I think Kerry is just too stiff and he couldn't make the connection with a lot of voters. The other thing that did him in, unfortunately, was some of his answers in the debates. If you took the time to listen to what he said then you'd likely wind up agreeing with him on a lot of points. However, most voters (I believe) are looking at the black and white of issues...and that is Bush's strength.
Bush could turn around and say something like "John Kerry voted to raise taxes 100 kajillion times" and people take that at face value when there are a lot of intricacies that don't come out in those figures. For example, there was one bill that Kerry voted for that wound up (for one reason or another) registering as 6 votes. Bush also said that Kerry voted against military funding. Well, two things - in a debate with time limits you can't possibly explain that if you're Kerry (it could have been a bill riddled with pork that he voted against and then voted for a revised version). The other thing is - Cheney made exactly the same vote as Kerry on that particular bill. --- On Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:48 PM, Nick McClure scribed: --- > > Clinton was also from the South, he was able to relate better with > people > down here. He had the accent, the voice, he seemed genuine. > > Kerry and Gore didn't seem like genuine people, Edwards did, he > seemed like > a Genuinely nice guy. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134290 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
