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| What Kerry needs in Boston | |
| 2004-07-22 | |
| ...So what does Kerry need to achieve with this convention to continue to improve his fall chances? At least four things: One of which is: Kick-ass moment On top, underneath and inside of all of the self- and policy-defining that he does next week, John Kerry needs to make sure that undecided voters know that he is willing to "kick ass" when it comes to terrorists. While it galls Democratic partisans that their highly decorated combat veteran has to prove his toughness in a race against two men who never fought in Vietnam, the reality is that he does. Indeed, a recent Washington Post poll showed that, by 51 percent to 42 percent, voters surveyed said they considered Bush a better candidate than Kerry on terrorism. John Kerry needs to undercut that Bush advantage, not just by providing policy ideas or stories of his youthful heroism, but by explicitly -- perhaps even crudely -- convincing undecided voters that he can; that he would not just cooperate with allies, but kick ass and take the lead against anyone (friend or foe) who threatens the safety of the United States. It seems grotesque, even backward to some, but in this post-9/11 environment, if Kerry leaves the convention without having made that impression forcefully, he may be a sitting Dukakis. LMAO. Dream on.
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| Posted by:Rafael |
| #4 a high-colonic? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-07-22 3:55:45 PM |
| #3 I think it boils down to the Dukakis "Capital Punishment Question." A question in which he must answer yes or no. No equivocating allowed. In Dukakis' case, when emotion was needed, he responded like a Vulcan. I suspect that Kerry would be almost as pitiful, trying to see both his wife's point of view *and* the rapists, then pondering what France would think about both rape and killing a rapist and maybe that a committee should be formed to examine the question. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-07-22 12:58:15 PM |
| #2 Kinda hard to come across as willing to kick Terrorist ass when he never voted to improve the boots doing the kicking. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-07-22 10:14:02 AM |
| #1 A slap upside the head? Seriously the LOL side of the Dems have been running the show in the DNC for far too long as the more centerist and conservative Dems most likely have to do other things during the year. Like working to earn a living. |
| Posted by: cheaderhead 2004-07-22 10:11:50 AM |