U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (news, bio, voting record), R-Ore., left, and Sen. Gordon Smith (news, bio, voting record), R-Ore., center, leads the chant 'four more years' as Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) looks out over a crowd of supporters during a campaign stop in Pendleton, Ore., Friday, Sept. 3, 2004.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
The Cheney/Edwards debate will be a hoot.
Kerry is NOT in touch with western Massachusetts, which, aside from Northampton & Amherst are quite conservative, but rural in comparison to eastern Mass. I'm from Wilbraham, fwiw.
I assail Kerry myself from time to time. But never in Oregon. In Oregeon I drink espresso beverages and read avant garde novels and attend all the right parties.
HA! I(unfortunately) live in western MA and John Forbes Kerry hasn't been spotted around here in 19 years!
This guy views anything west of Brookline as 'the frontier'! The jackass seldom ventures west of the Connecticut River and if he does, it's to one of 'Mama-T's' multi-million dollar flop-downs.
He knows the wine country of France better than he knows his own state fer' crissakes!
I think Cheney's probably doing the right thing ignoring Kerry's desperate, pathetic criticism of the VP's lack of military service. Effin's just frantic enough to keep bringing it up and getting even more hysterical about it, and Cheney can just look on with bemusement, watching him implode.
The Dems are now wishing that somehow they can pull out a miracle in the 3 debates...in the meantime, expect Senator Kerry to go Iraq or Afghanistan to see our troops...and expect Senator Edwards to either resign so that he can "devote all of his energy to his campaign" or else have a coming out party as McGreevy did in New Jersey.
In other words, the Dems have to roll out their publicity stunts now.
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
I can see Bush eeking out a narrow victory in Oregon in November.
I like this Bush/Cheney good cop/bad cop routine, as it allows us to whack Kerry without Bush ever looking like a negative campaigner. Kerry/Edwards are also probably trying it but are too inept, and the latter is certainly too lightweight to land serious blows on us.
Secretary of Defense trumps Lt jg.