How $200 millions dollars will destroy Kerry

[katieforeman]

If John Kerry is the nominee watch for over $200 million dollars worth of ads like these:

John Kerry, "he's been wrong for 32 years. He's wrong now."
(from Washington Post today on plans by Bush's advertising team.)

-1970 Kerry said that US troops should be deployed, "only at the directive of the United Nations." (Washington Post 2-20-04)

-1997 on the Senate floor, Kerry asked why the nation's "vast intelligence apparatus continues to grow even as government resources for essential priorities fall short."(NYTimes 1-28-04)

-After Sept. 11th on Face the Nation, "The tragedy is, at the moment, that the single most important weapon for the United States of America is intelligence, and we are weakest, frankly, in that particular area." (NYTimes 1-28-04)

-1980's Kerry was against death penalty for terrorists. Now he's for it.

-1991 Kerry voted against first Gulf War
-2003 Kerry voted for second Iraq war

"John Kerry is a hypocrite"
This line will be followed by examples of Kerry's 19 years in the Senate taking special interest money. Republicans will use this to nuetralize one of Bush's main liabilities. Voters will think both Kerry and Bush are the same when it comes to special interests, only Kerry is a hypocrit about it.

Everything they did to Dukakis, they will do to Kerry. Remember Kerry was Lt. Governor during Dukakis infamous parole program.

Zell Miller, "Kerry's voting record is terrible on defense."

Watch also for commercials highlighting all of the tax increases and defense spending cuts Kerry voted for.

Bottom line: Kerry's experience is a huge liability. Republicans will paint him as a career politician who changes positions to go with the political tide.


What do they have on Edwards?

-He was a trial lawyer? But that didn't work in NC and it is impossible to attack him on that without attacking his very sympathetic clients.

-He is inexperienced? He has more foreign policy experience than Bush when he was elected. Edwards has travelled to Pakistan and met Musharif. Bush couldn't name the leader of Pakistan in the 2000 campaign. It's very difficult to write adds attacking the lack of something.

Bush 1 found that the "Clinton is too inexperienced argument was a looser."

Please, please vote for and contribute to Edwards. The stakes for this elections are high. This country can't take 4 more years of Bush.