Kerry Slips Slightly as GOP Heads for NYC; Poll Finds Kerry's Lead Softening (internals)

Time Magazine ^ | 8-28-04

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Can you imagine the tears at TIME when they published this ?

[Steel Wolf]

Did someone hear a giant sucking sound? Sounds like someone's letting the air out of Sen. Kerry's balloon.

[EggsAckley]

The polls should be REALLY interesting one week from now.


heheheh.

[Republican Wildcat]

Flip-flopping?

http://www.georgewbush.com/olympics

[John Thornton]

Can you imagine the tears at TIME when they published this ?

"We've just got to roll up our sleeves and work harder to fool the people into thinking this guy is a valid candidate. Let's roll."

[Radix]

"Slightly" is a Time euphemism for "Look out below!"

[crazyhorse691]

I just love the headlines the MSM use when things are going badly for their boy; "the empty glass is overflowing with wine and honey". I smell fear and desperation emanating from the Rats.

[68skylark]

Kerry seems like a brittle person. I don't think he's going to handle this news well. Look for him to lash out more when campaigning. Libs will love his anger, but it'll probably be a turn-off to others.

[kesg]

§ Handling the Iraq situation went from a 44% Kerry - 46% Bush tie to a Bush lead, 41% Kerry - 49% Bush. This drop may have been caused when Kerry declared recently that he would vote "yes" again for Bush's resolution authorizing war, even though no weapons of mass destruction were found.

No media bias here, right? Here is an alternative explanation. Perhaps Americans want stronger U.S. military action against the bad guys in Iraq (e.g. Fallujah, Najaf, Al Sadr and his band of losers, etc.), and see Kerry as even less likely than Bush to deliver. I know I do. Or perhaps they are more concerned that Kerry will simply cut and run -- doing the American equivalent of what the Spanish did in response to the Madrid bombing a few months ago.

At the very least, one would think that Time could have cited data from its own poll in support of its explanation, instead of just making it up in the guise of reporting hard facts.

[Steel Wolf]

Can you imagine the tears at TIME when they published this ?

RATs are still rats, and they don't go down with the swift boat. If they're jumping ship now, it means that they see Kerry's position as untenable. Its just a matter of time before the rest of the country catches on, so they're distancing themselves early.

I have no doubt that they'll try and cover for Kerry as long as they can, but that cover will become less solid and frequent as Kerry's viability plummets.

[Joe Miner]

Kerry Slips Slightly as GOP Heads for NYC Poll Finds Kerry's Lead Softening

46% backing Bush, 44% backing Kerry and 5% opting for Ralph Nader and 3% undecided

Guess it depends on your definition of Lead or Softening, another marvelous Clinton legacy.

[Paleo Conservative]

Poll Finds Kerry's Lead Softening (internals)

What should one expect of a spineless jellyfish.

[LS]

Now, am I missing something, or does that headline say Kerry's LEAD softening when BUSH HAS THE LEAD?????

[Steel Wolf]

Kerry seems like a brittle person. I don't think he's going to handle this news well. Look for him to lash out more when campaigning. Libs will love his anger, but it'll probably be a turn-off to others.

A 'Howard Dean' moment during, say, the debates, would be a thing of beauty. President Bush has a wicked sense of humor when he's feeling confrontational, and if he pushes the right button, Kerry's head will explode on TV.

[shield]

Slightly....the commies must be drinking kool aid again!!! I'd say Kerry's numbers have dropped like a led balloon.....I'm so happy the Republicans have now pulled out their really big guns....the firing is so loud it's deafening. I Love that team of Republicans...they're so fine!!!! The RATS are a bunch of bumbling idiots. We've got the Cowboys on our team...YES!!

[teletech]

"Slightly" is a Time euphemism for "Look out below!"

ROTFLMAO!!

[68skylark]

Yeah, it's hard to imagine what the debates are going to be like. It's tempting to say that Bush is going to totally dominate -- the way he dominated Gore -- because of his good humor and superior skills.

I don't want to make the mistake of underestimating the opponent -- but it just seems to me that Kerry is going to be a terrible debater.

[Savage Beast]

Things must be grim for Kerry if a Democrat propaganda organ like Time magazine can bring itself to publish something like this.