August 26, 2004

DAWN OVER MARBLEHEAD

KERRY CHALLENGES BUSH TO WEEKLY DEBATES (ABC News, The Note, 8/25/04)

In Anoka, MN, John Kerry challenged President Bush to weekly debates on the issues.

BUSH CAMP REAX: "There will be a time for debates after the convention, and during the next few weeks, John Kerry should take the time to finish the debates with himself. This election presents a clear choice to the American people between a President who is moving America forward and a Senator who has taken every side of almost every issue and has the most out of the mainstream record in the U.S. Senate," said BC'04 spokesman Steve Schmidt.

Is the Kerry Campaign being run by people whose only qualification is that they once read a book about a presidential campaign? This is the traditional loser's ploy, so I guess they felt they had an obligation to go through with it. Two things, though. First, do they realize that they're announcing that they've taken over the loser's role in the campaign? Second, have any of these people ever met John Kerry? Let's say that the Bush Campaign loses it's mind and agrees to weekly debates. Short of lightening striking, letting people see John Kerry side-by-side with President Bush week after week after week would be their worst possible tactic. They must start paying attention to Mickey Kaus: keep John Kerry away from the cameras and maybe they can avoid a blowout.

Posted by David Cohen at August 26, 2004 12:55 PM
Comments

That debating with himself comeback was extremely sharp and funny.

Posted by: Melissa at August 26, 2004 1:15 PM

Melissa - agreed. This campaign is like watching a pro team (Bush) taking on a high school team (Kerry). The high school team will only make it close if the pro team gets lazy and sloppy.

Posted by: AWW at August 26, 2004 1:26 PM

And if they have weekly debates, doesn't that raise the odds that Kerry is going to be asked all those nettling Vietnam questions he's been dodging for the past two weeks. If the senator gets a question about his Cambodia contradictions what's he going to do -- lean over and stare Jim Lehrer in the face for 15 seconds like he did with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show? (After which I suppose Lehrer would have to say "Mr. Kerry you still have 2 minutes and 45 seconds of response time")

Posted by: John at August 26, 2004 1:56 PM

Great catch, Mr. Cohen. These fellows are done if they're taking this path before the Republican Convention even begins.

Posted by: Matt Murphy at August 26, 2004 2:03 PM

Shhhhhhhh...........
Be very very quite..........
Kos and his like still think their boy is in major buttkicking mode!!!
Let's not spoil the surprise for them!! lol
It's tough to live with all these Dems in NYC, but here Staten Island we get by! hahaha

Posted by: Bill from NYC at August 26, 2004 2:13 PM

I love how the people who call every foreign military action by the US "another Vietnam quagmire" got their candidate into another, real Vietnam quagmire. Great going, guys! It's like Wile E Coyote forgetting about the trap he set in the first scene, or his trying to follow the roadrunner through is painted tunnel in the wall.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 26, 2004 3:43 PM

Senator Marblehead?

Posted by: joe shropshire at August 26, 2004 5:38 PM

Senator Walpole is more like it.

Posted by: jim hamlen at August 26, 2004 11:07 PM
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