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"Picture Imperfect" - Gwen Brown - National Review

 
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:12 pm    Post subject: "Picture Imperfect" - Gwen Brown - National Review Reply with quote

Nailed his personality and ambitions!

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/brown200410190849.asp

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If and when President Bush is reelected (I try to follow the Kerry Spot's admonition to "ignore the polls"), we may well look back at the 2004 campaign and cite three occurrences that combined to portend the death knell for John Kerry: (1) the advertising and book, Unfit for Command, produced by the Swift-boat vets;


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In August, following closely on the heels of the Democratic convention, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth unveiled a series of ads questioning Senator Kerry's account of his four and a half months in Vietnam and his behavior after he returned from the war. The charges in those ads (and in Unfit for Command) included inflating his battle record, claiming Purple Hearts for minor wounds, leaving his comrades behind by taking advantage of a rarely used rationale for leaving combat, and betraying his fellow soldiers with his antiwar activities. For those veterans, Kerry was no hero; he was a cynical opportunist.


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If (and oh please let it be when) President Bush and Vice President Cheney win reelection, we can say that it is because John Kerry stepped right into the frame and filled out the picture for voters.


Although the polls, etc. state this is a close race, I really feel that in the end it will be a landslide. I tell everyone I can to stay the course, though - talk, write, etc., to keep the message going. In the end, I firmly believe that # 1 stated above will be the major reason behind victory - The Framing Of ...

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