My post (below) from another thread, is my reply.
Shtirlitz: You are the one who missed the point. Clarence is admitting that "dumbya" is still being misunderestimated by the crowd that wants him to lose: that crowd being effete Eastern liberals, West Coast nut jobs, and the easily led tenured professors and their grad student assistants still feeding their worn out '60's generation fodder to today's unsuspecting students.
Sure, Kerry won on appearance and presentation. But Dumbya won on everything else. Witness Bush's and the RNC's immediate mantra regarding Kerry's Global Test syndrome. Dumbya has gotten more mileage over the weekend out of that Kerry gaffe than the DNC has from its video clips of Bush's smirks and other facial expressions during the debate.
"Will it play in Peoria?" is the key question. Bush plays well there which is a way of saying that Bush has the Hearland wrapped up neatly in his Electoral College package. All Bush has to do now is reassure his base, win a few more of the security moms, attract a few more of the still undecideds, and confirm that he is a highly disciplined and on target commanding officer.
Meanwhile, Kerry is still treading water out there with his mixed messages and his appeal to the Internationalists who, like the UN, are desperately hoping that Kerry will win.
So, read the article again. Rove has once again euchered the opposition into believing what it desperately needs to believe: that Bush is weak and Kerry is strong. This causes them to misunderestimate. As a result, the DNC lowers its guard, redirects its efforts in the wrong place and the wrong time and with the wrong message.
Meanwhil, Bush's Electoral College totals continue to rise as Kerry's fall.
Yes, Page's article is a serious article. It is not a joke. But Rove and Company hope that the opposition, including you, see it that way. |
