Kerry is probably winning on debating points, but you are right about the way in which he is coming off personally. He is the guy standing off on the sidelines second-guessing the person who is in the heat of battle making decisions and suffering the consequences. Kerry may energize his base with his performance, and he will tickle the liberal elites in the media; but he may very well turn off fair-minded American people.
Well summated!!!
Bush absolutely needs to point out that the intelligence he gets is the same as the intelligence that Kerry looks at and then tell everyone Kerry's record on Intel funding!!!
"It's not the critic who counts.....It's not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbled.....Credit belongs to the man who
really was in the arena, his face marred by dust, sweat and blood,
who strives valiantly, who errs to come short and short again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming.
It is the man who actually strives to do the deeds,
who knows the great enthusiasm and knows the great devotion,
who spends himself on a worthy cause, who, at best, knows in the end
the triumph of great achievement. And who, at worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be
with those cold and cruel souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
~ Teddy Roosevelt