Dusting Off the Mind-Numbing Mantras Election 2000, Meet Campaign 2004Commentary on the NewsSunday, March 14, 2004 - Omega Letter Editor John Kerry, who has spent the past year attacking George Bush on everything from his military service to his religious views, is now the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. Now that it is officially Kerry v. Bush, Kerry hopes to use 'negative campaigning' as a campaign issue. Kerry released a new ad calling on the Republicans to 'stop misleading America' and calling for the Bush team to stop its 'negative campaigning.'Kerry's strategy is as simple as it is...