Well, there's also bluster and braggery, and the occasional "Do you know who I am? directed at some poor working stiff who's not moving fast enough for his Highness. The man is a jerk, and a thin-skinned one at that.
My comment on this is that this is an argument we can win but it won't get us a mandate.
Focusing on what Bush said about a second term, the forward-looking liberty century is what will get Bush a Reagan style mandate.
If Kerry wants to spend five minutes of every speech until Nov 2 saying Cheney got five deferrments and Bush only served in the Texas ANG, let him waste his breath.
The Swifties are going to send a torpedo about Paris before November I believe anyway.