[Savage Beast]

"the buyers for the big chains underestimated the demand for the Swift book because they fell for the Boston Globe/New York Times spin that no one was interested in these embittered old losers."

Imagine the fate of Americans if they should be foolish enough to believe the propaganda.

"A guy awash in gazillions from Barbra Streisand and co. who can’t see off a couple of hundred middle-aged ‘liars’ and their minimal ad-buy? Is that really the fellow you want to put up against al-Qa’eda, the ayatollahs and Kim Jong-Il?"

Classic Steyn.

[joesnuffy]

Yes from a bold BRING...IT...ON to a wimpering Max 'stop these ads' Mr. President....

[CIB-173RDABN]

"Especially when your opponent is a guy who’s never complained about anything – not the ‘Bush is Hitler’ stuff, not the ‘Bush knew about 9/11 in advance’ stuff..."

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And here we see the pay off from NOT responding (as many on this forum would like) to every attack with a counter attack.

President Bush, and his advisors know that the main stream media is not his friend. Any complaint by him or his administration would have been given the Ginrich treatment, he would have been ridiculed.

Further, if he or his administration would have gone after the Clintons, the MSM would have then turned him into Ken Starr.

As it is, he is going into this election well liked by most Americans, and the left has so exaggerated his negatives, nothing sticks.

[Semper Paratus]

‘I have three words: BRING — IT — ON!’ After a couple more days dodging questions, Kerry decided it was time to try out another three words... ‘stop these ads’.

LOL!

[MtnClimber]

Man the lifeboats, this campaign is sinking!

[VadeRetro]

The flaw in the Senator’s strategy to run for president as a plucky 24-year-old Swift boat lieutenant was an obvious one... beginning with the candidate’s disastrous decision at the Democratic Convention to play up Vietnam and play down Iraq, 9/11 and anything else that happened in the last 30 years.

[OK, I messed with the order a bit!]

His military knowledge, though he's plucky and adventury,
Has never been brought up to the beginnings of this century?

[ride the whirlwind]

If the 527s got yanked from the air, Kerry would be clobbered far worse than Bush, which is all the more reason not to be a big whiny ninny about one lousy ad running in a couple of states.

I love the way Steyn just cuts right to the heart of the matter. Three words JfnK will regret for the rests of his days - "Bring it on".

[hosepipe]

That about says it all Mark... To be a kerry supporter you must be a weally weally big moron...

[js1138]

Imagine if Bush did that every time Michael Moore or Al Franken released yet another lame Bush-bashing tract...

Bush doesn't need to respond, because the charges are empty. Kerry needs to respond because the charges are true.

[Rummyfan]

If Frank’s getting a little bored on the campaign plane, why not ask to see the hat Kerry told the Washington Post he travels with all the time and which he claims was given to him by a CIA guy on one of his ‘secret missions’? If he produces the hat, ask if you can have it carbon-dated to see if it dates from the late Sixties. Many of us would indulge the Mad Hatter in his wacky fantasies if he’s gone to a lot of trouble to get the period details right.

But they won't as the MSM has abdicated getting to the bottom of a story and instead has taken up a partisan role.

Thanks Pokey!

[GOPCajunLady]

Thank you, thank you for putting me on your Ping List!! I love Mark Steyn and am so busy at work to check the website! God Bless, Louisiana Lady

[Gritty]

Is that really the fellow you want to put up against al-Qa’eda, the ayatollahs and Kim Jong-Il?

No. Kerry would fold like the weak d!ck the Swifties are now showing he really is. Remember, their contention is he is not fit to be Commander In Chief. He is proving it more every day, for those who care to pay attention!

[tjg]

How does Stien churn out the volume of words that he does? He must walk around all day dictating into a recorder taped to his face.

The really amazing thing is that it's all so good.

[shezza]

ROFLOL! Mark Stein ping, Louie!

[AFPhys]

Ping to the list, and thanks to bmwcyle ... this one is a pleasurable 4-page read.

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... there’s no doubt every wound from the last 35 days is self-inflicted, beginning with the candidate’s disastrous decision at the Democratic Convention to play up Vietnam and play down Iraq, 9/11 and anything else that happened in the last 30 years. Since then Kerry’s shot himself in the foot so many times he ought to put in for a good dozen more Purple Hearts.

The flaw in the Senator’s strategy to run for president as a plucky 24-year-old Swift boat lieutenant was an obvious one. The argument that his Swift boat command demonstrates his superb qualities of leadership falls apart once you notice his striking lack of the first ingredient of leadership: followers. ...

...But the party that likes to sneer that Bush never had a plan to deal with Iraq’s inevitable insurgents doesn’t seem to mind that Kerry never had a plan to deal with the Swiftees’ equally inevitable insurgents. A guy awash in gazillions from Barbra Streisand and co. who can’t see off a couple of hundred middle-aged ‘liars’ and their minimal ad-buy? Is that really the fellow you want to put up against al-Qa’eda, the ayatollahs and Kim Jong-Il?

The Kerry campaign’s bumbling ineptness this last month is a bit of a stunner to those of us who followed Bill Clinton for eight years. The Democrats may not know how to run a school district or a highway department, but they’re supposed to be able to run scandals.

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I think Steyn missed only one opportunity ... when he said, "He got three scratches and went home eight months early.", he could have stated instead, "As a result of his three scratches, he served only a third of a normal tour of duty."

I would also like to see it mentioned that being in charge of 5 sailors on a small boat does not exactly mean you have outstanding leadership credentials.

This is an excellent, and funny piece...
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[VRWCer]

Steyn is marvelous! I don't even know which lines I like best, nearly spewed my coffee several times. Thank you for posting this. He has an amazingly insightful grasp of the whole situation, and knows how to express it with wit and grace.

[shield]

God, I love this man..............

[SuziQ]

The minute you start running ads demanding that voters ‘tell George W Bush to stop telling lies about what a weally weally big war hero I am’, you sound ridiculous. Especially when your opponent is a guy who’s never complained about anything – not the ‘Bush is Hitler’ stuff, not the ‘Bush knew about 9/11 in advance’ stuff, not even the comparatively mild Michael Moore slur that he’s a moron so paralysed without his minders that he continued reading My Pet Goat to Florida grade-schoolers for a full seven minutes on September 11. Kerry himself made sneering cracks about the pet goat business, and Bush didn’t whine about it.

Yep, Americans are coming to understand who truly is the MAN in this contest.

[sweetiepiezer]

Bring it on baby. Bring it on.

[jazzo]

Classic Steyn Bump