[maica]

Instead, he paid a small fortune to hotshot consultant Bob Shrum, who promptly faxed over the same old generic guff he keeps in the freezer: "I (insert name here) will never stop fighting for ordinary people against the powerful interests that stand in your way."

This shtick worked so well for Shrum's previous clients - President Dick Gephardt (1988), President Bob Kerrey (1992), President Al Gore (2000) and President Insert Namehere (2008) that he evidently sees no reason why it shouldn't elect a fifth president this time round.

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The same lines worked really well for Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in Maryland last year. Bob Shrum is taking money under false pretenses, if he doesn't come up with a few new lines.

Why do democrats think that 'fighting' republicans is OK, but fighting terrorists is not? (Rhetorical question only!)

[driftless]

Every Dem running for office must first memorize the boilerplate platform with references to nefarious Republican plans of "tax-cuts for the wealthy" "war on women and the poor" "revoke all civil-rights laws" "destroy the environment" "unilateral foreign policy" and a few other cliches that all the Dem candidates must learn and repeat ad nauseum if they wish to run on the Donkey Party slate. Edwards "two-Americas" hokum is just the latest variation of their standard bilge.