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January 30, 2004Digging Up Dirt On KerryOliver Willis wants the Kerry candidacy to set for a while to see if it can withstand the heat as the Republicans turn their fire toward him. I think Kerry will hold up well. In an oldie but goody article in National Review, Jim Geraghty warned Republicans against trying to Dukakize Kerry, who served as Lt. Governor under the man who would be nominated by the Democrats in 1988.
In one piece of sloppy journalism during a tough race here in Massachusetts in 1996, Kerry was accused of a war crime, but was vindicated. Kerry has a long legislative voting record, and there are surely some votes he'd like to take back. My advice is to him is, don't be attached to old votes. If you voted for something assinine in 1989, no one will care. But if you feel a need to defend that vote, that is what will revive the issue. Better to admit to some mistakes (which our current President is unable to do) than defend the indefensible and make people wonder whether your a liar, or just stupid. Posted by rickheller at January 30, 2004 12:07 PMComments
Don't you mean "Dukakisize?" :-) I think that when it comes to associating Kerry with Dukakis and Kennedy, each picture is going to be worth a thousand words. Kerry isn't going to be able to "defend" against this sort of thing anyway, so there's nothing he can say. He might as well ignore it, there isn't really an alternative. If Kerry gets the nod, you can be sure that for every Kerry ad showing him in a uniform etc, there'll be one from the GOP showing him hugging Kennedy or standing side-by-side with Dukakis. And make no mistake that in each case the crafter of such ads is relying on viewers' visceral nonrational response. I'm not sure what Kerry does to overcome the visceral message that he's always been good buddies with icons of big government, tax-and-spend liberalism, old rejected approaches. Is that fair? Probably not. Will it be effective? You betcha. Posted by: bk at January 30, 2004 02:46 PM
Posted by: rickheller at January 31, 2004 12:08 AM
I was hearing on the radio about all of the dirty and crooked stuff that Kerry has done over his career and he makes Bill Clinton look like an angel,, everyone better think twice before they Vote,, you should remember the stuff that Clinton done,, Posted by: Eddie at February 10, 2004 08:24 PMHE SUCKS IN EVERYWAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Me at February 11, 2004 04:15 PMhe can come on down to texas and suck me Posted by: George W. at March 5, 2004 09:36 AMfinally, a nother club member! YAY!! Oh buddy, we're legal in massachusetts!! ;) Posted by: Mike Dikakis at March 5, 2004 09:38 AMhey i like bush and kerry is an asshole thanks for wanting my opinion because it's okay kerry's gonna lose anyhow Posted by: tom at September 10, 2004 09:53 AM |
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