My post was a joke and those who follow my posts know that I hate this type of focus, whether it's on Bush's drinking or war record or on Monica.
I don't believe Kerry lost because of the Swift Boats. The people tuned out on it, just as they tuned out when he saluted and said "reporting for duty." Both were perverse sides of a very stupid campaign.
It came down to Bush vs. anti-Bush and the people reluctantly chose the devil they knew, by default, by a slim margin, with apathy.
That's the bottom line, not all this BS you cite, focusing on who attacked first or worst or whatever. We're sick of all that. We want simple approaches.
Less taxes, fairer taxes, economic decisions that aren't just "throw money at it," better strategies for wars, precise and thought out policies, numbers that add up and don't change many standard deviations over a year, lobbyists that get pork whether there are dems or repubs in power, etc., etc.., etc. |
