Kerry jumps from the frying pan into the fire..

News Round up: September 2004

Published on September 8, 2004 By Draginol In Current Events

US soldier returns from Iraq with some advice to US administrations:
http://www.strategypage.com/onpoint/articles/200498.asp

Meanwhile, Kerry, who still hasn't disclosed his service record may be making himself open by yelling about Bush's Vietname service:
http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2004/09/kitty_kelley_an.html

Kerry, who now says that Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time is borrowing words from Howard Dean. Of course, when Howard Dean said that, Kerry said that anyone who would say such a thing has no business running for President:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/587jxocg.asp

The Drudge Report has an article about Kerry holding a gun that he had tried to ban. I wonder if he told those sportsman that..
http://drudgereport.com/dncg.htm

In case you're wondering, that's a Remington 1187 . A gun that would have been covered in Kerry's "Assault rifles ban".

It's hard not to conclude that Kerry's campaign is beginning to unravel. Americans don't like flagrant opportunists. And now, after months of accusing others of attacking his patriotism, Kerry is now doing just that. Whereas one might argue whether his patriotism was really being attacked (disagreeing with his senate record is not attacking his patriotism). There's no question that talking about Cheney's deferrments in the 1970s is squarely aimed at making Cheney look like a "chicken hawk".

The issue isn't that such charges on their own are unwarranted. But after months of whining about attacks on him, for him to turn around and blatantly do what he had just spent months saying was wrong is going to do Kerry real harm.

Moreover, now that we've got the absurd "Texans for Truth" going around trying to charge that Bush was AWOL in Alabama or whatever, people are going to ask Cheney if he'll come out and specifically condemn that and demand its banning from the air. Which is a loser situation no matter what. If he doesn't publicly demand its withdraw from TV, his hypocricy quotient increases. If he does go on TV and demand it be taken off the air, then he's using up precious days of coverage between now and election day talking about an issue that does him no good.

Comments

Cosmic Fox

on Sep 08, 2004

You should be a Bush delegate you are good for the Republicans. Nice article though real bias against Kerry it seems and I suppose the Swift Veterns for truth is good? You know, links mean nothing unless they are something of substance and not more ways to discredit a good man. I do not provide links because I was researching for myself. I never wanted to prove anything or try to get attention. I am not implying this the reason for people posting in all cases but I suspect in most.

Fact is Kerry is not how you or any other Anti-Kerry person is trying to make out. Frankly I find it funny who has the better plans and realistic ones not more silly ideals of privatizing our SSI and medical?

The whole election is now about who has the best marketing campaign not who is the better man, why? Only one reason for this is if it comes down to who is the better man Kerry wins hands down.

Bush was AWOL and he is a coward in my eyes compared to Kerry.

No I am not trolling just calling it as I see it.

Draginol

on Sep 08, 2004

When have I ever promised to be unbiased, Desert Fox? We all have our biases as your demonstrate quite clearly...

Andrew. J. Brehm

on Sep 09, 2004

George Bush's past certainly did portray him as an incompetent soldier and made me believe he would be an incompetent president. But in the last few years he showed that he is absolutely the most competent president the US have had for a long time.

Kerry's and Bush's military careers (or non-careers) prove nothing but maybe their abilities as soldiers. Whether these are the same abilities that are needed for a president, I seriously doubt.

I wouldn't have voted for Bush the last time, but I would vote for him now. Al Gore seemed more competent, and I believe he would have made a good president. But what the US needed (after 2001) was a great president who was willing to (let his armies) fight. And Al Gore, I think, would have failed there (and Tony Blair, an even more competent man than Bush, was not available for the position of President of the USA).

FreeMark

on Sep 09, 2004

Fact is Kerry is not how you or any other Anti-Kerry person is trying to make out.

How do you know?

The whole election is now about who has the best marketing campaign

I find this comment interesting. You seem to be reflecting a belief, probably a common one, that marketing is polishing a turd. Didn't they market the hell out of the Edsel? I believe that was part of its downfall, the hype didn't meet up with what was delivered.

That, I think, is Kerry's problem. He was a bad choice for the Democrats. They had to know his Vietnam record was vulnerable just for his Winter Soldier testimony alone. Marketing can only do so much.

I cannot imagine how he can dig himself out. Possibly in the debates but I just think he is going to get his clock cleaned. I don't see how anyone can imagine he has any sort of appeal (other than he is not George Bush).

I know, I know, George Bush is an idiot. Of course, the same people who say that generally think everyone is an idiot which means he has a lot of constituents.

TheTruthHurts

on Sep 09, 2004

George Bush's voters are sheep.

Andrew J. Brehm

on Sep 09, 2004

"George Bush's voters are sheep."

It's hard when you realize that everybody is stupid. Except you.

FreeMark

on Sep 09, 2004

It's hard when you realize that everybody is stupid. Except you.

Yep. Nothing like a little debate with the "We are right because we are right" crowd.

As I was saying in this Link you can't have a reasonable debate with someone calling you an idiot.

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