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Was thinking this a.m. while watching Kerry's speech to the Vets. We know statistically for several years where our strenths and where our weaknesses are concerning various blocks of voters. We do great with the Black community. We attract more women voters than do the repubs. But we fail with a capital 'F' with white males.
Thinking about the various 'blocks', I can't name one of 'ours' that has turned south on us during this election period. I don't see any of our "usuals" leaving us or becoming greatly weakened, etc. But I do see that the #1 worry for Bush/Rove has to be in the ranks of the white, male, republican voter, verterans. (I don't see those vets who vote Dem in this block jumping over to support Mr. AWOL). All Kerry has to do is get a small percent of these usual republican vets in this close election and Bush is history.
This explains why the whoring media is spending more time with the Swiftboat paid-for drunks than with the guys who actually were on the boat with Kerry. This is the one area Rove wants to stop any bleeding from. I believe that the MoveOn ad was, of course, worked out with the Kerry camp. They needed to have Kerry look above the fray but hit back and bring this AWOL issue back to the forefront (sort of like Bush's operatives in SC did to McCain and Bush could claim he certainly had nothing to do with it).
I'm beginning to think that this whole election could come down to Kerry not just wooing vets but by having 'operatives' get more and more info out to the public about the boy who drank, snorted coke and went AWOL while others had to go out and get their butts blown off for the US of A. They say the Swiftboat vets won other elections for Kerry---I'd stay with the same plan only jack it up more. It's inexcusable if Kerry can't bury this bastard on this issue. I believe that there is still going to be a certain percentage of these vets who just can't turn their back on a guy who actually served in combat and that's why I hope he pounds this issue for the next two months. I think this is the voter we need to 'swing'.
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