To Kerry: Alienate me if you have to...But fight back, dammit

[Armstead]

Okay I'm a lefty, and I want the ghost of Paull Wellstone to inhabit Kerry's body. But that aint gonna happen.

So I want Kerry to forget folks like me if he has to until the election is over. John, be as DLC as you want for the next couple of months, if it'll get you to evict Bush fromn the White House. Just do SOMETHING and stop flying your damn hairdresser across country. Stop waffling about Cambidia.

Pleeeeeeze. I'm getting cold sweats thinking that you might snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Please, dammit -- fight back. Bush and his zombie army are coming at you with long knives, and you can't fend them off with toothpicks.

You're losing in the "manly protector" battle. Take on them Swift Boat assholes....And then move on from Viet Nam. Talk about security today. If you have to talk like George Patton.

Raise some mud. Drag out Halliburton. Drag out Valerie Plame. The Iraq lies. Stop agreeing with George about it.

Send out your meanest surrogates. Get those wimpy consultants off the talk shows and put people like Harkin and Obama and Dean any other tough talking inspiring Dem you can get on the tube.

Be left, center or right if you have to. But kick some GOP booty. Build on that Boston speech.

Do whatever it takes. Just don't let that weasly-eyed Texan squeak into the White House because we came THAT CLOSE but missed the cigar.

[A_Possum]

1. Ya know what?

Kerry knows when to fight and when to wait. He's proved that over and over. Take a shower for your sweats and get some cold nerve, like John's got. ;p

[JI7]

2. why do those who complain about Kerry the most repeat right wing crap the

most.

[Armstead]

3. Because the right wing crap will do us in if we let it

NEVER forget Dukakis and 2000.

Their mud works.

[JI7]

4. "waffling" on cambodia and the hairstylist comments are right wing attacks

you didn't say how to deal with these attacks or anything. you took at as legitimate attacks that he needs to stop doing.

[Armstead]

6. Call a spade a spade

If he didn't fly his hairdresser, then make that clear. If he did, then explain why clearly. They're making hay out of that. He can't just pretend to be above it.

Cambodia, he's got to tell it like he honestly remembers it.

Sorry but he's playing in their hands if he doesn't answer as aggreesively as they are tossing this crap around.

[JI7]

7. ok,so you accept doing things on right wingers terms

[Armstead]

8. At this point yes

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He needs to be on offense and they're keeping him on defense.

Shouldn't be nasty or dishonest. But there's so much out there to scuttle Bush but it's being kept below the radar.

Meanwhile the GOP is making stuff up, and it sticks enough to erode Kerry's image.

[bigtree]

5. Rah Rah

It will happen all because of you and your enthusiasm for his campaign.

[DemBones DemBones]

9. Nobody wants to listen to us for some reason.

Like you, I wish Kerry were a lot farther to the left but I'm supporting him. I had to judo my attitude to do it but I'm behind him and I want him to win. I'm scared to death of what would happen if he doesn't.

I saw how they did Dukakis, how they did Carter when he was running for a second term. One of their favorite tactics is to portray the Democrat as weak. They did it to Dukakis, Mondale, Carter, McGovern, Humphrey, Stevenson. They probably did it to Truman and FDR but I wasn't around then. Another tactic is to paint the Dem as "elitist." Over and over, the same old same old.

Open your eyes, people, they're doing it again!!!

I'm all for being positive about Kerry but all this talk about what a great game of chess he's playing is giving me the willies. I see nasty right wingers slinging mud and Kerry denouncing an ad defending him!!! What is the man thinking???

Please, John Kerry, we need you to win.

[FrenchieCat]

10. and by denouncing the ad...

Kerry denounced his surrogates who just started talking about Bush's legacy escape clause to Vietnam.

This has disappointed me very much.

Hope top notch surrogate Wes Clark doesn't tire of this crap!

[mitchtv]

11. I have been telling myself it will change

during and after the convention. It better.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. 10,000 Political Strategists Are Out Of Work And They Are All On This

Board

[Democat]

17. The people on this board would have to try hard to do worse

than the real Democratic Stategists have done in the last couple of elections.

Maybe you forgot about 2002?

We all waited for the secret Democratic plan.

The secret plan turned out to be to accept defeat and kiss Bush's ass right up until their Republican replacement took office.

You cannot blame people for not trusting the Democratic Party after what we've seen in the last few elections!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Collective Hand Wringing And Gnashing Of Teeth Is Not A Strategy (nt)

[buycitgo]

13. I had the most HIDEOUS nightmare awhile back

Kerry, as he did, during the primary, realized he had to take stock, make some campaign changes.

so he hitched up his britches, took a deep breath, and fired most of his staff

he then hired......................



Susan Estrich!!!!!!


GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woke up.....doo doo doo DOO! in a collllllld SWEAT!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. LOL

What are we going to do about these armchair strategists and merchants of gloom...


They are starting to make a visit to this board as pleasant as a trip to the dentists...

[DemBones DemBones]

15. Enjoy your dreamworld then. eom

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. What Does EOM Mean?

It's three AM ...

I don't understand your cryptic reponse....