The basic issue for the Democratic Party today is this attitude that only Bible thumpers and rich white guys believe in what the Republican party espouses and that everybody else is being duped by some sinister plot to control the country. The Democratic Party true believers are clinging to this elitist myth that "the people" would be better off if they just realize that the Democrats know what's best for them. That attitude is why the Democrats can't gain a foothold in middle America.
I agree with you, Kerry is no Clinton, but he could learn the lesson that Clinton, the poor kid from Arkansas, taught to elites like Kerry (and Gore for that matter) in the 90's. Middle America likes regular people. Bill Clinton with his gusto for food and skirts was human to them. Reagan and his ranch. Bush and his ranch (unlike the elder Bush and his elitist Kennebunkport sailing compound). Personally, I like sailing, but it doesn't exactly strike farmers in Iowa as the sport of the regular guy.
Speaking of which, every picture I see of John Kerry in the news is either him lecturing at some event, or him skiing, windsurfing, or cycling. All great sports, to be sure, but somehow in all of these pictures he manages to look like an elitist stiff- decked out in expensive sportswear, top of the line gear at hand, looking just a little too made up to be a regular guy.
Note to Kerry's handlers- if you let him get photographed doing any of this stuff again (and I would recommend against it) make sure he at least looks a little grungy, like he doesn't care because he's too busy having fun.
>The Republicans good you know...they good. I have to give the party
>that.
>They are aggressive, smart and they know how to talk the talk and walk
>the walk.
>They are all great salespeople.
>They completely understand the lowest common denominator principle, and
>they use
>it to great effect.
>
>I look at the democratic party and I see people fumbling and fighting
>for a foothold in public opinion,
>who despite all the apparent mis-steps by the Republican administration
>in terms of policy,
>have not been able to capture the minds and hearts of the people.
>
>Kerry ain't no Clinton, and perhaps it will be the party's downfall that
>money = who wins.
>
>-Gel
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sam Morris
>
>
>MILLER: (Laughing) Because that was the biographical
>sketch that they gave this young senator -- not young
>senator, but new senator -- that had come up there,
>and all I knew is that this man had a won the Purple
>Heart three times and won the Silver Star. Look, I
>went back and researched the records, and I looked at
>these. When I was putting that speech (text | video)
>together, I wanted to make sure that whenever I sat
>down with people like you, who would take these
>talking points from the Democrats and who also had
>covered politics in years, that I would know exactly
>what I was talking about, and we don't have time to go
>through it on the air but I can go through every one
>of those things that we mentioned about where he
>voted. Voted against the B1 bomber on October the
>15th, '90, and on and on.
>
>RUSH: Now, the reason that people are so excited about
>this is this is the way they wish everybody would talk
>to the media, when asked these questions. "Hey, look,
>I researched this because I knew I was going to be
>sitting down with people like you who are going to be
>throwing Democrat talking points back at me and I
>wanted to make sure I could back up what I was
>saying." Hubba hubba.
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