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littlejoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 08:57 PM
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77. Don't worry about Kerry. He's no Dukakis. It is Bush who needs
to do the worrying.
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  -How $200 millions dollars will destroy Kerry katieforeman  Feb-20-04 08:00 PM   #0 
  - Kerry is a big  sallyseven   Feb-20-04 08:07 PM   #1 
  - Kerry is already letting Bush define the debate.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:12 PM   #4 
     - Bush wants to make security an issue  lancdem   Feb-20-04 08:16 PM   #14 
     - Sure he beats him now. But he will drop like a rock once the ads start.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:22 PM   #22 
     - Wrong.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:29 PM   #37 
        - Thank you.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:31 PM   #43 
     - A-effing-men.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:22 PM   #20 
  - Oh and they won't destroy Edwards?  mot78   Feb-20-04 08:09 PM   #2 
  - How do they destroy Edwards?  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:15 PM   #8 
     - We're in a post-9/11 world  lancdem   Feb-20-04 08:23 PM   #24 
     - I like all of the candidates also and they all have weaknesess.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:43 PM   #58 
     - The post 911 world argument does not bode well for Kerry because..  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 09:08 PM   #85 
     - Trial Lawyer n/t  maddezmom   Feb-20-04 08:24 PM   #28 
     - Correction! Personal Injury Lawyer  cryingshame   Feb-20-04 08:28 PM   #34 
     - 100% correct!  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:25 PM   #31 
     - OMG! You Aren't Even Joking  cryingshame   Feb-20-04 08:27 PM   #32 
        - Lack of experience is the weakest argument in the book.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:39 PM   #53 
           - Well, if you notice, it's the same posters, repeating the same  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:43 PM   #59 
           - That pretty much defines Kerry's campaign.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:48 PM   #64 
           - Um, I don't think the current attackers are Kerry people.  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:57 PM   #78 
              - Yeah, those people too.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 09:10 PM   #86 
           - Who started this attack ad ?  Kerryfan   Feb-20-04 08:49 PM   #65 
              - You have a point here.  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:55 PM   #74 
                 - I'm sorry I didn't make it more clear.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 09:16 PM   #87 
           - not to mention  Carolina   Feb-20-04 09:46 PM   #94 
           - it'll be enough. when asked to choose who is best to manage  GreenArrow   Feb-20-04 10:36 PM   #102 
           - A bad record is worse than no record.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 10:53 PM   #105 
              - "bad" is in the eye of the beholder  GreenArrow   Feb-20-04 11:04 PM   #106 
                 - Kerry advocated cutting intelligence in 1997!  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 11:53 PM   #108 
                    - in the pre-911 world  GreenArrow   Feb-21-04 08:57 AM   #119 
           - Reagan, Clinton and Bush were all  Dookus   Feb-21-04 12:02 AM   #110 
              - Right and Al Gore had two terms as VP. Bush was only gov of Texas.  katieforeman   Feb-21-04 12:11 AM   #112 
                 - And what does that have to do with the false  Dookus   Feb-21-04 12:20 AM   #113 
                    - Because you're comparing apples and oranges.  katieforeman   Feb-21-04 12:23 AM   #114 
                       - You're applying things to me I've never said...  Dookus   Feb-21-04 12:35 AM   #116 
                          - What was my factual error?  katieforeman   Feb-21-04 12:39 AM   #117 
                             - I wasn't responding to you.  Dookus   Feb-21-04 01:02 AM   #118 
