KERRY CAMPAIGN'S FIRST SERIOUS MISTAKE

Real Clear Politics ^ | 8/20/04 | J. McIntyre

[OldFriend]

Only the frothing at the mouth deaniac types bother to read the NYSlimes or the Washington comPost.

As for Hardball, anyone in the proximity of Matthews is in danger of catching rabies.

[adam_az]

"I am enjoying this..Matthews frothing at the mouth was not helpful to Kerry either..."

I bet 60% of his viewers are Republicans who like to yell at their tv.

I know I'm in that camp. :)

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>I am enjoying this..Matthews frothing at the mouth was not helpful to Kerry either...

Want a great account of a Matthews melt-down? Read this by Michelle Malakin: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195278/posts

[kabar]

You provide out some excellent points. The only difficulty is the sort of moral equivalence of what Moore is putting out to what the SBVFT are saying. Moore is a fraud and liar. I don't care if the Dems shut down all of their 527s. The SBVFT deserve to be heard regardless.

[dirtboy]

That's just what he and Terry McAuliffe get for trying to front the American people off with a decades-old, yet painful issue like Viet Nam.

Vietnam was basically dead as a campaign issue in 1992, with draft dodger Bill Clinton winning the White House. But the Dems first brought it back to life in 2000 with their attacks on Bush's National Guard record - and that action (and subsequent re-runs of that attack) has now blown up in their faces - having subjected Bush's military record during the war to detailed scrutiny, the media cannot excuse away not doing the same to Kerry once Kerry made his war experience a centerpiece of his campaign.

I have regular contact with a major media outlet. They were initially spewing the Kerry talking points - but now seem to be retreating from that untenable position. This is going to get much, much more interesting over the next couple of weeks.

[CyberCowboy777]

That and begging the President to protect him!

LOL!

The public is hearing at least a little and with Kerry's blow up, I suspect this will get even more coverage.

[adam_az]

"(Soros a left wing zealot and not a U.S. citizen)"


Soros obtained U.S. citizenship in 1961. However, he describes himself as a "stateless" citizen of the world.

[bray]

Which side is still attacking the Vietnam Vets and which side is holding all VVs with respect. He still can't explain Cambodia, no matter how hard they try to put Humpty Kerry together again!

Pray for W and Our Vietnam Vets

[LS]

I think this is more than a "serious mistake." I think it is Kerry's "Willie Horton Moment," as I posted earlier today here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195371/posts

Others seem to agree, because HistoryNewsNetwork.com has picked up this column now!!!

[LS]

It's the "Willie Horton Moment": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195371/posts

[CyberCowboy777]

I understand your point, but I am not calling for the censorship of any of these people or groups. I am simply pointing out the hypocrisy of Kerry's statements and demands.

The SBVFT have every right to speak, but it is telling that of all the 527s this is the only group Kerry wants to completely shut down.

[T Lady]

You're more than welcome...and your tagline speaks volumes about John Kerry...that is the primary reason he's been waving the 'Viet Nam' shirt around so much. If more and more Americans only knew the guy's congressional voting record (or even the REAL platform of the Democratic Party for that matter), they would turn away from him in droves. I am personally glad this is biting him in the backside.

-Regards, T.

[LS]

The sixth mistake is the biggest: remember what happened to "The Passion of the Christ" when the Jewish groups started to complain? It took off like a skyrocket. And, to our discredit, conservative carping about "Fahrenheit 9/11" has given that movie far more viewers than it originally ever would have had. Now Kerry has poured gasoline on a small, but potentially controllable fire. It's his "Willie Horton Moment" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195371/posts

[Verginius Rufus]

Soros must be a US citizen because he is contributing his money openly...otherwise he would funnel it through intermediaries so it couldn't be traced, like Clinton's contributions from foreigners in 1996.

How Soros made his billions would make an excellent topic for a 60 Minutes expose...any Sunday now.

[CyberCowboy777]

Thank you, I had heard wrong and I should have verfied.

Correction:

(Soros a left wing zealot that describes himself as a "stateless" citizen of the world),

[adam_az]

"I knew Soros lived overseas but i didn't realize he wasn't a US citizen."

He's been a US citizen since 61.

[CyberCowboy777]

I was wrong, he is a citizen.

However he describes himself as a "stateless" citizen of the world.

[dirtboy]

Lehrer looked Oliphant in the eye, and said that the story is now on PBS (duh, obviously) due to Kerry's speech.

I am getting the distinct impression that the slightly more mainstream establishment branch of the media is starting to decide that saving Kerry from his own past isn't worth destroying what little credibility they have left. And the Kerry hacks simply aren't up to the task of pulling off this caliber of orchestrated lie campaign - and the media, for all their faults, don't suffer bad liars well.

[Types_with_Fist]

Our poor guys, in the thick of the crap, must be thoroughly humiliated by this wishy-washy "war" plan.

[oncebitten]

I made my first ever donation to the SBVFT today! I usually stay on the sidelines, but the gross distortions and self-aggrandizement of John Kerry is too much to take. His veil (given by the MSM) needs to be ripped off and the truth exposed. This man is patently not fit to command this nation in WWIV versus the forces of darkness known as radical Islam.