scale, the president leads, often by large margins.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; issues; kerry; lambro; poll
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posted on
05/03/2004 12:24:23 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Likable? Let's work on "human" first... the basset hound thing really isn't working for him.
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posted on
05/03/2004 12:26:06 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(yesterday Kabul, today Baghdad, tomorrow Damascus)
To: kattracks
Come on now,everyone likes Gomer Kerry.What a face,what mind,whats there not to like?
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posted on
05/03/2004 12:35:37 AM PDT
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
To: kattracks
"Bush is actually liked in the Hispanic community. He comes across as someone who understands the community. Ahh, but Kerry is liked in the French community.
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posted on
05/03/2004 12:35:53 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(May God bless our brave sailors & all who have died serving our country, and comfort their families)
To: CedarDave
Kerry not likeable?
I like him. I like him to shut up. I like him to leave.
To: kattracks
Donald Lambro - friend of hillary clinton
6
posted on
05/03/2004 12:38:23 AM PDT
by
malia
(BUSH/CHENEY '04 NEVER FORGET!)
To: malia
See my tag line.
7
posted on
05/03/2004 12:39:14 AM PDT
by
Texasforever
(Will Rogers would slap John Kerry sensless.)
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: EricOF
What if he was asked what kind of catsup he preferred?
9
posted on
05/03/2004 12:51:36 AM PDT
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
I wonder who these people are who are undecided. the liberals aren't going to vote for kerry, they are going to vote against Bush. who are these people who have no stance?
To: kattracks
There are always flies around a horses ...
11
posted on
05/03/2004 1:22:31 AM PDT
by
binger
To: thoughtomator
Likable? Let's work on "human" first... the basset hound thing really isn't working for him." Look for staged video clips of Kerry rolling in grass laughing with puppies climbing all over him. Perhaps he will try to imitate Reagan and Bush by developing a new found love for yard work (with media present). Although he'd get it wrong and show up in a suit with a few illegals and start ordering them around. When you look at the old video clips from the 70's and even today he comes across as a elitist snob - this will not fly with middle America.
To: malia
Ding ding ding!! We have a winner, folks!
To: kattracks
Let's put it this way, who would you rather spend a day or dinner with?
I wouldn't care to spend three minutes with kerry, wheras I'd love to spend a few days with President Bush and could do so without ever touching on the subject of polotics.
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posted on
05/03/2004 1:56:32 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(G.W. Bush in 2004)
To: kattracks
John F*ckin' has all the charisma of a dead horse and the likeability of a used car salesman.
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posted on
05/03/2004 2:01:05 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: kattracks
When a CBS News/New York Times poll asked 1,042 adults last week to rate the "likability" of the two candidates, Mr. Bush was rated as likable by 57 percent, as compared with Mr. Kerry's 48 percent.
When I went to school, 57% and 48% totaled 105%
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posted on
05/03/2004 2:06:43 AM PDT
by
Beckwith
(Liberal liars and the lies they tell . . .)
To: gortklattu
"I like him. I like him to shut up. I like him to leave."You will probably get your wish.
I don't expect the Dims to run him as their candidate.
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posted on
05/03/2004 2:11:40 AM PDT
by
auggy
(http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-DownhomeKY /// Check out My USA Photo album & Fat Files)
To: kattracks
Voters don't see Kerry as likable...To be specific, they see him as "laughable".
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posted on
05/03/2004 2:30:57 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: kattracks
As well as likeability, when the country is confronted with big problems, there's something called trust, (and gravitas).
Sometime after 9/11 Bush has acquired huge amounts of gravitas.
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posted on
05/03/2004 2:53:41 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(nihilism: absolute destructiveness toward the world at large and oneself)
To: goldstategop
"the likeability of a used car salesman"
That woud be the honesty of a used car salesman--he'll say ANYTHING twicw to get you to buy.
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posted on
05/03/2004 2:58:23 AM PDT
by
freeangel
(freeangel)
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