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To: LindyBill who wrote (27815)	2/4/2004 4:00:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793578

SULLIVAN - KERRY, EDWARDS: It's now between the two of them - which is much to Edwards' benefit. Kerry should have tried to destroy Edwards in South Carolina. The 15 point loss is big news - and means Edwards can get some traction. So does Edwards' win over Kerry in Oklahoma. That's especially true because it brings up the deeper question of whether Kerry can mount a truly national campaign (not that he has to). The candidate I most agree with on the issues - Joe Lieberman - is outta here. Nice guy, right instincts, not presidential timber. Dean will fight on - and I hope he does, if only to keep this thing interesting and alive. Obviously, Kerry is now the overwhelming favorite. But I'm not willing to say it's over when the vast majority of delegates have still to be picked and when the front-runner is so obviously flawed.

To: LindyBill who wrote (27815)	2/4/2004 4:46:36 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793578

One of the things I really admire about Bush is that he doesn't bad-mouth people (well, except for Saddam Hussein). I truly despise the politics of personal destruction. There are a lot of conservatives that rub me the wrong way for that reason, like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. Some admire attack politics, it seems. That seems to be why the front-runners in the race for Democrat presidental candidacy are getting a lot of mileage out of attacking Bush, personally. I don't think it's presidential. The President will be President of all the people, not just the ones who elected him. Clinton didn't do it, Bush pere didn't do it, Reagan didn't do it, on and on. The only one I know did it was Nixon and he did it in private. Carter can be quite sharp in his criticisms these days but he wasn't a proponent of personal destruction when he was President.