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To: LindyBill who wrote (66814)	9/3/2004 6:51:23 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793905

<<Our response to people who hurt children is really "hard wired," isn't it?>> By God it is. We are the present and the pure kids are the future. Don't screw with the kids is hard wired. Keeps things going.

To: LindyBill who wrote (66814)	9/3/2004 6:53:01 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793905

HUGH HEWITT: The president gave a very good speech after being introduced by an absolutely great video. I was 50 feet away, and have no idea how any of it played on the small screen, but watching the president put on the body armor and stride to the mound in Yankee Stadium, October, 2001 was an inspiring reminder that in war, the presidency becomes the focus of the world, and that courage and resolve are the necessary qualities. Sure, there were pleny of interesting moments in the speech, but it was the concluding commitment to "whatever it takes" to win the war that defines George Bush. I continue to believe that bedrock reliability as to his courage wins 40 states. And the combination of that reliability with the generally repellant qualities of John Kerry may make the NOvember 2 Bush win even larger. Could Kerry have given a more off-key, bitter, and self-destructive speech than the one he delivered last night in Ohio? The collapse in Kerry's standing in his internal polling must be total to have triggered such a melt-down. I discussed the options available to Kerry on yesterday's program with John Podhoretz and Terry Eastland --very smart guys who have been around presidents and campaigns for dozens of years. We all agreed that Kerry would never embrace the "Michael Moore option" of running on anger and paranoia because it is a recipe for electoral disaster. But that's what Kerry grabbed on to last night, in a speech that may go down in American history as the worst ever delivered by a nominee. It is reason enough, I think, to reject debates with this fellow, whose apparent problems and insecurities about the past are every day becoming more apparent. Wild accusations that every responsible memebr of his party's leaqdership know to be false must be sending shock waves through that group this morning. Can you imagine Joe Lieberman reading Kerry's remarks? Or even Bill Clinton? Kerry's lost it, and that he did so on a night when George Bush reminded America why our enemies fear his leadership. There were a couple of moments in the hall when protestors attempted to disrupt the speech. The crowd was much more anxious than the president, who just kept moving forward. There was a message in his response, which again underscored his authentic courage and determination. Geogre W. Bush is a war-time president who is not easily distracted or deterred. It was the perfect ending to four days of superbly organized political theater, theater that was powerful because it was true. Even a bad jobs report this morning wouldn't have changed the fundamentals of this election, but a rebounding number and the continued solid expansion of the economy has put Kerry in a box. Kerry could have chosen to lose with dignity, running a Bob Dole race. Instead he has decided on a march through the fever swamps. It will be an ugly 60 days as a result, but perhaps on the other end, the Democratic Party will get the jolt it needs to exile the Moore nuts from its midst. The GOP is in a commanding position, but the country needs two responsible parties, and right now, the Democrats have become unhinged. When Kerry colklapse and takes Daschle, Murray, Boxer annd others with him, perhaps the message will get through that the country will not tolerate this nuttiness in a time of war.