Reply #59: That was the 3rd attack

[sandnsea]

They knocked the other two down quickly. So when this attack came along, they did the same thing. It really wasn't a big deal, except to certain groups of people who were looking for anything to pick at Kerry about. And those people were out in force in August, whereas they didn't even know what had gone on previously. Too often, WE perpetuate this smear crap with our own chicken little antics that the media picks up on. They run with stuff because they see that WE think something is a story.

There's an article on this in Salon I think. Do you know that this actually didn't pick up steam on the cable channels until Kerry personally responded?? It may well be that Cahill and Shrum were right, that this would have been nothing if Kerry hadn't addressed it directly.

How many surrogates do you think were out there? How many people do you think stood beside Kerry, in one way or another? Since you seem to think there were so many people on the other side.

In the end, this stuff works because WE let it work. They are busy making phone calls and writing letters, and we're busy yelling at our candidate. That's what happened, no matter how much you want to deny it, that's the way it went down.