Why the right-wing is afraid of Kerry (CAUTION: right-wing source)

[Hawkeye-X]

The Democratic establishment is afraid of us, folks. That?s why they?ve pulled out all the stops for Kerry. He is part and parcel of the establishment that owes its soul to the company store.

The DLC does NOT want to see a MOVEMENT. Carville, Begala and Tucker Carlson have ALL expressed concern about what's going to happen to this "movement" if Dean doesn't win or has to drop out. It's as if we're "out of the box" now and they're afraid they can't put us back in.

David S. Broder in an early draft of his article, "History Favors Kerry, But Geography May Not" in the Washington Post for Jan. 27 gave this as one pleasant possibility:

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"The danger for Kerry," (Bill) Carrick (a top strategist for Rep. Richard Gephardt) said, "is that Dean could wage a war of attrition and get to Wisconsin," which occupies the spotlight alone on Feb. 17. If successful in that liberal-leaning state, Carrick said, Dean might pivot into the delegate-rich contests still to come in New York and California.

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The above paragraph has disappeared from the later print version, replaced by two paragraphs full of reasons why Kerry is, well, the big kahuna. But, uh oh, too late the delete key. The attrition meme has escaped from the web site of the Washington Post, and it is running amok.

Look at how the right-wing crazies at NewsMax treat Kerry. I tell you, friends, whoever NewsMax wants, WE DO NOT WANT as our Democratic contender.

NewsMax.com

What Kerry's Victory Means

Special Insider Report From NewsMax.com

With John Kerry's victory in New Hampshire, Kerry is the clear frontrunner for the nomination.

With Super Tuesday just days away, John Kerry may establish himself as the presumptive nominee if he wins South Carolina and several of the seven remaining contests scheduled for that day.

If Kerry comes in second place in South Carolina and wins just a handful of the Super Tuesday contests, he remains the frontrunner.

Kerry has already established himself as the Democrat who represents the mainstream interests of the Democratic party: unions, special interests, and its ideological wing.

Kerry will clearly win primaries in the big Democratic states, like those in Michigan, New York, California. Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.

These key states will give him the delegate numbers to win the Democratic nomination.

(I can?t link you to this particular wording on their website, because it doesn?t seem to be there. It came in an email newsletter that some wingnut subscribed me to. I must be on some kind of special list for commie pinko freaks, because I?m not able to unsubscribe. I get it whether I want it or not. So I use it to find out what the Karl Rove lies of the day are. - Caro)

Contrast how NewsMax treats Kerry with how it treats Howard Dean:

Kerry's Attraction: He's More Electable Than Dean
NewsMax.com Wires
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004

Dean in Slap at 'Neutral' McAuliffe
Tuesday Jan. 27, 2004; 11:04 p.m. EST

Deaniacs Threaten Kerry With 'Body Blows'
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004

Kerry Easily Wins New Hampshire
NewsMax.com Wires
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004

Analysis: N.H. Makes Kerry Front-Runner
NewsMax.com Wires
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004

Exit Poll: Kerry Scores on Beating Bush
NewsMax.com Wires
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004

Kerry Says N.H. Shows He Can Beat Bush
NewsMax.com Wires
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004

Dean Vows 2nd-Place Finish to Propel Him
NewsMax.com Wires
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004

Folks in New Hampshire Find Dean's Ads 'Annoying'
Monday, Jan. 26, 2004
Dean Attacks Kerry, Charges Dirty Tricks (Notice the spin here. Not that a Kerry volunteer was playing dirty tricks, which was definitely happening, but that Dean attacks Kerry, charging dirty tricks. The volunteer doing it was let go from the Kerry campaign, but Dean is the bad guy.)

NewsMax.com Wires
Monday, Jan. 26, 2004
Vietnam Veteran Exposes Kerry's 'Phony' Anti-war Testimony (One bad one, getting ready for the onslaught that will take place if Kerry gets the nomination.)

Monday, Jan. 26, 2004
NewsMax Editorial

(I just had to throw in the one about Lieberman. He?s the one they?d REALLY like to see us nominate. Bush would win every single state. Then the Republicans could crow. They?d have a free hand to entirely dismantle the U.S. Everything of value in the whole country would disappear into the pockets of the wealthy. - Caro)

Pass it on.
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[blm]

1. Sorry, but MakethemAccountable blew their credibility by NOT KNOWING

that it was Kerry who investigated and exposed Reagan and Bush on BCCI and IranContra and CIA drugrunning.

Instead they declared that he never stood up to a Republican president. Uh...yeah....go listen to the Nixon tapes. Go read Zinn and Robert Parry and see how Kerry did nothing.

They were irresponsible and downright STUPID. They would FAIL a History class.

[eileen_d]

2. So are we letting the media choose our candidate, or not?

Every day on DU I see posts contradicting each other on this issue. So am I supposed to run off the freakin' cliff with the rest of the media-saturated lemmings or not? ;)

Edit: Running AWAY from the media is no different than running TOWARDS the media -- it's still being lemmings.

[bigtree]

3. A whole page of News Max

I'll bet those republican shit-dribblers are proud to see their drivel on our Democratic page. Mission Accomplished!