[joesbucks]

I am not wise enough to know what I really want. Half of me wants the President to stay above this fray, stay on message and go about winning re-election. The other half of me wants the President to take this opportunity to do something even bigger...landing a big blow in the even more important culture wars.

I tend to agree. And don't just stop with they are forgeries. State with clarity that the information contained in them is false also.

For some reason, they have haveen reluctant to do that. It could be staying above the fray or it could be something more.

For the sake of clarity, they need to be crystal clear in denouncing the documents AND the information they bear.

[LS]

They don't say it because the Bush team WANTS this to bubble all the way to the election. As long as the media is talking---however indirectly---about Vietnam, 1972---it all reflects back on the fact that Kerry HAS NO CURRENT MESSAGE.

Joe sixpack says, "Why doesn't that Kerry guy talk about something besides Vietnam or these memos?" He may not be smart enought to go through the steps to follow Kerry's "Vietnam-is-how-I-would-deal-with-Iraq/WOT" logic, but intuitively, which is how many Americans vote he senses this.