kerry getting traction

the time between now and election day will be an eternity in political terms. what is considered a 'major campaign issue' at this moment will more than likely be totally forgotten when people go to the polls 49 days from now. anything can happen in a political season such as this...

...but at this moment i can sense that john kerry is gaining traction with his economic message. shrub's post-convention bounce will evaporate soon, if it hasn't already. i've been watching georgie's most recent public appearances on cable tv and he appears to be somewhat rattled

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one post was enough. do you need lessons on how to operate that newsreader? ooops... pardon me... i just noticed... you're from the south.

I know how words like 'is' and 'alone' can be misinterpreted so I didn't want you to miss this point.

Dims will have to live with the fact they picked a Liberal from one of the most taxed states in the country and the guy that made it that way, John F'ing Kerry

you should know that i'm a lifelong republican who despised bill clinton to the very core of my being. surprise!

i'll vote for a liberal dim over the liar and murderer we have in the white house now. in places outside of the south where this election will be decided, george w. bush is not regarded as any paragon of moral virtue. most people leaning in his direction simply regard him as the lesser of two evils. it won't take much to sway them.

While I agree with that.......I just don't think that Kerry is gaining traction at all. He's lost ground and he's losing ground big time in some important states. Take a look at Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin state polls. Better yet, take a look at New Jersey....if that state is in play, Kerry is in trouble. FREDDY

'In the battle between the rock and the stream, the stream always wins. Not through strength, but through perseverance.'

not here in ohio. people are hurting. the blame for that needs to be shared by the republicans who have solidly controlled this state since 1990, but bush hasn't helped the economy of ohio in the least. my own business has suffered greatly over the last few years. people simply don't have, or are afraid to spend, any expendable income, whereas my business was highly profitable through most of the 90s.

the first part of your statement is open to debate, but it is the war in iraq that has set my blood ablaze. bush lied. and lied. and he continues to lie. he has the blood of tens of thousands of people on his hands, all in the name of the most egregious lies perpetrated on the american public. it was the most recent republican national convention that forced me to shed my GOP membership. it was a bangup liefest. appropriate. full of slime. just like bush and his henchmen.

it will be between the public relations departments of each campaign. that's what america is all about. sales. if kerry is packaged more attractively than bush come nov. 2nd, kerry will be your next president. the same goes for bush of course. as my dad used to say, 'you can sell an american anything.'

You are an Ohio resident, I have no reason to doubt your words, BUT the polls have swung tremendously in Bush's favor in the state. Is there any way of knowing if ANY President could have stopped manufacturing jobs from going away? And I don't mean that as a response, per se, it's a question I ask you, as a business owner and a resident of the state.

I just don't see it that way. If Bush lied, then we have to say that Kerry lied. John Edwards lied. Colin Powell lied. Prime Minister Blair lied. Russian Intelligence lied. The list goes on. Intelligence overall was to blame for the war in Iraq. The intelligence from MANY sources was out of date. I don't think anyone doubts that there were WMD's, because it's fact that there were. Hussein gave no indication that he had stopped producing them. He continued to act like a person who was hiding something and had violated UN resolutions for years. Hussein was also in bed with other countries, abusing the 'oil for food' program that was supposed to be helping his people, but instead was helping Hussein gain favor with some European countries. I just don't think Bush lied. If I believe that, then I have to believe Kerry was a liar too. They all had access to the information. Now, I'm not defending the war in Iraq as much as I understand it. Now that we are there, what do we do, is the issue for me on Iraq. I trust that Kerry, Bush, Cheney, Powell, and everyone else involved felt like it had to be done. It's a political issue now, but only the staunch anti-war politicians who did not authorize force can claim the high ground on. Agree? Disagree?

So far as I could tell (besides Zell Miller) the criticism of Kerry was strictly on policy and his switching on the issues. Not one person took it upon themselves to rip Kerry on his service. Not one person (other than Miller) got personal with Kerry. But Kerry and company constantly take personal shots and Bush and I realize they must, because they are slipping behind and that's politics. I'm thinking maybe you were not a strong Republican anyhow, maybe just a leaner, if that made you so mad you switched parties. Heck, it takes me a long time to decide what I want at the drive thru, I don't think I could switch my political affiliation in a matter of days. But again, not questioning your motives, but I am interested in the specifics of what ticked you off so much that you would not just disavow Bush, but the entire party. I'm a Republican (registered, anyway), but have voted for Democrats plenty of times. If I don't like or trust the Republican candidate, I don't leave the party that most closely mirrors my values, I just don't vote for that politician.

Thanks, Freddy

'In the battle between the rock and the stream, the stream always wins. Not through strength, but through perseverance.'