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Kerry’s Dilemma Or, how to lose an election
National Review Online ^
| October 22, 2004
| Victor Davis Hanson
Posted on 10/23/2004 3:22:15 PM PDT by kcar
I thought John Kerry clearly won the first debate, lost the second, and did worse in the third. Most Americans, however, apparently disagreed, since many polls showed that respondents thought Kerry won all three. We hear of mayhem daily in Iraq; news on the economic front is mixed; and an entire host of surrogates has defamed George Bush in a manner not seen in decades during a political campaign. Why, then, does Kerry gain little traction, trail in most polls, and perhaps even start to slip further? After all, he is a hard campaigner, has a razor-sharp memory, speaks well, looks statesmanlike at times, raises lots of money, and has a mobilized base working hard for his election.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debates; firstdebate; kerry; seconddebate; thirddebate; vdh
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:22:15 PM PDT
by
kcar
To: kcar
Well I excerpted the second paragraph rather than the first. Sorry all.
2
posted on
10/23/2004 3:26:39 PM PDT
by
kcar
(theUNsucks.com)
To: kcar
3
posted on
10/23/2004 3:32:16 PM PDT
by
etradervic
(GLOBAL TEST? Kerry can't even pass the SMELL TEST.)
To: kcar
Because he is a sack of monkey sh!t?
4
posted on
10/23/2004 3:34:07 PM PDT
by
RightthinkinAmerican
(Is the Republican attack machine an assault weapon?)
To: kcar
Hanson hits all the cylinders!
5
posted on
10/23/2004 3:34:41 PM PDT
by
Rocko
To: kcar
Most Americans, however, apparently disagreed, since many polls showed that respondents thought Kerry won all three.Hanson had it right but the polls were spammed by the DNC.
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:37:24 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Rocko
I don't want to feel confident at this point, but Hanson is calling the play as I feel it is turning.
Go W!
7
posted on
10/23/2004 3:37:34 PM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Dawgs for Bush!)
To: Rocko
Yes six reasons are well-put, and his optimism is reassuring.
8
posted on
10/23/2004 3:37:46 PM PDT
by
kcar
(theUNsucks.com)
To: kcar
9
posted on
10/23/2004 3:39:41 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(Children and kids don't wear wings or blood stripes.)
To: RightthinkinAmerican
Why, then, does Kerry gain little traction, trail in most polls, and perhaps even start to slip further? Because he is a sack of monkey sh!t?
Bingo. Next question?
10
posted on
10/23/2004 3:40:56 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: kcar
Victor Davis Hanson - once again, right on the money.
11
posted on
10/23/2004 3:42:32 PM PDT
by
islander-11
(Save Nantucket - Vote Republican!!!)
To: kcar
Why, then, does Kerry gain little traction, trail in most polls, and perhaps even start to slip further?
Because he is a PHONEY!
12
posted on
10/23/2004 3:46:45 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: kcar
There is no rule to excerpt the first paragraph.
I, personally, like to excerpt a few lines and paragraphs that convey the points, picking them anywhere from the beginning, middle or end of the article, or all of the above, a line here, a line there.
I find that sometimes that is the best way to convey the message of the article.
13
posted on
10/23/2004 3:49:08 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
To: kcar
"Putin wants Bush, while Arafat prefers Kerry — and that is all we need to know."
Exactly!
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:50:13 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
To: kcar
After all, he is a hard campaigner, has a razor-sharp memory BWAAAAAAHAHAHA!
He can't even remember what his position from the day before.
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:50:54 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
("Woe to you...Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!"Matthew 23:23a,24)
To: kcar
After all, he is a hard campaigner, has a razor-sharp memory BWAAAAAAHAHAHA!
He can't even remember his position from the day before.
16
posted on
10/23/2004 3:51:00 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
("Woe to you...Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!"Matthew 23:23a,24)
To: kcar
He is giving some pretty good reasons!
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:51:24 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
To: kcar
"Kerry’s Dilemma Or, how to lose an election"
KERRY HAS NO RIGHT TO BE RUNNING FOR POTUS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE SHOULD BE DOING TIME IN PRISON (OR THE STOCKADE).
18
posted on
10/23/2004 3:56:48 PM PDT
by
Gucho
To: islander-11
Hanson is a rising star. But he is wrong about one thing. When the Dems lose, they will not acknowledge the folly of their ways. They will blame GOP "dirty tricks."
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posted on
10/23/2004 3:56:58 PM PDT
by
etradervic
(GLOBAL TEST? Kerry can't even pass the SMELL TEST.)
To: Don Corleone
Because he is a PHONEY!
His photo opportunities that showcase hunting vests or windsurfing look forced, and they lack the natural ease of George Bush on the stump, twanging with his sleeves rolled up.
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:05:39 PM PDT
by
mcar
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