Posted on 09/29/2004 9:23:46 AM PDT by thomas16
September 29, 2004 -- OFTEN debate coaches pester candidates with detailed advice as a confrontation approaches. With mammoth briefing books, they cram facts, figures and the nuances of positioning into the candidate's head. But George W. Bush should need none of this prep. To win Thursday's debate — decisively — all he has to do is state his position on the issues of terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran and the myriad threats we face.
Bush enters the debate empowered by three fundamental facts:
* Virtually all of his own voters agree with his positions on these vital issues.
* About one in three Kerry voters also approves of Bush's policy in these regions.
* Kerry, for some inexplicable reason, has chosen to attack Bush on these very issues — his strongest point.
So Kerry endangers his hold on his own voters every time he attacks Bush's conduct of the War on Terror and the battle in Iraq. http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29328.htm
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Kerry, for some inexplicable reason, has chosen to attack Bush on these very issues — his strongest point.Is this the work of Clinton? Did he reassure Agent Orange that an anti-war theme is his "sure road to the whitehouse"?
To decisively win the debate, all George Bush has to do is hand Kerry form 180 and demand he sign it. George can hold up his signed form and demand the Old Media demand Kerry sign the form.
Trot out Kerry's dishonorable. Trot out the FBI files on Kerry's treason.
If Kerry refuses, point to a box behind him and tell everyone what is there. Don't show or disclose. Can't do that. But, Bush is Commander in Chief. He has a right to know who was dishonorably discharged.
Then ask the TV audience (American Voters) - Do you want to elect a dishonorably discharged Officer to the Presidency?
Let Kerry sue. Then the discovery starts. Hah!
Yep about sums it up for Kerry's predicament...
All the President has to do is remind America that we don't want what happened in Beslan to spill into the School Yards of America and that is why we fight this war in Iraq so we don't have to fight it here....
Every mother watching will grab their children and thank God that George W. Bush is the President for four more years.
While it's an incredibly stupid move, it's not really "inexplicable."
First, John Kerry is trying to create a space between himself and Bush, and he has for decades been running on his "war hero" status. Thus, he thinks that he can in fact draw the distinction and get away with it.
Second, John Kerry lives an insular life, surrounded by those who basically share his views on pretty much everything. He, and they, are still living in their glory days of the '60s-'70s. I think that group (which is quite powerful) does not understand that most people don't agree with them, and never did. So Kerry probably thinks he's talking to everyman, but he's not.
Bottom line is this: the "60s generation" (i.e., those of that age group who espoused the leftist dogma of the times) reached its apogee with Bill Clinton. The rabid insanity of the left shows that they understand this. And the candidacy of John Kerry shows that they have no idea how to regain their strength.
The Yaaaawn Tax & Kerry campaign has decided to throw dice on Iraq and hope for more dead soldiers. Witness the desperation that is left of this sinking Garbage Scow. If Yaaawn asks the people if they are better off than 4 years ago, he is terrified of the answer. If the people vote their pocketbook he is toast. Most voters know their after tax income is as good as it has been.
In his obsession to bash the President, the challenger decided he had to insult the very leader that an independent Iraq chose to run their country in the interim. Alawi was not the leader we would have preferred but was the Prime Minister they chose freely. How unstatesmanlike can you be?? This the guy who says he is the superior diplomat? In what way, by insulting and degrading all our allies sacrifices??
He has pretty much torpedoed the worst economy since the Great Depression line. It is really hard to sell that line when it is the fastest growing economy in the world. All of his midget buddies in Europe would die to have our 3.5-4% growth rate or 5.4% unemployment. Now this is not the 30-35% growth that Iraq is expected to have this year but it is still the envy of the world. This in spite of GW inheriting a recession when he took office!
The economy has never been so robust as it has over the past 12 months thanks to the steady leadership of George W Bush. Being in the housing industry over the past 15 years the average housing starts has been around 1.4 million starts nationwide. During the BJ and the Witch’s years they went to an unheard 1.6 million. They have been pegged at 2 million over the past 12 months which is the Dodge Hemi of the economy. The combination of low interest rates, tax-cuts and more jobs than any other time in history has made home ownership grow at unheard of rates. This is why they have been forced to crying about every car bomb or kidnaping in Iraq.
Now Yaaawn comes down to the biggest 90 minutes in his disgraceful history. After President Bush places his Tony Lamas where the tanning booth doesn’t shine, Cambridge will be the only Battleground left. He knows that the Rat Party is not kind to it’s losers, ask Albore if you can get into his rubber room and unmask his muzzle. He has to convince women that apologizing to terrorists and serving them subpoenas is going to make them safer?? He has to convince America that leaving Iraq is a better idea than finishing the job. Finally, he has to convince America that they want him & Dingbat in their homes over the next 4-8 years. That would bankrupt Sominex!
Otherwise, he and his Party are all losers (is this line filled with redundancy?). This would make 6 elections in a row that they have gotten blown-out since Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America. They had the White House for 2 elections but only received 42 and 48% of the vote while losing Congress? If he doesn’t win on Thursday he and his party will be 0-6 and as relevant as Gorbachev and Carter. So Yaaaawn the Demosaur has to pull the wagon full of screaming kids through the tar pits knowing the sabers are out of their scabbards. There’s still a spot left for one more failed Party on the ash heap.
Pray for W and Our Troops
FRIDAY MORNING DONK TALKING POINT: Of course "Bush" did well on the foreign policy debate, because he was fighting of faroable turf. Just wait until the next debate, which will center on domestic issues. Our guy will mop up the floor with "Bush" then...
I look for Kerry to present Bush as a flip flopper to validate his own positions. If I was running the Kerry campaign that's what I would do.
The problem as I see it is that Bush has stood firm on Iraq and the war on terror so Kerry will be reaching. This means he will be on the lie/don't lie fence in front of several million viewers.
Can he sell the lie? That is what we will find out Thursday night.
No, the clinton influence is the new Kerry campaign theme, "Bush is out of touch"...a tactic that clinton worked with success on Bush 41.
The trouble is, that Kerry is not the former welfare recipiant that clinton was! Many people really did believe that clinton was one of them. He could really understand their problems, because he lived them.
Kerry, seen windsurfing....is the one who is out of touch with the American people! Shoot, he doesn't even LIKE the American people, and can NEVER understand them.
Stupid approach for Kerry to use. It doesn't fly.
Flipper sticks. In Touch with the common people doesn't!
Wait a minute. Are you saying Kerry was "dishonorably" discharged from the Navy? Where do you get this information? Where is the proof? This is public information, so you must have proof. I would like to see it.
This would make a big difference.
Kerry received his "honorable discharge" in 2001. Carter granted a general pardon to all traitors circa 1981. Kerry had to petition to have his records amended under the terms of the pardon.
Kerry needs to sign form 180.
You have provided no proof of any of what you say. Where is the proof? I do not believe in passing on slander. I refuse to be like Kitty Kelley and the Democrats. To pass on information without any proof is nothing more than gossip. It is wrong. It brings us all down.
Carter pardoned all the draft dodgers. Kerry did not dodge the draft.
Why is it that Kerry refuses to sign the 180 form and release ALL of his records?
The problem with this is then a week later several American muslims take over a school and the dem cry will be........
No, everybody remembers Beslan without bringing it up. All he needs to do is to take about taking the war to the terrorist, with the hope it ties them up over there giving them less resources to fight it on American soil.
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