Posted on 10/12/2004 7:20:19 AM PDT by jmstein7
Worked last time. I thought Kerry was going to blow when Bush labeled him a LIBERAL. Bush should start with the LIBERAL LABEL and end with it.
Going into this final debate, kerry's prime concern is nuisance-gate. He will have prepared answers to Bush's attacks on this.
Bush must anticipate kerry's defense and have a coup de grace ready to unleash. Nothing will sink Kerry more than his dangerous worldview and fundamental misunderstanding of terrorism.
Why doesn't Bush tell us about the household survey which shows a net gain in jobs? Like Kerry's policies, the payroll survey is outdated and not reliable.
I stopped reading, before I finished the whole bit about how great you allegedly are, to be honest.
The first time Kerry uses his catch phrase "I have a plan." ...
President Bush:
"I myself think it is just amazing that the Senator has not been able to author and pass even one significant piece of legislation, on either domestic or international policy, in his 20 years on Capitol Hill - and remember that in 14 of those 20 years he was a member of the majority. Now that he wants to be President (pause and scan) he suddenly has (change inflection) 'a plan' to fix every problem America faces. (pause) (Down home tone) You kind of have to wonder ... if he really does have all the answers, what has he been doing for the last 20 years?"
[Proceed with response to question: Answer with a few quick hard facts about actions and administration success.]
Next time Sen Kerry says "plan"...
"Ah, another plan ... Perhaps if the Senator had bothered to show up on the Hill more often he could have offered legislation detailing how we could accomplish all of this...
Here's the reality ... [answer clearly and succinctly - avoid long or winding answers - think bullet points]
Repeat and vary as needed...
"Do you ever wonder why he keeps saying 'My position has been perfectly consistent and clear?' Because he knows it isn't. And you know it isn't. But I don't blame him. I really don't. If I had his track record I would keep saying that my position is clear and consistent, hoping I could fool you. Now - back to my tax cuts."
well i aint refined and or nuanced but gall dang it, i comprehended every angle of your analysis, and score it a big W. as in winner and hope karl and the boys see it because i believe the trees are not obscuring the forest for you sir.
most excellent.
"Bush's best tactic has always been to get Kerry to lose his temper. An angry Kerry is a horror show of scowling, red-faced, finger-shaking ugliness. It is to Bush's discredit that he hasn't yet made the real Kerry come out during a debate."
He came very close about halfway through the second debate. Kerry was in his face, shaking that long finger, and at the verge of losing it (to my eye anyway).
When the cameras focused on Bush, he was calm, cool, and collected. I think that played well.
Bush's problem with the debates isn't content or strategy, it's execution.
Correct. Great line of attack.
"In Texas, we say 'Don't Mess with Texas.' Senator Kerry says 'Do Mass the Taxes.'"
I still like the plan concept. Regardless of what Kerry says, Bush might ask "which plan?" Kerry's had so many that it has to be difficult to keep track of them or know which "plan" Kerry is referring to.
The other thing I hope Bush does is NOT let Kerry and the Dems take credit for the balanced budget.
The person most responsible for that is John Kaisich. The balanced budget was one of the promises in the "Contract With America." It took a Republican congress to balance the budget.
Another little item from Kerry's Senate Reecord is his vote against the balanced budget Amendment. Whether or not it was a good or practical idea, he voted against a balanced budget amendment.
The Prez should use that.
That is great.
BRAVO BUMP........for your brilliant advise to President Bush.....I hope someone makes sure he hears it!
I think they have:
http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D85LF44O2-285.shtml
Kerry would probably point to the Massachusetts Miracle and all the jobs created when he was Lt. Gov. under Mike Dukakis. Hmm... maybe that'd be a good thing for Bush to bring out. :)
I sent Peggy Noonan the following email
Dear Ms. Noonan:
Can this help?
Everyone is looking for the phrase or ‘gotcha’ that will resonate with votes in the coming debate. Many of us on Free Republic came up with the same idea—so it might resonate.
Everyone noticed that Kerry ALWAYS gives a strong statement and then uses a BUT statement qualifying it so he can stay on both sides of the issue (Nuanced?)
If the President could formulate a response that points the BUT qualifiers out in advance, the public would start noting them. Something like: “He can’t tell you straight out what he believes because he always has to crawfish with BUT..”
You get the idea.
And so would Kerry. We believe this habit is so engrained in him that if he began to try to watch for it and eliminate it, he would quickly be thrown off his stride and his pre-programmed responses.
You have access that we do not. If you think this might be useful, we hope you will forward this to the appropriate people on the Bush debate prep team.
Cheers
[if anyone else on FR has access to someone in the Bush campaign and thinks this is worth a shot, remember how the new media have changed this campaign. Do your part]
bmp
BUMP... I know this isn't feasible, but my sense of humor wants to see Bush tell the audience that he's going to try to keep a count of the times Kerry uses the word "plan" and "but." The audience/viewers would watch for these words, and people would crack up every time Bush picked up his pen and marked his paper. This would greatly upset both Kerry's speaking and concentration.
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