Reply #110: You really can't stop digging - I think you've made it all the way to China

[karynnj]

The problem was your original post - no matter what your intentions, you made an extremely nasty attack on John Kerry - based on hearsay, Yes, hearsay - I know this has been said by dissapointed Deaniacs for several years. The problem is that the facts are just not there. That ad is clearly backed by LABOR UNIONS, not the DLC and there was little reason for them to think when they put the ad out that the man then tied with Al Sharpton would be the benificiary. People informed you that the ex-staffer left Kerry's campaign in a shakeup before the ad was conceived - and he didn't return. This was in the interval when Kerry mortgaged his house to get funds.

You then transitioned to "but it benefited him", while still insinuating that though not directly involved, he had something to do with them. As a side show, you call a war hero, who then fought the MAFIA, Nixon and Reagan, a "wimp" You then make the controversial comment that Edwards would have foght the vote - in spite of the fact that Edwards was absolutely quiet for nearly 2 years. If he had a case, he should have made it - independent of Kerry.

Now you are saying Bush's campaign was smarter? He had the advantage of being a sitting president at a time of war with the media biased towards him - yet by your eyes he had to cheat to win.

Kerry ran an intelligent campaign that appealed to the best of America - He has been slimed constantly by the RW and the media and unfortunately some Democrats too blind to see that he is usually working harder for the country than anyone else - often quietly, yet he still continues to be who he is an intelligent man of great integrity, calmly explaining solutions, refusing to sink to the level of his critics.

You might want to read this account from 2004 from one of the caucuses - not for anything about Kerry or Edwards - it's not really about them. There is a lesson here - though lessons from one year may not be applicable the next. For Edwards, in particular, the comment that Dean was not being the man Vt saw as Governor, who might have won over more people had he better linked to who he was then. Edwards' pleasant smile and outward personality were his greatest strengths then - now he hasthrown them away. In away it is close to what you likely wanted to say - that the attacks were counterproductive. On that, I totally agree with you - but attacks from the Edwards and their supporters are also part of the problem. Using Kerry, who is not running in a way that attempts to destroy his reputation is disgusting.


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