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Its his credibility, stupid
I don't link that often to other blogs because everybody reads the popular blogs anyway, but if you haven't read today's entry by Josh Marshall, you should. Its a great analysis of the campaign strategies of Kerry and Bush so far, and it lays out how poorly Kerry has done in the last week or two.
Over the last two weeks I've certainly felt like Kerry gave up. I think a lot of his problems started when he all of the sudden refused to relentlessly stand behind any previous statement of his. So he said the republicans are lying crooks? They are! Say so, say it again and again. Give examples. Everybody knows they're crooks, so don't back off that statement. So he said other leaders (not foreign leaders as first reported) want him elected? Say it again! Don't back off. Its true. Its obvious. Nobody will think he's wrong. Come right out and say that he won't reveal private conversations, but that its obvious the world hates Bush and is cringing just as much as we are at the thought of another four more years of this crap.
Bush never tells the truth. He's practically incapable of it. Remember the mushroom clouds?
--George W. Bush, October 7, 2002, Cincinatti
Its the politics of fear. Its the politics of lie so much that nobody even knows where to start. Its time to start. Its time to start telling everybody you know, anybody you can find about the latest Bush lie. Or heck, start cataloging old ones and publish them on street corners. This administration took us to war on a long line of lies, and they continue to keep us there with them.
A nice index to the lies surrounding the war has been produced by congressman Henry Waxman at Iraq on the Record: The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq. This might be a place to start.
I suppose it's easy to sit back and criticize from the sidelines, but I don't see why its that hard from any vantage point. The only answer to this 200 million dollar Bush machine is to fight back every step of the way, every day. Instead, Kerry goes skiing. He hasn't had a day off in three months? I don't care--neither have I. Neither have lots of people.
You have to wonder...why doesn't the Kerry campaign just go out and hire all these bloggers to consult with the campaign? Some of these people are really thoughtful and have great ideas on how to fight back. They generate compelling analyses of the various topics. They don't have any problem uncovering lie after lie.
I hope somebody in the Kerry campaign is at least reading all of these blogs. The bloggers are clear--Bush lies. Lets talk about it. Make it the central issue. Push it hard enough, and everything else will get drowned out.
Posted on March 20, 2004 12:41 PM
Comments
Yeah, and then he went on vacation. Nice, Bushlike touch there, Mister Kerry.
He was so hard-hitting just a few weeks ago! WTF?
Oh, it's all so discouraging.
:sigh:
Posted by Lisa B-K on March 22, 2004 10:38 PM
OK, you mentioned the vacation. My bad.
I'm not sure what it's going to take to snap everyone out of it, B. As long as the white people have gas and Prozac and their racist mascots, who cares?
:le sigh again:
Posted by Lisa B-K on March 22, 2004 10:40 PM
You have to wonder. See my post from today for the latest screwups (my opinion of course) from his campaign. Maybe this new book from Clarke will help out...
Posted by ben on March 22, 2004 11:39 PM
so, why can't you send this info to someone big in the kerry campaign? sounds perfectly logical to me.
Posted by starbelly on April 8, 2004 11:28 AM
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