To: LindyBill who wrote (77722 ) 10/15/2004 5:46:02 AM From: LindyBill Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hugh Hewitt - I have been doing talk radio for 15 years. It is very easy to judge stories as small, medium, large or huge by caller (and now, e-mail) response. John Kerry's abuse of Mary Cheney's privacy, followed by his campaign manager declaring Mary Cheney to be "fair game" --a hunting term-- and Elizabeth Edwards' diagnosis of Lynne Cheney's reaction as one of "shame," is a huge, huge story. Bush had already regained the momentum in the race if all the tracking polls are to be believed, but as word spreads of Kerry's callous opportunism, that momentum will accelerate. Kerry's calculated decision to transparently attempt to divide Bush's evangelical vote by calling attention to Mary Cheney is among the lowest blows struck in American political history, even more appalling because Kerry did it in his own voice, sua sponte. "Fair game" indeed. That's a hunting term. We don't hunt children of our opponents in this country, even adult children.
