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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (66540)	5/6/2006 3:21:20 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361150

But apparently not as interesting as all that: Devine, Bob Shrum and Mike Donilon fitted Senator John Kerry for a similar straitjacket in the 2004 campaign. In some ways, the Kerry campaign was even worse. After all, the Senator was a student of politics. He had spent his entire life hankering for the presidency. And then he proceeded to make precisely the same mistake as Gore, allowing himself to be smothered by his consultants. Perhaps the worst moment came with the Bush Administration torture scandal: How to respond to Abu Ghraib? Hold a focus group. But the civilians who volunteered for an Arkansas focus group were conflicted; ultimately, they believed the Bush Administration should do whatever was necessary to extract information from the "terrorists." The consultants were unanimous in their recommendation to the candidate: Don't talk about it. Kerry had entered American politics in the early 1970s, protesting the Vietnam War, including the atrocities committed by his fellow soldiers in Vietnam. But he followed his consultants' advice, never once mentioning Abu Ghraib—or the Justice Department memo that "broadened" accepted interrogation techniques—in his acceptance speech or, remarkably, in his three debates with Bush. time.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (66540)	5/6/2006 3:29:43 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361150

We actually have no clue as to who will be our candidate. It's more than two years away. So much has yet to happen before that contest. It's always been that way for the most part.