Posted on 09/16/2004 7:32:52 AM PDT by watsonfellow
September 16, 2004 -- BIZARRELY, John Kerry is now clutching onto the document-challenged Dan Rather like a drowning man grabbing onto a sinking ship.
Ask outside Democratic strategists, and they all say it makes zero sense for Kerry allies to piggyback on the Rather attacks against Bush's National Guard service now that the anchor's credibility is melting like the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Hey dude, that was a scary pic!!!
You owe me about 3 minutes of my life back, because I had to go strum my guitar to get back to karmatic equilibrium. :)
I disagree. The SwiftVets are still running their ads. The Bush campaign, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, should start digging into Kerry's personal past. Rove has already painted him as a flip-flopper, and that's stuck like glue.
All they need to do, now, is just respond to his daily speeches, and point out the inconsistencies.
Continue to drive that "flip-flopper" theme home, every day. It's working, and it's devestating for a candidate who wants to lead a war on terror.
Worried Dems say it shows lack of discipline, lack of strategy, lack of message and freelancing just what a slipping campaign can't afford. "It's stupid, it's stupid, it's stupid. Get off the National Guard and all that bull. Every day we talk about the National Guard and Vietnam is another day that George Bush wins. No one cares about 30 years ago," a top Dem says.Another tells of a focus group of swing voters this week where no one even mentioned Rather's Guard flap but an unnerving number "parroted back" attacks on Kerry as a flip-flopper who lied about his Vietnam service. "The Kerry people think they didn't attack Bush hard enough. They're dead wrong. More attacks on Bush aren't a reason to vote for Kerry," this strategist says.
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