Bush up after Kerry gaffe

The Sun (UK) ^ | BRIAN FLYNN

[cripplecreek]

One of my liberal relatives says he supported Kerry out of his unhappiness with Bush. He has been hoping that Kerry would come up with a reason to solidify his support but apparently he isn't going to.

[xJones]

Think: Umpa lumpas

[brewcrew]

The Clintons DO NOT want Kerry to win. If he does, there goes Hillary's bid in 2008, I would have expected the Clintons to be BLITZING the media with endorsements. They have, for the most part, been a huge no-show.

If they really wanted him to lose, they'd realize that everything they touch turns to $#!+, and they'd be pounding the pavement for him 24/7.

[Mase]

Kerry's even resorted to the democratic play-book hail Mary. In Florida today he told seniors that the president has a plan to take away their social security in January. If this is all he has in his gun at this late date, he is toast. Kerry's internal polling must be showing the same numbers as Gallup.

[OldFriend]

The lesbian gaffe has been discussed endlessly on talk radio since the moment it was spoken.

If kedwards has a message it's being drowned out.

[Rastus]

I'm beginning to think Kerry is the Democrats' Dole. The only difference is that the media is making it seem closer than it is in the hopes of inspiring more Dems to vote.

I hope your relative either sees the light or leaves President blank.

[OldFriend]

Lumpo keeps saying Dubya is anit women.........these people are beyond digusting.

Heard too today that there is a video of the Whoopie fiasco and pics of kedwards praising whoopie and friends.

[OldFriend]

Ooops, make that ANTI women

[rjmeagle]

So is your liberal relative still undecided?

[Tennessean4Bush]

inform Mr. Flynn not to use the word "blow" in the same sentence with the name "Bill Clinton".

ROTFLMAO! You owe me a new keyboard.

[Rightly Biased]

Bush does bad in the polls its because Kerry is good Bush does Good in the polls its because Kerry does something bad.

It will amaze me till I die that a Conservative President has no merit of his own with the media.

[solzhenitsyn]

I doubt that the recovery in the President's poll numbers has much to do with Senator Kerry's remark about the Cheney daughter being a lesbian. I doubt many people really cared that much about it one way or another.

Sen. Kerry got a brief blip from the debate, and then the poll numbers returned to about where they'd been before. I think the debate impressed folks once again with how poised and well-spoken the Senator is. In the following days, the spell wore off, and the voters remembered what a despicable slime he is. That's why the President's numbers are drifting back up.

[beyond the sea]

Edwards "get up out the wheelchair" crap relating to stem cell research. The "lame will leap"

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I haven't the ability to do this, but could you put "the lame will leap" where you have put "Cheney's daughter is a Lesbian" in the post # 25 Bumper Sticker/Placard?

[dodger]

Yes, it was clearly calculated -- particularly the studied use of the word 'L-L-Lesbian' as stammered by both Silky Pony & Lurch. Apparently, neither 'Gay' nor even 'homosexual' had sufficient Carvillian resonance ....

Interesting that none of the punditry have commented on the specific word choice, much less what Kerry was really trying to do here.

[Bob]

The lesbian gaffe has been discussed endlessly on talk radio since the moment it was spoken.

I've been hearing a lot about it on talk radio but was wondering specifically about the Sunday shows. They seem to attract a lot of less politically-aware people who don't necessarily listen to talk radio.

[Sam the Sham]

Incredible, isn't it ?

The decision to go after Dick Cheney's daughter was a political blunder on the level of assuming that the Willie Horton ads would blow over. No, it was deeper than a blunder. It was a failure in character. It was an inability to understand either family or Christian love. Yet one more reason why the Democratic conventional wisdom from now on will be to never, ever nominate a Massachusetts liberal.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[WildTurkey]

Historic level gaffe. Will be talked about for ages.

Kerry won the debates, before he lost them.

[Allan]

Did anyone else see Lawrence O'Donnell go nuts
defending Kerrey's remark
on the McLaughlin group?

I think this is going to rank right up there
with Gerald Ford's liberation of the Poles
and Dukakis' lack of response to Bernard Shaw
in the annals of great debate gaffes.