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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command
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To: Ann Corrigan who started this subject8/31/2004 1:19:41 AM
From: mistermj  Read Replies (2) of 27181
 
>> Kerry's devastated and the pros know it. The Vietnam issue isn't gone at all, but still eating away at his numbers. The buzz about his inability to respond effectively is turning into a buzz about how that inability equals an admission. The Kerry defeat will join liberal mythology of victimization --first Gore, then Cleland, then Kerry, the three musketeers of whining, examples that fathers teach their children not to emulate when it comes to the aftermath of defeat.

Why is it so harmful to Kerry? Wirthlin judged "the salute" to have been too obvious and too great a stretch from the reality of Kerry's rather complicated Vietnam story to the picture he was trying to present. The salute remained on the public's mind even as the public was reminded of Kerry's '71 testimony and the truthful charges of exaggeration were surfaced and authenticated. Candidates cannot overreach in that fashion without alienating the electorate, and Kerry has.

Wirthlin's widely recognized as one of the greats when it comes to understanding the electorate (as is Barone.) The campaign is far, far from over, of course, but Bush is in a tremendous position as the prime time convention opens.<<

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