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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (505740)	12/8/2003 1:01:28 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

It's Kerry's fault for not articulating his message to the voters. I think that many people see Kerry as an insider. He voted for the war in Iraq. Then he voted against the Iraq $87 billion funding. People see an inconsistency there, and Kerry has not articulated his opposition to the war as well as Dean. In fact Kerry raised his anti war rhetoric after Dean had success in stirring the anti-war movement among the younger voters and internet savvy voters. So here he's seen as a Johnny come lately to the anti war position. I think that as much as Dean has taken the left part of the party, which is generally anti war to begin with, he's captured the bottom end (younger end) of the party as well. Heck these are the people that will have their lives directly impacted if Bush is re-selected and a draft is re-instituted. Kerry has instead of focusing on issues and talking to the people, has spent more focus on Photo ops and his hair style. If Kerry want to be president now, he's going to need to stump everyday from now until January, and he'll have to pick up at least 5 points per week in the polls, or he's done. Dean has done an effective job of capturing the the majority of the party's support. If you were to narrow the focus to the top three candidates, Dean would likely take a majority if 6 of the 9 stepped down today. In fact in many states Kerry isn't in the top three. The question remains, can Dean after winning the nomination with the support of the left, come back and win the general election by getting the support of the center? That depends on a lot of things of course, and much of that depends on the performance of Bush. If Bush comes out and starts talking about putting a man on the moon, he's toast in my opinion, even if Iraq starts going well. I think that Dean can get the support of the middle, because he can campaign hard on being a fiscal conservative. At the same time he can show that he supports jobs and health care. Two huge issues for most people. I can't wait to hear Bush announce that he will put a man on the moon. That will seal his fate completely. Orca

To: American Spirit who wrote (505740)	12/8/2003 8:10:01 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769667

Kerry's Profanity Gets Bush's Attention By RON FOURNIER AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- John Kerry used profane language to assess President Bush's Iraq policy, and Bush's chief of staff said Sunday the Democratic presidential candidate was out of line. The Massachusetts senator uttered a profanity in an interview in the latest Rolling Stone magazine to express his dismay over Bush's handling of Iraq. When asked in the interview about the success of rival candidate Howard Dean, whose anti-war message has resounded with supporters, Kerry responded: "When I voted for the war, I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, `I'm against everything?' Sure. Did I expect George Bush to f--- it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did." The expletive drew a rebuke from White House, which suggested an apology might be in order. "That's beneath John Kerry," the president's chief of staff, Andrew Card, said on CNN's "Late Edition." "I'm very disappointed that he would use that kind of language," Card said. "I'm hoping that he's apologizing at least to himself, because that's not the John Kerry that I know." The Kerry campaign said the Massachusetts senator had no regrets. customwire.ap.org