Posted on 09/18/2004 9:14:24 PM PDT by Cableguy
It's hard to remember a presidential campaign without a repetitive stump speech that reporters could chant line by line. Ronald Reagan asked, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Bill Clinton, the Comeback Kid, felt your pain, every day, in every way. Al Gore preferred a rant about "the people versus the powerful." And George W. Bush will always have his "compassionate conservatism," not to mention his current daily promises to fight an unrelenting war on terrorism.
Then along comes the John Kerry campaign. After beating us about the brow with his commander-in-chief credentials at the Democratic convention, what are the other reasons he gives to would-be Kerryites to report for duty? Let's see: One day it's something about the evils of George W. Bush's allowing the ban on assault weapons to expire. The next day it's about the president's damaging huge deficits. Or blaming Bush for the rise in Medicare premiums. Or about Kerry's vision of healthcare for all. "It's like the campaign wakes up every morning and says, 'Gee, what's on the front page?' " sighs a pro-Kerry Democratic strategist.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
Dennis Miller said it better on yesterday's show: "It's like Kerry wakes up every morning and someone hands him a fresh 3x5 card with his core values on it."
This is hurting the liberal media most of all. The Democrat shills that staff the Washington Post, New York Times, CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN want very badly to get a clear message from Kerry that they can repeat to the American public ad nauseum. Unfortunately, it is not forthcoming.
Kerry will lurch all the way to the left next week and promise a complete pull out of Iraq.
"...every morning... someone hands him a fresh 3x5 card with his core values on it."
"Nuance" is just the French way of spelling "flip-flop."
Lately he says that Iraq is a mistake. The moveon ad--Quagmire---the 6 months withdrawl stance---I think they know they are going to lose and are setting up an "I told you so" position. Edwards has disappeared in an attempt to break his association with Kerry. If things go very badly in Iraq the dems can claim they KNEW it and if things go well then Kerry is alone and the others, Hill, Edwards can disown him and appear clean.
Whats up with so many liberals dissing Kerry? I guess the Kool-Aid is running low.
He has lost his base. He has to become completely anti-war to hold them down.
They STILL don't get it!
They're upset because Kerry hasn't given them clear marching orders.
It took this long for the democrats to figure out thtat "hate Bush" and "reporting for duty" were not campaign slogans.
"The mainstream press has taken to telegraphing the Kerry strategy..."
Kerry's problem is EVERBODY is giving him advice, and he's so accomodating, he's taking it. (Get a core man - even if it's nougat).
And 2 weeks later, he'll be to the right saying not only would he have done it, he would have done it the right way, and so he'll be sending 50,000 more troops.
Less than a week later, he'll say Bush is stretching our troops too thin, and without the right equipment, the same equipment he voted for before he voted against it.
How many times can Kerry change his position on Iraq before the election? It's like the Tootsie Pop question: no one may ever know.
Does anybody have any doubt where President Bush stands on Iraq, Taxes, Abortion, Health Care, Social Security or the economy??? The answer is NO, and that's why he will be reelected in a landslide
They see he's losing and the thought of Bush being re-elected is driving them nuts. When Gore lost they could console themselves by believing he really should have won: "Bush stole the election". This time they will be looking for a scapegoat (Kerry) and a savior (Hillary).
Good article. True Kerry's message is muddled and his campaign looks more and more like a knee jerk reaction to whatever is the week's headline news.
Kerry's muddled message?
What! Nothing muddled about it at all, Don't you know that he was in 'Nam? How many times does he have to say it to get it understood?
Blessings, Bobo
Kerry's muddled message?
What! Nothing muddled about it at all, Don't you know that he was in 'Nam? How many times does he have to say it to get it understood?
Blessings, Bobo
If I were John Edwards I would find a way to get off this sinking ship. Two months ago this man thought he would be the next VP, and possibly in eight years the next president. Now the campaign is imploding, the liberals in the party are going beserk, and the guy at the top of the ticket is running the worst campaign in history. Edwards' political career is going down the drain as part of this fiasco. Such is the reality of hardball presidential politics. Winning at this level brings you power and prestige. Losing means going back to anonymity and establishing pariah status among your peers. Enjoy your last 45 days in the national spotlight John and John.
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