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CandiM
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producehawk
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| There is a poll at the above sight. people are saying the RNC was over the top on kerry. Go vote that they were not tough enough!! |
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W.P. Wily
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Good hard-hitting article, recommended read for those just getting into the campaigns, a good summary for the rest of us.
Poll results as of this post:
Yes (27%)
No (17%)
Not Tough Enough (12%)
Fair (3%)
Over The Top (41%)
I voted Fair, so I'm definitely in a minority  |
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Tom Poole
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| John Wambough wrote: | | ...Left-Wing Democrat Leaders have set the tone for their campaign by embracing a vitriolic vocabulary (during a time of war) which they churn out globally: Bush is a liar; Bush lied to the American people; Bush is a coward; Bush is a deserter; Bush is a draft dodger; Bush joined the Guard to avoid Vietnam; Bush went AWOL; Bush lied to us about the war in Iraq; Bush lied about WMD; Bush deceived and betrayed the American people; Bush made the Iraq war up in Texas; Bush took us to war on a whim; Bush put Saddam's prisons under new management; Bush should fire the Secretary of Defense; Bush should fire his National Security Advisor; Bush should fire the Director of the CIA; Bush should fire his Vice President; Bush should pull our troops out of Iraq; Bush has us in a Quagmire; Bush has no plan; Bush is a cowboy; Bush is an idiot; Bush is a dunce; Bush is dishonest; Bush is insane; Bush is an incompetent leader; Bush is a Nazi; Bush is a Fascist; Bush only went to Iraq for oil; Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln for a photo op; Bush misled the American people; Bush must go; Bush doesn't honor the fallen dead, and on and on....he vilified the reputations of 2.6 million American soldiers... |
Terrific article. Clearly paints a picture of Kerry that we all already know but wish we could articulate. It also points out their lie about maintaining a positive campaign. I only disagree with one thing Wambough said. Kerry vilified the reputations of more than 2.6 million. He vilified the reputations of all veterans. I take Kerry's words personally even though I served during peacetime. I'll bet the vast majority of our 25 million living veterans agree with me.
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arymann
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Here's another good article from a South Dakota paper: John Kerry - Not Too Swift At All, By Ron Marr
"Somewhere ... sitting with a Pepsi and a handful of Viagra, Bob Dole is laughing himself silly. . . "
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=374730&newsid=12836245&PAG=461&rfi=9
There's a lot more, but here's an excerpt:
| Quote: | . . .The emergence of the group "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" did even more to bolster the senator's reputation for limited veracity. These guys never forgave Kerry for demeaning the war effort. They despise him, to this day, for claiming his former comrades in arms were basically heinous monsters and war criminals.
When the Swifties ran ads from former POWs stating that Kerry's words were broadcast through the concentration camps of Hanoi AT THE MOMENT they were being tortured, people sat up and listened. That so many of the Swifties claim Kerry did not deserve his medals (about 240 of them claim that, versus a spare handful that have signed onto the Kerry campaign) seemed a troubling point to many voters. Last but not least, Kerry's claim that his "alleged" secret mission to Cambodia on a Christmas day in 1968 was "seared into his brain" has since been revealed to be just a tall tale. So far, due to public scrutiny, candidate Kerry has changed his tune on Cambodia four times in six weeks. This, after repeating the "searing" story on the floor on the Senate for many years. While I've no doubt the Kerry mind truly is seared, such is in all probability a result of spending a couple decades as Teddy Kennedy's bootlicking towel boy.
If all this weren't bad enough, Kerry made a debacle of his attempt to extricate himself from the Swift Boat quagmire. The press had to cover the Swifties - they became too well known to ignore them - and Kerry went ballistic. First, he and his campaign tried to scare TV stations into not running their message, sending out letters that hinted of legal action. Mistake No. 1 ... he just ticked off the press, a feat never before accomplished by a liberal Democrat. Then, Kerry tried to blame the whole smear campaign on Bush. This effort fell flatter than a flitter, as the Bush people had nothing to do with the ads (though I am sure they loved the spots). Kerry whined and cried like a little schoolgirl, stupidly insisting again and again Bush pull ads over which he had no control. Bush countered with what the public saw as a reasonable and noble gesture, asking Kerry to join with him in condemning ads from all renegade groups ... both liberal and conservative.
And Kerry ... the elitist ... actually REFUSED! Instead, he made it clear he wanted ONLY the ads stopped that spoke of him. He felt ads put out by Kerry sympathizers Moveon.org - ads labeling Bush a murderer of pregnant women, old folks and babies - should be left on the air! . . .
. . . I'm not sure how dumb John Kerry is, but his conduct and strategy in the Swift Boat controversy gained him a place in the back row of the remedial class. A final idiot maneuver was in sending the amputee and former Senator Max Cleland to Bush's Texas ranch to deliver a letter which again DEMANDED the Prez stop ads he had nothing to do with. Even the media made fun of that one, as it was a cheap publicity stunt that exploded harder than the grenade Cleland was playing with (true story) when he blew off both legs and one arm.
There are other Kerry problems. When he fell down skiing in Idaho (in front of reporters) he jumped to his feet, pointed at a Secret Service agent and yelled, "I don't fall down! That son of a ***** knocked me down." This is the Kerry personality in a nutshell. He detests the common man that he claims to revere. He views the average American as dirty and backward. They might be of the caliber that could clean his septic tank or mow his yard, but he would never ever want them entering through the front door. Oh no ... to Kerry, the vast majority of Americans should never get past the servant's entrance. . .
. . . Fact of the matter though, Kerry has sunk his own Swift boat. The Democrats have a problem with their one-legged chicken that supersedes everything I have just reported. Plain and simple, people neither like nor trust John Kerry. The advisors and strategy gurus have figured out that they are in a Catch-22. The problem is this: John Kerry is not a talented enough thespian to act like anyone other than John Kerry.
The more people see of John Kerry on TV, the more they dislike him. Each time he opens his mouth - and this is due to both his words and his attitude - he loses support. His advisors can't keep him off the air, for he is the candidate. But they know that the more face time he receives the more votes he will lose. It has to be driving them bonkers ... and my bet is that most of them are already sending out resumes.
John Kerry is the ultimate nightmare of the political strategist, not to mention the Democratic Party. He is doomed to massive failure.
Somewhere ... sitting with a Pepsi and a handful of Viagra, Bob Dole is laughing himself silly. . .
The Black Hills Pioneer, Newspapers, South Dakota, SD 2004
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Tom Poole
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks arymann for pointing us to Ron Marr's article. I knew that salute was somehow familiar: Gomer Pyle! How great that is. Does anyone have a photo of both of these great statesmen saluting so we can juxtapose them for comparison?
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W.P. Wily
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Tom Poole wrote: | | Thanks arymann for pointing us to Ron Marr's article. I knew that salute was somehow familiar: Gomer Pyle! How great that is. Does anyone have a photo of both of these great statesmen saluting so we can juxtapose them for comparison? |
That would be hilarious 
BTW, Drudge has pics of the President and Kerry both saluting on his site right now, check it out, the difference is striking.
Edit: Here ya go, the one in the middle is priceless and there's a TV Guide cover pic all the way at the bottom
http://www.timvp.com/gomer.html
Too funny 
Edit2: I'm gonna try putting the img links into this post:
  
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