Posted on 08/25/2004 8:00:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
WASHINGTON -- President Bush heads into next week's Republican national convention with voters moving slightly in his direction since July amid signs that John F. Kerry has been nicked by attacks on his service in Vietnam, a Los Angeles Times Poll has found.
For the first time this year in a Times survey, Bush led Kerry in the presidential race, drawing 49 percent among registered voters, compared to 46 percent for the Democrat. In a Times Poll just before the Democratic convention last month, Kerry held a 2 percentage point advantage over Bush.
That small shift from July was within the poll's margin of error. But it fit with other findings in the Times Poll showing the electorate edging toward Bush over the past month on a broad range of measures, from support for his handling of Iraq to confidence in his leadership and honesty.
Although a solid majority of Americans say they believe Kerry served honorably in Vietnam, the poll showed that the fierce attacks on the senator from a group of Vietnam veterans criticizing both his performance in combat and anti-war protests at home have left some marks: Kerry suffered small but consistent erosion compared to July on questions relating to his Vietnam experience, his honesty and his fitness to serve as commander in chief.
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Oreilly just told the DNC chairman that it would be a good idea for Kerry to hold a press conference int he middle of the GOP convention and "answer" questions that the Swift Vets are asking. However, if he does, I'll bet that he doesn't allow anyone except the most liberal reporters to attend and they will all throw softballs.
Be interesting if they didn't ask a compound question and instead simply asked "Do you believe Kerry misrepresented his war record?"
nicely put.
He better have the grace to back off during the RNC just like Bush did during the DNC (isn't that a type of abortion?)
Nice to see, but I take nothing for granted. I'm volunteering at Bush/Cheney headquarters again this week as if we were ten points down. DON'T GET LAZY!!
Kerry no doubt plans some type of apology on "60 Dem-Propaganda Minutes" this weekend just before the GOP Convention in hopes of taking the momentum away from President Bush.
Bush supporters with help from the Swifties should somehow figure a way to disrupt this obvious phony attempt at contrition.
Kerry would apologize to the devil himself at this point if it meant taking the heat off his sorry North Vietnam supporting ass.
..........just do the math {x} Bustamante factor.....in English that is add 15% to any LA SLIMES POLL!
Bush needs 3 things here:
1. Stay with the facts...keep on Kerry's senate record and his own words. That is his worst enemy...himself.
2. Have the best speech possible during the convention...talk about the next 4 yrs and your plans for the economy,fuel,and the war on terror..stay away from gay marriage and any other minimal DNC talking points.
3. Stay positive..never go negative..the Dem's are doing plenty of it and dying slowly. Have a strong debate with a positive attitude.
If Bush does these things he will win the same states as last time with a pick up of +2. My predictions Pennsylvania and New Mexico.
Speaking of the primaries: I wonder if the dems are regretting their decision to rush the primary process? A proper primary vetting process would have brought Kerry's warts to light and they would have either (a) let the issue play out early and let it wane from the American public's notoriously short attention span, or (b) pick another candidate. Oh well--live and learn.
They don't conside vetting. They thought they and the complicit media could cover it up/ lie about it. That's what they get!
I'd like to see primaries run till the convention, and then the delegates vote the way their state voted...
The liberal Dems would have NEVER seen these as warts. Its the American public who recoil from this man when exposed with the truth supplied by the Swiftvets.
Bad idea on Kerry's part to bring up his problems right before a non-stop republican fiesta. He gets an hour vs. a week for the repbulicans to dissect and destroy his boo-hoo moment.
Kerry truly is getting some bad advice from somewhere.
This election will be Kerry's LAST purple heart... if all goes according to plan.
Down Goes Kerry! Down Goes Kerry!!Down Goes Kerry!
I remember a day before the elections in 2002 a lefty I check in on was predicting 3 Senate seats and possible tie in the House for the Democrats. The polls were even inkling at a tight race. I remember Mondale was supposed to win by a slim but comfortable margin. It seems to me like GOP voters simply are not being polled like they used to be.
Perhaps because their social status tends to make them avoid telemarketers and phone calls from strangers.
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