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Kerry's appeal threatened by 'dislikeability gap'
Financial Times ^ | Oct 16, 2004 | James Harding

Posted on 10/17/2004 8:21:20 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko

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1 posted on 10/17/2004 8:21:20 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko
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To: Mike Fieschko

At least his wife ... tolerates him.

2 posted on 10/17/2004 8:23:19 AM PDT by martin_fierro (I'm stuned, stuned!)
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To: Mike Fieschko
choose between the Scarecrow, all heart and no brains, and the Tin Man, all brains and no heart.

Yeah but the democrats are trying to push the cowardly lion on us. Who wants to vote for that?

3 posted on 10/17/2004 8:26:58 AM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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To: Mike Fieschko
Got Wood !

BUSH vs KERRY - YOUR CHOICE!

 

4 posted on 10/17/2004 8:26:58 AM PDT by etradervic (GLOBAL TEST? Kerry can't even pass the SMELL TEST.)
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5 posted on 10/17/2004 8:27:33 AM PDT by binger
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6 posted on 10/17/2004 8:28:08 AM PDT by bitt
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To: martin_fierro

Gee...calculated stand on gay marriage? What about core beliefs? Most Americans believe in marriage between a man and a woman.
I do not think people buy the leftist spin.
The gay agenda may be extremely vocal, but people know homosexuality is a perversion, Christian or not.
Societies that fall into such gross perversion, always fall. (ie. Rome, Greece)
Senator has never been likeable. He drones on and on...and he has nothing to say.


7 posted on 10/17/2004 8:28:32 AM PDT by MaryJaneNC
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To: bitt

LOL -- quality!


8 posted on 10/17/2004 8:28:55 AM PDT by martin_fierro (I'm stuned, stuned!)
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To: Mike Fieschko
For different reasons, President George W. Bush's use of John McCain, the former prisoner of war and current Arizona senator who is widely polled as the most respected politician in America, is hard to stomach.

Outrageous! How disgusting that Bush should say something complimentary about a politician that endorses him and is travelling on the stump with him!

If anyone is being disingenuous here it is McCain who is playing both sides to hedge his bets like the little weasel that he is.

9 posted on 10/17/2004 8:29:49 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: Mike Fieschko
For different reasons, President George W. Bush's use of John McCain, the former prisoner of war and current Arizona senator who is widely polled as the most respected politician in America, is hard to stomach.

Outrageous! How disgusting that Bush should say something complimentary about a politician that endorses him and is travelling on the stump with him!

If anyone is being disingenuous here it is McCain who is playing both sides to hedge his bets like the little weasel that he is.

10 posted on 10/17/2004 8:29:56 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: bitt

"I TOLD you they'd be happy if I cancelled the nucleur bunker busters!

11 posted on 10/17/2004 8:30:56 AM PDT by bitt
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To: Mike Fieschko

A good indication of how repugnent John Kerry is to look at the fact that his celebrity ex-girlfriends donated money to his opponents in the primaries. You know that there is something fundamentally wrong with Kerry when you see his exes donating money to Howard Dean. I assume these women know him better than anyone and they vote no on Kerry. Here's a story about where they donated their money.

http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=17838&format=


12 posted on 10/17/2004 8:37:32 AM PDT by orangelobster
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To: martin_fierro
Where is that pic of Tuh-RAY-zah putting her right hand over J-Fn-K's mouth when he tried to kiss her?

That pic is absolutely priceless.


$710.96... The price of freedom.
VII-XXIII-MMIV

13 posted on 10/17/2004 8:46:18 AM PDT by rdb3 (How much are the Muslims paying Pat Buchanan?)
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And even the wind-surfing, Hermes-tie wearing Brahmin Kerry has gradually earned America's liking.

Here is a little flaw in the article. The reason Kerry was hidden in August and has been kept from the press is that he is almost instantly unlikeable. His uncomfortable haughtiness and Swiss boarding school manner repel the vast majority of people. The rabid hate-Bush people gird themselves and look past this, just as a starving man would close his eyes and eat road kill if that was all he had. But that is a group that will top out in the low 30s (percentage wise). Another 10-15% will never engage enough to understand this guy for what he is, but are liberals who will vote Democratic.

The other segment--the Reagan Democrats and many left-leaning but thinking Independents--and quite possibly a a surprising number of black voters--just do not connect with or like this guy personally. This is the chief reason the Preident will win even if his approval numbers are below 50%.

14 posted on 10/17/2004 8:49:01 AM PDT by Zebra
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To: masher
Just curious...but do you know your sig links to a Labor Party site?

I was made aware of that. I was looking for some link to show what I meant by this "price."

I'll admit that I didn't thoroughly investigate the entire site. Maybe I can find another site that has this bit of history in it.


$710.96... The price of freedom.
VII-XXIII-MMIV

16 posted on 10/17/2004 9:59:30 AM PDT by rdb3 (How much are the Muslims paying Pat Buchanan?)
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To: Mike Fieschko
It is true, too, that people will vote for someone they respect, but not necessarily want to hang out with

When I think about people I'd like to hang out with John Kerry does not exactly head the list.

17 posted on 10/17/2004 10:00:06 AM PDT by foolscap
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To: trashcanbred

"Yeah but the democrats are trying to push the cowardly lion on us. Who wants to vote for that?"

The cowardly lion had some endearing qualities. The dim's are trying to push one of the screaming flying monkeys on us.


19 posted on 10/17/2004 10:12:30 AM PDT by TASMANIANRED (What did Kerry know and when did he know it?)
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To: TASMANIANRED

I thought Dean was the flying screaming monkey. Either way we all know who the witch is.


20 posted on 10/17/2004 10:14:36 AM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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