http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040909_1601.html
Dems Take Chance With 'Fortunate Son' Slam
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Sept. 9, 2004 — Seizing on 30-year-old memos and memories, Sen. John Kerry's operatives are painting an unflattering portrait of President Bush as the "fortunate son" who used family connections to dodge the Vietnam War and then lied about it.
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"Two things: One, he didn't tell the truth and that's not going to go away," said Howard Wolfson, a strategist dispatched to the DNC by Kerry's campaign to go negative on Bush. "Second, it begins to paint a picture of a very fortunate son who uses connections and pulls strings for special favors. That is a theme running through the man's life."
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Actually, the string that runs through his life is that Dad refused to intercede when he messed up, and left him to take his lumps. The DUI, the joining the TANG, the going to Harvard Business School...in each case he was left to go it alone.