  - The repubs will have a field day with this.  MATTMAN   Feb-20-04 08:12 PM   #3 
  - Bush doesn't have $200 million  lancdem   Feb-20-04 08:13 PM   #5 
  - But he's expected to have about $200 million total.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:16 PM   #13 
  - oh dear  Dookus   Feb-20-04 08:13 PM   #6 
  - All we have to do, is show a list of US presidents who were  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:19 PM   #16 
     - That's all we have to do?  Dookus   Feb-20-04 08:23 PM   #27 
     - It shouldn't even require that.  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:30 PM   #40 
        - Actually  Dookus   Feb-20-04 08:38 PM   #50 
           - But, they already know that was his profession.  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:50 PM   #66 
           - So....  scheming daemons   Feb-20-04 09:36 PM   #91 
     - How many were personal injury attorneys? e/o/m  Skwmom   Feb-20-04 08:29 PM   #38 
     - The whole lawyer argument does not work.  MATTMAN   Feb-20-04 08:39 PM   #52 
     - I like lawyers, both trial lawyers and former prosecutors.  Kerryfan   Feb-20-04 08:58 PM   #79 
  - Deploying troops at the directive of {non US-body} was the issue...  AP   Feb-20-04 08:14 PM   #7 
  - Wilson's presidency was destroyed??  poskonig   Feb-20-04 08:17 PM   #15 
  - It became the obsession of his second term. He stroked out over it.  AP   Feb-20-04 08:20 PM   #18 
  - Kerry will get $75 million for the general election, same as Bush  David Dunham   Feb-20-04 08:52 PM   # 
     - True.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 09:35 PM   #90 
  - It wouldn't take 200 million to destroy Edwards  Skwmom   Feb-20-04 08:15 PM   #9 
  - Perhaps you should send these to Rove.  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:21 PM   #19 
  - I hope Rove uses those three arguments. They're incredibly lame.  AP   Feb-20-04 08:23 PM   #23 
  - If you think  Skwmom   Feb-20-04 08:30 PM   #41 
     - If you want to use a Scalia-style argument that a RW judge used to throw  AP   Feb-21-04 09:50 AM   #121 
  - You think Rove needs me to give him this information?  Skwmom   Feb-20-04 08:27 PM   #33 
     - You want to bet.  MATTMAN   Feb-20-04 09:03 PM   #83 
  - It would take 200 BILLION.  AP   Feb-20-04 08:22 PM   #21 
  - Read 4 trials.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:28 PM   #35 
  - There was nothing "nuts" about Dean's concession speech  Skwmom   Feb-20-04 08:32 PM   #44 
     - True. But Dean already had a reputation fairly or not for his temper.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:39 PM   #55 
  - Come on, no fair. You can't answer back.  Kerryfan   Feb-20-04 08:55 PM   #72 
  - I personally like Kerry but...  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 09:04 PM   #84 
  - That's pathetic...  scheming daemons   Feb-20-04 09:38 PM   #93 
  - The repukes will make up crap on either guy. The test is,  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:15 PM   #10 
  - Teflon Is A Media Creation. People Are NOT BORN WITH IT  cryingshame   Feb-20-04 08:31 PM   #42 
  - Baloney. Clinton has the thickest suit of teflon of any living  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:34 PM   #46 
  - excellent point  Carolina   Feb-20-04 09:58 PM   #95 
  - wrt the $200mm, the actual candidate background is IRRELEVANT!  unblock   Feb-20-04 08:16 PM   #11 
  - Edwards is not Kerry or Gore  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 10:50 PM   #103 
  - Kerry is playing offense against Bush.  poskonig   Feb-20-04 08:16 PM   #12 
  - Because Bush is their nominee, it will be hard for them to paint Edwards  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:19 PM   #17 
     - I think they can nail Edwards on the "trust issue"  Skwmom   Feb-20-04 08:23 PM   #26 
     - Yeah right.  MATTMAN   Feb-20-04 08:32 PM   #45 
        - The 'lawyer argument' began right here on DU.  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:39 PM   #54 
           - It is the cheapest argument I have ever seen.  MATTMAN   Feb-20-04 08:42 PM   #57 
              - In fact lawyer is the most common profession of Presidents.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:46 PM   #61 
