I just hope that we haven't shot our entire arsenal yet. They are counter-attacking and hitting Bush with every lie you can think of and then some. The only thing they haven't accused Bush of doing is personally sitting in Swift Boat meetings in the White House war room!! I really hope we have saved the best shot(s) for last!!
They already blew their AWOL wad in March. In fact, I recall reading that Kerry anticipated these attacks and was looking to personally counterattack with the AWOL charges, but then Terry McAwful just couldn't resist attacking Bush back in March.
No, that's the beauty of it.
Most of these numbers are the result of attacks on Kerry's service in Vietnam. It is Kerry's strongest hand, which is unfortunate for him, because it's mostly hype. The Swift Boat vets, spending a fraction of Soros's largess, are chipping away at the foundation of Kerry's 'warrior image' with devastating effectiveness.
The next hard hitting attacks will be on Kerry's actions in 70-72 with the VVAW. Their actions were questionable in the extreme, as were the results of their actions on returning veterans. In a bizarre and unadvisable coincidence, Kerry is about to combine an old mistake with a new one. Not only does he stand by his anti-military accusations made during the early 70s, but he is moving towards similar accusations against Iraqi veterans. In trying to paint Abu Ghraib as 'widespread abuses approved and executed from all levels of command', Kerry is swiftly straying onto familiar, but dangerous ground. The 'I'm trying to help the average soldier by painting him as a war criminal' routine may have worked in 1971, but in 2004 it will scare off voters like the plague.
The real critical hits will be when the cannons fire on his pitiful positions on defense spending for the last 30 years. Even running as a war candidate, he'll stuck between his shady Vietnam record and his atrocious record in the Senate. His casually dropped references to Vietnam will be tainted, and his calls for supporting the defense budget will look absurd.
Despite the spin, this is a sad state of affairs. With the election months away, Kerry is already looking battered, petty, and unable to roll with the punches.
The Democrats appear to have nominated a fatally flawed candidate. As much as some people despise Bush, and as easily as swing voters could be persuaded to vote against him, Kerry has too much baggage that will utterly alienate the average voter. See you in 08, Sen. Clinton.
The problem with the left attacking Bush is that their attacks are all old and ad homenem, they have been been making the same old attacks now for 6 months or more using 527s and it hasn't had any positive net impact for their canidate.... they are running on empty. They've got all the "hate bush" and "anyone but bush" the can find... they have nowhere else to go but down.
Are you kidding? Wait until the 9/11 ads from 927s start and the Edwards ambulence chasing series and the Kerry coddling Commies and the refusal to support removing Saddam from Kuwait series.
There is almost an infinite amount of crap to smack this bum with. He will be squawling like a 8 month old for the next three months.
the attacks on the pres has been non stop for a year.
This is the 1st time usa has heard about kerrys shame
what is done in the night comes out in the light of day
great voter turnout is still what we need
ciao
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