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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (91023)	12/17/2004 1:07:51 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 793761

The lesson that Cahill et al. should take away is that they can no longer count on the MSM to bury a story that cable or radio or blogdom wants to be heard. Absolutely. The book was originally scheduled for publication in September. As we know, the bloggers were active early on. The Kerry people had to know what was coming. Matt Drudge started beating the drums on both his web site and on his Sunday evening radio program in July. The publisher ended up accelerating the publication date. That was one of the reasons why the book was not widely available early on. I live in Illinois. I am willing to bet that the ads never ran on any of the local Illinois television stations. It didn't matter, though. Once the cable outlets, most aggressively Fox, picked up on the story, the ads were run repeatedly as "news." The cable stations forced the networks to cover the story. Kerry walked into an ambush. Early on, he telegraphed the fact that he was going to make his military service the core of his campaign, conveniently ignoring his post-war activities. American Spirit, who appears to still be in hiding, began pushing Kerry's service record in the spring of 2003. Personally, the medals never bothered me. There was a fair amount of medal inflation during that period and Kerry certainly deserves credit for serving in Vietnam. Having lived through that period, it was his post-war activity that really enraged me. Tactically, leading with the medal issue was probably a good idea. An easier to understand. God bless the SwiftVets. Historians - maybe not the current crop - will recognize their contribution.