Kerry Strategists: Clintonistas Torpedoed Our Campaign

Newsmax ^ | 11-12-04 | Dashing Dasher

[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.

[Bonaparte]

"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 asked if they blamed themselves for bad judgment in bringing these "operatives" aboard, the "strategists" denied any and all responsibility for their own bad judgment, thereby establishing their democratic bona fides beyond all dispute.

[OhMike]

I hate the Clintons. I don't doubt that the Clintonistas would have been ambivalent at best about a Kerry Presidency. But Kerry lost because he is a lying, unprincipled, cowardly fraud and a traitor--which of course made him a horrible candidate. It IS simple.

[DOGEY]

What does this say about Kerry that he would enlist their help? Real decisive guy. Would have made a great President.
If elected, he could have gotten advice from every nation in the UN before maybe making a decision. I find it amazing he got the votes that he did.

[Neville72]

And they got the "fix" didn't they. Exit polls now tell us that security issues,WOT/Iraq(36% when combined), was the single most important thing on people's mind yet the Clintonistas and Clinton himself kept advising Kerry to talk about domestic issues. That's a "fix" if I've ever heard one.Kerry was a goner as soon as Carville, Begala and the rest of the Clinton crew showed up.

[Cicero]

There were two kinds of people working for the kerry campaign, the corrupt and the clueless.

If that was the best kerry could do as leader of his campaign, imagine how he would have done as president of our country.

They are still arguing about how to sell the product, instead of admitting that the product was worthless.

[rawhide]

ya' think so? Ohhhh, too bad.

[ghost of nixon]

Kerry's brother Cameron agreed, telling Huffington, "There is a very strong John Kerry narrative that is about leadership, character and trust. But it was never made central to the campaign."

that's funny - everything about Kerry screamed out to me: "Lack of leadership (however excellent he was at criticising), lack of character, and un-trustworthy." These people must live in some alien universe.