It makes me wonder what the point of the candidate is. I thought it would be the candidate's views that would then be expressed and refined via his staff. But I guess I'm a bit old-fashioned (like Bush).
If his staff are creating Kerry's views, maybe we have the wrong guy running. Maybe his staff should be running for President, if they determine the message and its meaning.
Heck, they couldn't do worse than Kerry.
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"It makes me wonder what the point of the candidate is. I thought it would be the candidate's views that would then be expressed and refined via his staff."
You would certainly think so.
However: It is becoming clearer and clearer since the Clinton days that to the liberals, it is ALL about POWER: - gaining it, holding it, exercising it, and fighting to the death to keep it.
The DNC campaign is just an advertising strategy to convince the sheeple to vote THEIR guy into POWER.
It doesn't matter WHO their nominee is. It doesn't matter WHAT he actually believes, or says to the American people. It is all fluff and spin, an ELECTION MACHINE.
The nominee only has to be someone they think can WIN. They'll take care of what he actually DOES in office later . . .
AND as we are seeing clearly before our eyes, if the selected AD strategy is not working (IE Kerry's campaign being based upon his VN war record) -- then you try something else.
Lying, forging, etc. Well, it is all fair game to them, because their success is GAINING POWER; and the end justifies any and all means they think they can get away with using . . .