Posted on 08/21/2004 5:57:50 AM PDT by LS
As a followup to my column yesterday ("The Willie Horton Moment": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195371/posts) there are several indicators now that the Seiftboat ads are positively KILLING Kerry's campaign. Here are five:
1) Eleanor Clift (I think it was her---I didn't look at the face associated with the voice debating Jim Pinkerton on "Fox and Friends") used the phrase "it's not fair" TWICE in five minutes to describe the Swiftboat ads and Teresa's comment that her husband wasn't qualified to be president of the United States. (By the way, has anyone noticed on all videos of Teresa and Kerry together---which I only paid attention to this a.m.---that she physically pulls away from him and REFUSES to kiss him?? Whazzup with that?)
2) Kerry has filed an FEC suit. This is a sure sign of desperation when you call in the lawyers and the government. It means he's already lost in the arena of ideas and perceptions. Moreover, the DEMS know that the FEC won't do anything and can't do anything without curtailing Kerry's own 527s. Still, it's a sign he's on DEFENSE . . . again!
3) Just two weeks ago, the headline was that Kerry was going to take time off from campaigning. Now, he's in full campaign mode, and even the papers are noting that no candidate in history has ever campaigned during the other party's convention. Heheheheh.
4) Kerry's campaign announced it was spending $500,000 in battleground states to counter the ads! This is money he doesn't have. His own 527s can't counter this, because merely DENYING THE ISSUE keeps it on the front burner. He's playing defense, part 2.
5) The NEWS is now citing that the ads are having an effect. Fox, for instance, mentioned (twice!) the poll that showed 44% of independents had seen the ad and that it had changed their perception of Kerry.
Oh, and here's a bonus, #6: TWICE, today, Eleanor Clift and or the Fox team used the term "lie" or "lies" as associated with KERRY. It doesn't matter if he's "denying" that he "lied," he is now CLINTONIZED and the trust issue is absolutely key when it comes to national security and the War on Terror. If the public doesn't think they can trust Kerry to tell the truth on Vietnam, they won't trust him on Fallujah.
Ain't it amazing that a handful of vets, armed with the truth and less than a million dollars can do more than one clown with 63 million? Gives me hope.
"Stand back, folks and watch spontaneous combustion of a campaign."
LOL, let's keep our fingers crossed! I said to hubby last night as we were leaving work "Hurry up! I want to get home and watch the Kerry campaign melt down!"
I really treasure the idea that he is telling bookstores not to sell the book, who does he think he is, Sadam Hussein? If he's trying this sh*t as a candidate, what will he attempt to do as president?
The dirtier the dims get, the bigger margin they are going to lose by. They just don't understand how slimey they look.
Thats that part I like the most.......(snicker snicker)
Or has he already bargained that away???
Too bad the Dems put all their ducks on Kerry..
Even Dean would have been better, considering..
What's the odds on Hillary at this point??
Reminds me of the ole Texas country boy on his wedding night as he told his new bride "better stand back, ain't no tellin' how big this thing is gonna get".
Good essays..both of them...we shoudld start a pool..how soon after Kerry loses the election will Teresa file for divorce..?
The Swift Boat Veterans recieved money from a Texas Republican, therefore their claims are false.
AND the guts to step up for the truth and take the heat............which is more than I can say for most of the GOP!!!!!! When President Bush wins a second term, he and Rove had better thank the Swiftees AND the grassroots efforts.
Terry McAwful has been the greatest gift the democrats ever gave the republicans.
If you would like to help the Swift Boat Vets ( as I have, and I urge all to do-- even a few dollars will help ) kindly click on this logo:
Their 527's spend $63 million and ours spend $1 million.
Guess who gets all the scrutiny? Guess who they say is coordinating?
If I was advising Kerry, I'd tell him and his cronies not to talk about the ads, not to mention them, to say, "They have their story, we have ours. Our man is a hero" and not say another word or run an ad. This issue can only HURT Kerry, no matter what he says about it.
Joh Kerry has a guilty conscience over his lifetime of lies, and like a lot of other exposed liars, he's starting to crack.
It is not going to be pretty.
I swear I was thinking the same thing a few weeks ago.
Kerry loses, she splits.
October 9.
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