On Sat, 1 May 2004 06:50:48 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They (correctly) painted a Democrat in Georgia (Max > Cleland) as a bad Senator who had very bad judgment on > national security issues. He lost the election > because of that - as he should have, because he was, > in fact, a bad Senator, however inspiring his life > story. Democrats have a weird problem figuring this > out (McGovern, Kerry). Biography is not policy. The > fact that someone served in Vietnam (or any war) is > impressive. It doesn't actually mean that they're any > good at national security policy - again, McGovern, > Kerry. Of course the Republicans are going over > Kerry's service record. That's their job. > Particularly because "I served in Vietnam" appears to > be John Kerry's only rationale for being elected. > Since that's all he's got, they might as well look at > it. No member of the Bush campaign, though, has done > anything like the Dukakis campaign did in 1988 - > sending out false rumors to reporters that George Bush > had been investigated for cowardice in the Second > World War (for the event for which he actually won, I > believe, a DFC).
Bush I was investigated in WW2. He was the only American pilot to bail out of a plane when the other crew didn't. By his own words he did not verify all crewman were dead before he bailed. Cleland had an extremely good national security record which is why he made an extremely bad political mistake and ignored the attacks figuring people knew and record. Very bad, most Americans now vote just based on what they see on TV and attack ads. Sorry, Atwater, Rove and Reed, the Bush dynesty political strategists are infamous for their dirty campaigns, smear email, phone and letter tactics, and dirty tricks. Not to say the Democrats are clean but they have no one to match the Atwater et al. records. Kerry has always been a poor campaigner but so far has always managed to turn things around in the last month. Kerry was not in my top four list of favored Democratic candidates but is acceptable. On the other hand, Bush compares unfavorably to a baloney and garden slug sandwich. This is not completely partisan, I disagree with many of McCain's policies but still respect him. I also think Goldwater would have been an absolute disaster as President at that time and would have been bad for the country but I also respect him. #1 on google for liberal news
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