[littlelilac]

no you do use the "liberal" word, but judiciously

the Rasmussen poll showed a big jump in people who saw Kerry as liberal after the 2nd debate and I believe that is part of the RNC plan to roll that out for October.....why else are the llamas getting so defensive about calling Kerry a liberal, that is a statement of fact.....

that Mass. liberal......because then you add in nightmares of Ted Kennedy

I wish there was some way the RNC could take advantage of the fact that Ed Koch, the Democratic former mayor of NYC is supporting him because Koch fears that Ted Kennedy will hijack the Kerry administration esp foreign policy and in particular Iraq as payback for the base getting Kerry elected and given Kennedy is Kerry's mentor.......that is frightening to me

[Bob from De]

If Dubya can get it in early....what we need is a quarterback on GAME DAY, the world is FULL of Monday morning quarterbacks!
ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!!!

[Timeout]

Bush should use the Liberal word...gently. Maybe in conjunction with the "But" strategy---

In response to a Kerry answer:

"Did you notice what my opponent just did? He said favors [issue], BUT---note that "BUT"---then he gave all the qualifiers that makes one suspect he would never promote it. Everytime he says "but" you can bet he's about to cancel out everything that came before. The fact is, his 20-year record reflects exactly what one would expect from a Massachussetts Liberal. [and so on]".

Follow up in subsequent answers with "There's that 'but' again [shaking head]".

[The Great Yazoo]

There's so much in Kerry's voting record to paint him as a liberal that I think it's a waste of breath to label him. His record speaks for itself.

If the President must use the "L" word, he ought to do it something like, "The Senator objects to my referring to him as the nation's most liberal senator. I can understand not wanting to be considered liberal, but in light of his 9000 votes for tax hikes and 15,000 votes against the military, all I can say is 'If the shoe fits.'"

In other words, make his record, not a label, the point.