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"Did he learn in Lowell, always fight back?" Mr. Vallely asked. "Yes, but John's always been a pretty good fighter." And, he added, "Kerry's cooler now. He's cooler. I mean, he's less - he's more skilled. He's not nervous."

I find it interesting how W has played a rope-a-dope strategery this year. He let the demokrats swing and swing and swing at him up to th convention, and then came in fresh for the kill. I was mad at W earlier for not responding more, but it seems to have worked out (although with a lot of help from the Swifties).

Dan Payne, another aide in that first race, said that Mr. Kerry had developed "a kind of toughness that allows him to take hits," and that he was "willing to go through these very difficult plunges in his fortunes."

Kerry can take a punch at all. He has a big glass jaw.

[elfman2]

" I was mad at W earlier for not responding more, but it seems to have worked out (although with a lot of help from the Swifties)."

It was an absolute jungle ambush. He let Kerry march in confidently as a Vietnam hero, and then let the SBV dismantle him in the crossfire. Kerry was warned month before, but failed to respond.