              - Remeber the snide one used against Carter??  mlawson   Feb-20-04 08:46 PM   #62 
     - Dispel with what -- 45 mill?  poskonig   Feb-20-04 08:25 PM   #30 
     - Kerry had to take out a $6 million loan on his house.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:37 PM   #48 
        - I'm talking before August.  poskonig   Feb-20-04 09:38 PM   #92 
           - Edwards will have $75 million for general election in gov funds if he is  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 10:27 PM   #100 
     - you are right on point, Katie  Carolina   Feb-20-04 10:01 PM   #96 
  - Then we must spend our own $200 million  bushwakker   Feb-20-04 08:23 PM   #25 
  - Actually, * has around 104 million and Al Gore was outspent 2 to 1  alcuno   Feb-20-04 08:24 PM   #29 
  - Bush will get $75 million in federal funds for the general election and  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:30 PM   #39 
     - Bush has opted out of matching funds.  Merlin   Feb-20-04 08:45 PM   #60 
        - They both get federal funds for the general election.  alcuno   Feb-20-04 11:57 PM   #109 
  - just think what they will do with a guy like Edwards!  jpgpenn   Feb-20-04 08:28 PM   #36 
  - The experience argument has never worked.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:36 PM   #47 
  - They've already prepared ads to attack Edwards  mmonk   Feb-20-04 08:37 PM   #49 
  - Goddammit, no one is saying Edwards is perfect.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:40 PM   #56 
  - the post would imply  mmonk   Feb-20-04 08:51 PM   #67 
     - He doesn't.  anti-NAFTA   Feb-20-04 08:54 PM   #70 
     - Let be more clear.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:55 PM   #75 
        - I stand by my post #49  mmonk   Feb-20-04 09:18 PM   #88 
  - It's not that I think Edwards isn't vulnerable. It's that he's less  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 09:25 PM   #89 
  - Your post could have been copied and pasted from Free Republic  Democat   Feb-20-04 08:38 PM   #51 
  - Kerry passed the mother-in-law test  captain_change   Feb-20-04 08:47 PM   #63 
  - We need independents and Republicans like your mother-in law if we  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:52 PM   #69 
     - Just reacting to the 24X7 echo chamber  captain_change   Feb-20-04 08:57 PM   #76 
  - If the RNC uses that against Kerry, we can count on his election!  NV1962   Feb-20-04 08:52 PM   #68 
  - Kerry will get $75 million for the general election, same as Bush  David Dunham   Feb-20-04 08:54 PM   #71 
  - This is an argument to vote for Edwards?  bigtree   Feb-20-04 08:55 PM   #73 
  - This is one of many reasons to vote for Edwards.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 08:59 PM   #80 
  - Don't worry about Kerry. He's no Dukakis. It is Bush who needs  littlejoe   Feb-20-04 08:57 PM   #77 
  - Kerry is a war hero...nothing else matters except  HowdyDUit   Feb-20-04 08:59 PM   #81 
  - Max Cleland was a war hero. Bob Dole was a war hero.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 09:02 PM   #82 
     - keep pounding away Katie  Carolina   Feb-20-04 10:06 PM   #97 
        - Thanks Carolina.  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 10:23 PM   #98 
  - If the $$$ can destroy Kerry, it can destroy Edwards  GreenArrow   Feb-20-04 10:27 PM   #99 
  - Do you think Edwards was the most feared attorney in NC because  katieforeman   Feb-20-04 10:29 PM   #101 
     - so he's not a nice guy?  GreenArrow   Feb-20-04 10:51 PM   #104 
  - You can bet the RNC will have a customized smear campaign for  Old and In the Way   Feb-20-04 11:47 PM   #107 
  - I like them both too but...  katieforeman   Feb-21-04 12:07 AM   #111 
     - kick  Carolina   Feb-21-04 11:14 AM   #123 
  - "X is unelectable"  WhereIsMyFreedom   Feb-21-04 12:31 AM   #115 
  - Lets face it. No One is perfect. They all have failings with Bush having  opihimoimoi   Feb-21-04 09:45 AM   #120 
  - Edwards voting record  Nicholas_J   Feb-21-04 10:46 AM   #122 
     - Nothing in my post is in Edwards voting record  katieforeman   Feb-21-04 01:07 PM   #124 
 

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