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Kerry Strategists: Clintonistas Torpedoed Our Campaign
Newsmax ^ | 11-12-04 | Dashing Dasher

Posted on 11/12/2004 10:29:06 AM PST by Dashing Dasher

Kerry Strategists: Clintonistas Torpedoed Our Campaign

Top strategists with John Kerry's presidential campaign are blaming his crushing defeat last week on bad advice from Clinton operatives who took over the campaign after Labor Day.

"When [James] Carville and [Stan] Greenberg tell reporters that the campaign was missing a defining narrative, they forget that they were the ones insisting we had to keep beating the domestic-issues drum," complained David Thorne on Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carville; clinton; election; kerry; kerrydefeat
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Infighting in the Donkey Party! Let's grab some tea and watch!
1 posted on 11/12/2004 10:29:07 AM PST by Dashing Dasher
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To: Dashing Dasher

Already posted.


2 posted on 11/12/2004 10:29:28 AM PST by johniegrad ('If only we smelled each other's a**, there wouldn't be any war.')
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Cannabalism among the Rats which is deliciously fun to watch. The Kerry campaign had to be utterly clueless to allow any of the Clintonistas to get involved at all since their success directly stood in the way of Hillery's White House ambitions.


3 posted on 11/12/2004 10:34:53 AM PST by Neville72
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To: Neville72

Internal cat fight YEA!


4 posted on 11/12/2004 10:39:12 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: Dashing Dasher

So they just figured out that Hillary didn't want them to win?


5 posted on 11/12/2004 10:39:52 AM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: Dashing Dasher

We're reduced to excerpting Newsmax now?


6 posted on 11/12/2004 10:41:33 AM PST by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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To: Dashing Dasher

Lie down with dogs...


7 posted on 11/12/2004 10:41:34 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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Let us just pray they continue this inside fighting for the next 100 years.


8 posted on 11/12/2004 10:41:49 AM PST by Trepz
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To: Neville72

"The Kerry campaign had to be utterly clueless to allow any of the Clintonistas to get involved at all since their success directly stood in the way of Hillery's White House ambitions"

Every single thing Kerry did in his effort to win the White House just demonstrated how unqualified he was for the job.


9 posted on 11/12/2004 10:41:54 AM PST by jocon307 (Maintain the mandate!)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Geez, we told them that a year ago!


10 posted on 11/12/2004 10:43:21 AM PST by SF Republican
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We predicted this months ago. Hillary just set her girlie-men to sabatoge Kerry's efforts so she could have '08 all to her heinous self.

Can't wait for '08. There will be more broken glass conservatives (and some libs who can't stand her) voting against her. Hopefully, creepy, sleazy Harold Ickes--her corrupt, organized crime connection--won't be able to round up enough voter fraud, union thuggery, and illegal donations to her campaign to save her from losing. Hillary is even more leftist than Kerry. She is no moderate, that's fer sure. Hillary would have a better chance if the Blue parts suceeded like her pal Lawrence O'Donnell recently suggested.

Maybe that's the plan.


11 posted on 11/12/2004 10:46:48 AM PST by demnomo
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"When [James] Carville and [Stan] Greenberg tell reporters that the campaign was missing a defining narrative, they forget that they were the ones insisting we had to keep beating the domestic-issues drum," complained David Thorne on Thursday.

So let me get this straight. The Clintonistas advised Kerry to focus on domestic issues. The Kerry campaign ignores that advice and decides to focus almost entirely on Iraq. They lose the election. And whose fault is it? The Clintonistas, of course! Sheesh.

12 posted on 11/12/2004 10:50:27 AM PST by BlackRazor
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To: Dashing Dasher

Duh! What was your first clue?


13 posted on 11/12/2004 10:51:48 AM PST by christie
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Where's muh hankie??? Here I thought Mr. JFK was sooooo smart. I guess not. Go figger.


14 posted on 11/12/2004 10:52:53 AM PST by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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Seems like I remember Kerry was tanking pretty badly before the Clintonista's came onboard (that's why they came onboard). Who's fault was that I wonder?


15 posted on 11/12/2004 10:55:23 AM PST by Reagan is King (The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.)
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We're reduced to excerpting Newsmax now?

Evidently the poster missed their Q-Flu shot. The Q-Flu is spreading like a fungus.

FMCDH(BITS)

16 posted on 11/12/2004 10:57:42 AM PST by nothingnew (KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
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To: Dashing Dasher
It's amazing- none of it is Kerry's fault. He was painted as a flip-flopper, you see, and those nasty Clinon thugs prevented him from focusing on his leadership abilities (which, of course, were so strong that he allowed these guys to take over his campaign).
17 posted on 11/12/2004 10:57:57 AM PST by Sofa King (MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
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To: Neville72
The Kerry campaign had to be utterly clueless to allow any of the Clintonistas to get involved ...

The Clintonistas came aboard in June, they were invited because the Kerry campaign was fast losing momentum and in desperate need of a fix.

18 posted on 11/12/2004 11:02:50 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: Sofa King

That's my read on the whole mess too. Kerry keeps looking around for someone to blame his a**kicking on but he keeps looking past the culprit. The Clintons didn't help him any but he'd already killed himself back in the 70's.


19 posted on 11/12/2004 11:07:05 AM PST by skimbell
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To: Dashing Dasher

See! The Democrats doing the election post-mordem aren't completely stupid. Eventually they swerve into the truth of the matter.


20 posted on 11/12/2004 11:07:36 AM PST by Tallguy (Don't disturb me with talk of Hillary08!..I'd just like to bask in the afterglow for a while longer!)
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