Posted on 09/28/2004 9:13:15 AM PDT by kattracks
President Bush has set a debate trap for John Kerry that will force him to take positions opposed by a large percentage of his backers, former top Clinton strategist Dick Morris said Monday."What's happened is that Bush has set up a trap for Kerry," Morris told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." "He has so emphasized Kerry's flip-flopping, so-called weakness, vacillation, all that stuff, that Kerry has to take strong positions in the debate."
That will force Kerry to make his position clear once and for all on Iraq, the top strategist said - which will inevitably cost him votes.
Morris explained:
"A third of his voters are certified hawks, who say that we're winning the war on terror. . . . [But] half of his voters are doves. When he starts adopting an anti-Iraq line, anti-war line, he's going to alienate a third of his own voters."
If Kerry comes out strong for the war, however, he can say goodbye to the anti-war types who think he'll cut and run.
"Kerry has a strategic problem," said Morris. "And it doesn't matter how good a debater you are and how attractive you are. Every time he opens his mouth on a foreign policy debate, he's got to take a position that alienates a portion of his voters."
LOL!!!! What a hoot!
And, while it's improbable, I'm going to daydream about it, especially since I don't seem to be able to do anything else today without setting off my allergies.
He will probably start: "Let me waffle a little..." and then go over time limit.
I do not see how he can spin it and win the undecideds, he has to be for the war in Iraq to win the war on terrorism and he base will not turn out if he is for the war. If he comes out as against the Iraq war , but wants to win the war on terrorism, he gets creamed for his statements and votes. I predict he will look like a complete fool on this issue and just make things worse for himself.
I wonder if he will spread some of that stuff on his knuckles before the debate. While the orange face is bad, the contrast between knuckle and face makes it look worse.
.... or... you know a waffle is forthcoming, the immediate moment his index finger begins pointing... jabbing.. attacking...
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