Reply #25: my logic... [View All]

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My logic behind this was that as soon as Kerry sewed up the nomination for President, * and all of his surrogates in the media & on Capitol Hill immediately launched an all out smear campaign with one focused message: "Kerry is an unprincipled flip-flopper who can't be trusted with national defense." It was pounded over and over and over again until it sunk into the mainstream. Everything every Republican did was that, or some spinoff of that one idea.

We had been attacking Bush for 4 years, but the perception was that he was a steady & sure leader, etc. The attacks from MoveOn, ACT, Democrats on Capitol Hill, in the media, etc were nowhere near as coordinated as the Republicans. The Republicans were focused like a laser beam on getting that one line to sink in, while the Democrats were practically a circular firing squad there were so many messages. (The DU "Two Faces of Bush" would have been great if we had come up with it in January of 2004 instead of October!!!!)

So, as soon as whoever sews up the Republic nomination in early 2008, I hope we can have prepared LTTEs to write about each potential nominee...