Posted on 08/11/2004 7:39:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
(Excerpts of) Kerry's record speaks for itself.
The lack of political planning was apparent the moment the ad ran.
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there is a lot more to this story
cambodia obviously
2-his commanding officers asked him to leave. Think about how bad he must have been if this was the case.
3-he is going to have to talk about his post vetnam activities
4- the atrocity story will not go away
5-how do you get 3 purple hearts and not spend a day in the hospitol
That is only in the first chapter
Is that photochoped? His right foot is inside the rock?????
The professional political operatives aren't doing a very good job either, in my opinion. They aren't jumping all over Kerry's Senate record, an they aren't capitalizing on the damage done by the Swift boat veterans.
On FOX a few nights ago, Estrich was doing this and mentioned how McCain has disavowed the vets. Thankfully the response was "How can you take his word? He wasn't on a Swift boat either!"
Estrich quickly moved on . . .
Bump.
It's a real photo.
I've seen this many times. If they can't win the argument, they drop it - that saves drawing attention to the obvious.
Perhaps you misunderestimate them. The Dems figured they would get rid of these guys with one giant blast of Godzilla-breath. It's not working out that way though, is it?
People are still talking about that ad a week later. Some in the media, like Carl Cameron and Brit Hume, are starting to circle back for a second look at the charges. The "I spent Christmas Eve in Cambodia" story has now been disavowed by Kerry himself, whose explanation for telling this whopper numerous times, including on the floor of the Senate, amounts to "it depends on what the meaning of 'in' is."
Well, if he's been caught in one whopper, how many more are there? Inquiring minds want to know. There aren't very many inquiring minds in the media anymore, especially when it comes to bad news about Democrats. But there are enough.
The vitriol with which the press, the Dems, and McCain hatcheted these guys is still fresh on everybody's mind just as it comes out that the Swift Boat Veterans were dead right about Kerry's Excellent Cambodian Adventure. That story was seared, I say seared, into Kerry's memory. He said so right on the floor of the Senate. Except it was all bunk, just like the Swifties said it was.
The Dems have pretty much shot their wads on this. What have they got? One donor who is a piker compared to George Soros, "he wasn't on the same boat," and the editor of the book has said some politically-incorrect things on FR.
This stuff about "brown books" is hoo-hah. They haven't got squat. They tried the Scary Lawyers, and that didn't work, and now they've tried the "We'll smear you in public" and that didn't work. The Swift Boat guys have faced down far worse than this.
I Kerry thinks they are done with him, he has another think coming.
Excellent talking point!!!!
How very odd. He has no shadow. Do vampires have shadows?
The problem the media has is it wants desperately to trash the Swifties ad without showing it, as it IS extremely effective. Fortunately for the media, it's playing to a crowd that's completely capable of criticizing and hating something they've never seen-facts or knowledge have little to do with the positions taken by the left.
DING DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!!!!
But I agree, he is a blood-sucking son of a gun.
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