Posted on 10/17/2004 5:58:10 PM PDT by SmithL
PRESIDENT Bush has surged to a six-point lead in his battle to stay at the White House — amid a backlash against election rival John Kerry among women voters.
Senator Kerry’s popularity plunged after he singled out vice-president Dick Cheney’s daughter as a lesbian in the final head-to-head TV debate.
The comment while answering a question on beliefs about homosexuality enraged her family.
Mum Lynne Cheney demanded an apology after accusing Kerry of a “tawdry political trick”.
Bush now leads his Democrat challenger by 50 points to 44 — his strongest lead for three weeks, according to a poll by US magazine Newsweek.
Tough-talking Bush is more popular with women and dominates among Americans aged 30 to 49. Kerry is ahead among pensioners.
He suffered a further blow yesterday as Bill Clinton — recovering from heart surgery — confirmed he would make few appearances in the run-up to the November 2 poll. Kerry had banked on the ex-president encouraging Democrats to go to the polls.
Historic level gaffe. Will be talked about for ages.
hooray....The dems are so out of it, they are comitting suicide.
This explains ms. edwards rant today that Dubya is disrespectful of women and has the worst record on women's issues.
I realize the British "own" the English language, but someone should inform Mr. Flynn not to use the word "blow" in the same sentence with the name "Bill Clinton".
Hispanics
Catholics
18-29 year olds
kerry's lack of support among women voters will be fatal
Sad thing is it wasn't a gaffe, it was a deliberate political move that backfired... Not that any historian/newspaper would want to remember that detail.
Takes a British newspaper to tell the real truth about the polls.
"Kerry is ahead among pensioners". That is why he is in FLA Skerring the seniors today
It will probably go down in the books as a debate "gotcha" moment along with "here we go again" and "you, sir, are no john f. kennedy."
Let's hope. What an asinine thing to say. Just glad Kerry made the huge gaffe and not W.
I was just thinking that remark will forever define this year's debates just as "there you go again" and "you are no John Kennedy" will define debates for those elections.
I don't blame Kerry for failing in the polls, I credit Bush for being the better man.
Time will tell but I hope it backfires this time around.
Well, it was a 'gaffe' in the sense it's destroying him. But it certainly was a coordinated tactic since edwards always said it.
"This explains ms. edwards rant today that Dubya is disrespectful of women and has the worst record on women's issues."
I missed that little valentine from the Pillsbury dough-girl. These people don't realize--Kerry fried this issue and there's no way they can redeem it. I hope they keep trying, though.
Don't cha just love it?!!!!!!!!
The sun rises every day after the paper carrier leaves the newspaper on my doorstep. The paper carrier must cause the sun to rise.
Don't think we can rule out the power of the new Swiftvets ad either. Looking in those men's eyes is haunting and I can not imagine anyone that has been sitting on the fence not being moved AGAINST Kerry.
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