September 9, 2004

HE NEEDS A CUT MAN, NOT CARVILLE:

FRUSTRATED JOHN GOES ON ATTACK WITH TEAM CLINTON (DEBORAH ORIN, September 9, 2004, NY Post)

The revelations about Kerry hurt because most voters had no idea that some Navy peers despised him or that he'd painted fellow vets as war criminals.

"It makes Democrats feel good, but this is like a finger in the dike," said a veteran Democratic strategist.

"The Kerry campaign is having a cerebral hemorrhage and they're putting a Band-Aid on his little toe.

"You don't win a campaign by calling a guy names. It's not about having a war room. It's not about fighting back.

"Kerry's problem is that he still hasn't explained why he wants to be president or where he wants to lead the country."


What about: because he isn't George Bush?

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 9, 2004 11:01 AM
Comments

Brilliant! If the world gives you lemons then you make lemonade. Kerry has chaos, confusion, and disorder so he decides to turbocharge it.

Posted by: luciferous at September 9, 2004 11:36 AM

If only Roger Mudd had interviewed Kerry back around Oct. of 2003.

Posted by: jim hamlen at September 9, 2004 12:11 PM

He wants to be president because he thinks it is his birthright.

Q : "Why do you want to be President, Mr. Kerry ?"

A : "How dare you question me ? I'm John Kerry and I served in Vietnam".

Posted by: Peter at September 9, 2004 12:30 PM

This reminds me of that Red Stripe beer commercial with Lennox Lewis. He is wearing boxing gloves and promises a friendly bout between Lennox Lewis and himself. He sees Lewis who just dwarfs him, whacking at a heavy bag. At least the guy in that commercial has the good sense to cancel the fight saying 'Fight been cancelled. You can watch Lennox and me make fried plantains.'

Kerry starts mud-slinging at Bush, and his allies have been in a non-stop mudfest for 5 years. Bush strikes back and Kerry looks like Beetle Bailey after the Sarge gets through with him. And Kerry wants to go again? This is Presidential timber?

Posted by: Bart at September 9, 2004 1:32 PM

As I suggest up above, the problem isn't that "Kerry . . . still hasn't explained why he wants to be president or where he wants to lead the country." The problem is that he doesn't know (other than, as Bart notes, it is his destiny).

Posted by: David Cohen at September 9, 2004 3:02 PM
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