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IYHO, WHAT WAS KERRY'S BIGGEST MISCALCULATION?
11/3/04
Posted on 11/03/2004 4:41:04 AM PST by Liz
Clearly, the Kerry campaign machine paled next to the brilliant assault commanded by Bush and Karl Rove.
I would say the number one miscalculation was that the Kerry people severly underestimated the burning desire in the American electorate for the restoration of moral values.
It was significant---and redounded in Bush's favor---that ballot questions in 10-12 states to outlaw same sex marriages brought out committed Christians in droves.
These Christians came out to vote for traditional marriage and overwhelmingly drove the vote home for Bush.
Also significant was the Bush effect in Black churches ---normally Dim strongholds.
GWB's strong moral commitment resonated in those churches by strongly religious Black believers who wanted no truck with gay marriages. Our Black co-religionists had also been betrayed by Rev Jesse Jackson and his extra-marital fatherhood.
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Post here your insights into the major miscalculation (s) of the Kerry camp.
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:41:04 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:00 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: Liz
Clearly, the Kerry campaign machine paled next to the brilliant assault commanded by Bush and Karl Rove. Bush and Rove almost blew it. It was SBV4T that won it for W. Read Joe Farah's article.
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:08 AM PST
by
sauropod
(Hitlary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:29 AM PST
by
livius
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:50 AM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:55 AM PST
by
Parsiphal
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:55 AM PST
by
beaureguard
(Half the people you know are below average)
To: Liz
IYHO, WHAT WAS KERRY'S BIGGEST MISCALCULATION? TerAYza. :)
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:42:57 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:08 AM PST
by
Homer1
To: Liz
His biggest mistake?
Ripping off the scab of Vietnam and thinking he could run as a war hero.
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:08 AM PST
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: Liz
His biggest miscalculation:
Holding up his middle finger to the Catholic Church.
The Catholic vote delivered it.
God will NOT be mocked.
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:17 AM PST
by
Rutles4Ever
("...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.")
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:21 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(Can I get me a huntin' license here?)
To: Liz
Spelling...that ABB (anybody but Bush) included a dork like him. It was really ABBEK (anybody but Bush except Kerry).
To: Liz
See my thread, Winners and Losers. Biggest miscalc was using the 527s, although running on Vietnam is pretty close.
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:41 AM PST
by
LS
To: Liz
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:43 AM PST
by
kahoutek
To: Liz
That's simple to answer and history will agree:
JOHN O'NEILL
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:43 AM PST
by
isthisnickcool
(Only dummies play poker with George W. Bush.)
To: Liz
Thinking that the American people would keep on believing that CBS news was nonpartisan forever.
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:46 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
To: Liz
Kerry's biggest miscalculation (there were many) was portraying himself as a war hero and bragging about it at every turn. He didn't think people would question him for what he did after he got back from Vietnam. TRAITOR
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:53 AM PST
by
PilloryHillary
(John Kerry: Still a traitor after 33 years!)
To: Liz
it wasn't even that. It was the difference in ground game between BC '04 vs Kerry/Edwards outsouricing their GOTV to unions and ACT
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posted on
11/03/2004 4:43:56 AM PST
by
jern
(The only poll that this site think is accurate, is the poll with W. in the lead.)
To: Liz
For one, he "misoverestimated" the youth vote.
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