Defeated Democrats serve up anti-Kerry lines to foes

[Feanorcurufinwe]

John Kerry's been described as a waffler who blathers, a son of privilege who won't stand up to millionaires, a Washington insider who's a handmaiden to special interests and an inconsistent candidate whose word is no good.

All of that comes from fellow Democrats who ran against Kerry in the presidential primary race but now are pledged to help elect him president. The also-rans in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination have supplied plenty of rhetorical ammunition that Republicans could refire in the fall campaign, although the strategy is not without risks.

It happens every primary election season, to one degree or another: Rivals for their party's nomination criticize one another, then drop out, shake hands and close ranks behind whoever gets the prize. All those nasty sound bites are forgotten, unless somebody from the other side decides to dredge them up.

http://www.news-leader.com/today/0306-DefeatedDe-32288.html

[MikeG]

1. George W. Bush. Idiot. Moron. Jagoff. Liar. Asshole.

Any questions?

[Duck90MPH]

8. Yes, my question is...

Why stop there? There must be more no?

[FredScuttle]

12. "crazed, coked-up dipshit"

that's a personal favorite of mine

[Tim_in_HK]

14. I always liked Bill Maher's

Drunky McCokespoon.

Or was Maher's Drunky McStupid.

[AmyStrange]

2. Democracy at work...

someone should go back to the first Dubya (s)election and mine those fields. Would be a lot more productive than all those harrassing threads aimed at those whom are not 100% behind Kerry.

But, I digress...


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[IndianaGreen]

3. Kerry's record is as much an issue as Bush's dismal record

Even Joe Lieberman pointed out the obvious: that Kerry is on every side of an issue.

The electorate will have to choose between two flawed candidates, and if the early polls are to be believed, it looks like Bush is toast.

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[mopinko]

5. i agree

it is called democracy. and if you don't think that karl rove could come up with this shit on his own, you do not have 2 neurons in a row.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. Are you talking to me?

I posted a news article from AP. I didn't say, or mean to say, or mean to imply the things you ascribe to me.

[NNN0LHI]

7. You should know better than to have We Will Beat Bush! in your sig line

So try not to forget that. </cough>

Don

[revcarol]

9. Sorry if I offended. You've only been doing the "Fall in line " stuff

since last Tuesday. Not nearly enough time to make an informed judgment about your authoritarian bent. Sorry.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

10. The charges you've leveled against me are false.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=435229#436338

[Duck90MPH]

11. What was that all about?

The poster linked to an AP story and he gets hammered for it?

I didn't see anything about "Fall in line, or else" in his accurate linking. What was that slight for?

[Skwmom]

13. The Republicans didn't need the Democrats

to provide these lines of attack, they would've come up with them on their own.

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[arewethereyet]

16. so we're worrying about that NOW ? A little late methinks.

Kerry is a weak candidate and that has been obvious from the start.

I guess it could be worse though, might have been Dean or Clark.

[DuctapeFatwa]

17. Actually it's his supporters who are writing bush's ad copy for him

Trying to paint Kerry as some leftist hippie socialist peacenik, when what they should be doing is pre-emptive strikes, to get Kerry's real positions in the public consciousness before bush has a chance to cut and paste the misrepresentations of his supporters.

edit to note that not all Kerry's supporters do this, and most of those who do, in my opinion, are not doing it with the intention of either helping bush out or deceiving anybody, they are just engaging in some wishful thinking :)

[Feanorcurufinwe]

18. But who do YOU SUPPORT? What are you advocating?

Besides not electing Kerry, what do you think Democrats like those at the website can do in the 2004 elections to make the world a better place?

[looking glass]

19. Nothing new

Most of the time, these sound bites mean zip. Most people who know who primary contestants are, know that nobody really means it.

Anyone swayed by one of these soundbites wasn't going to vote for Kerry anyway.