The Right Response: "No Smear Campaign Ever..."

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Tuesday August 24, 2004 · 2:13 PM PDT

2004/08/24 · 14:13

Kerry's response today was pretty good:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/24/politics/campaign/24CND-KERRY.html?hp

But I think he can be even more direct in connecting Bush's dishonesty and lack of accountability when it comes to negative campaigning to his dishonesty and lack of accountability when it comes to governing the country. Read More

Campaign Jujitsu: Use the Swift Hoax against Bush

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Friday August 20, 2004 · 9:44 AM PDT

2004/08/20 · 09:44

While I'm glad Kerry has responded strongly to the Swift Boat Hucksters and pointed out Bush's complicity in their slander, I think Kerry could take the attack one big step further.

Kerry has an opportunity to turn this issue on it's head and use it against Bush. His response would be even more effective if he would link the attacks on him to Bush's poor treatment of veterans (e.g., cutting veteran health benefits) and those currently serving (e.g., back door draft). He can call it part of a pattern of Bush's disrespect for those who've seen real combat. Read More

Has Kerry Made a Tactical Error? (POLL)

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Friday August 13, 2004 · 3:26 PM PDT

2004/08/13 · 15:26

By working so hard to negate the traditional advantage Republicans hold on security and defense issues, did Kerry miss an opportunity to build a bigger lead in the race on issues like the economy and health care?

That may be the lesson from the latest Democracy Corps (a group run by Stan Greenberg and James Carville) memo: http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/Small_Bounce_Big_Opportunity.pdf Read More

Update on Bush's Service Record

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Thursday August 05, 2004 · 5:32 PM PDT

2004/08/05 · 17:32

Kevin Drum does a nice job of summarizing the analysis of Bush's payroll/service records done by Paul Lukasiak.

In short, it sure looks like Bush went AWOL for 5 months, NEVER made up the lost service time, yet somehow managed to be gain an honorable discharge:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_08/004454.php

If the Swift Boat Slanderers want to talk about the candidates' military service, I say, BRING IT ON!

Bush Pressures Pakistan to Deliver Targets for Election Cycle

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Wednesday July 07, 2004 · 4:41 PM PDT

2004/07/07 · 16:41

In this just posted article on TNR, Spencer Ackerman and John Judis quote numerous Pakistani intelligence officials to the effect that the Bush Administration has been pressuring them to capture or kill high-value AQ and/Taliban targets before the November election. They've apparently communicated that the optimum time would be during the Democratic convention.

If true, this is an outrage.

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040719&s=aaj071904

Forget McCain or Dean. Russ Feingold for VP!

danielj

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Thursday June 17, 2004 · 11:35 AM PDT

2004/06/17 · 11:35

If Kerry is looking for a guy with reformer credibility such as McCain or - as Kos posted - Dean, one obvious and less controversial option would be Wisconsin's Senator Russ Feingold.

He's not a Republican like McCain, so the base won't revolt. He doesn't have the "scream" baggage (even if the baggage was undeserved) and high negatives that plague Dean. He has the reformer credibility that excites some people about Dean, McCain, and Nader. Plus, he's from the battleground state of Wisconsin.

He's been around long enough to pass the credibility test. The media likes him, AFAIK, and he's inextricably linked to John McCain, which doesn't hurt with moderates.

The more I think about, the more I like it. I'm probably missing some really obvious negative, so fire away!

Books On Genetically Modified Food

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Thursday June 10, 2004 · 12:55 PM PDT

2004/06/10 · 12:55

My wife has become interested in the issue of genetically modified food/agriculture through a series recenty published in the Sacramento Bee. She's looking for balanced books that take a serious look at the facts. Presumably, anything with "Supercorn!" or "Frankenfood!" in the title wouldn't qualify, if you know what I mean.

Can any of you folks who understand the subject recommend some good - and balanced - books on the subject?

Bush contacts outside attorney regarding Plame Affair

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Wednesday June 02, 2004 · 3:54 PM PDT

2004/06/02 · 15:54

From Noted Now(http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/):

"BUSH CONTACTS OUTSIDE ATTORNEY IN LEAK CASE: ABC News' Kate Snow reports that President Bush has contacted an outside attorney in case over leak of name of CIA operative Valerie Plume, wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson..."

I'm hoping for a military tribunal...

Kerry Needs to Get Out in Front of the Terrorism Issue

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Saturday May 08, 2004 · 3:25 PM PDT

2004/05/08 · 15:25

Check out the last paragraph of Ruy Teixeira's analysis of the most recent Gallup poll:

"Bush's overall approval rating is now 49 percent approve/48 percent disapprove, tied for the worst of his presidency. And here are his approval ratings in four specific areas, all the worst of his presidency: the economy, 41 approve/56 disapprove; foreign affairs, 42/53; the situation in Iraq, 42/55; and terrorism, 52/45 (!)."

http://www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/donkeyrising/archives/000486.php

I think even more so than the Iraq issue, Kerry needs to get out ahead on terrorism. Read More

"We Trusted You, and You Failed Us."

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Thursday April 15, 2004 · 3:06 PM PDT

2004/04/15 · 15:06

I think that would be an excellent Kerry response to some of Bush's charges of flip flopping, and it works on a couple of levels.

First off, it's true in the cases of authorizing the Iraq war, the Patriot Act, and NCLB. Kerry voted for Iraq to give Bush leverage to force inspections, but Bush just wanted war. Kerry voted for NCLB because he assumed the Republicans would fully fund it's provisions, but they haven't. While the Patriot Act was dubious from the get go, certainly Ashcroft's implementation has been excessive. Read More

Should Kerry Up the Ante?

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Monday April 12, 2004 · 5:34 PM PDT

2004/04/12 · 17:34

Unlike some contributors here, it hasn't bugged me too much that Kerry has been somewhat silent on Iraq and the Administration's pre-9/11 inactivity. With new charges and problematic information hitting them daily, there's been no reason for Kerry to chip in. Indeed, doing so may just have allowed some people to write it all off as he said/she said partisan bickering.

But now that Bush will hold a press conference in prime time tomorrow night, is this the time to raise the stakes for Bush by calling him out? Read More

Kerry Mum on Clarke Charges

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Tuesday March 23, 2004 · 9:27 PM PST

2004/03/23 · 21:27

'"I don't know anything about it," said Kerry, questioned by reporters as he arrived at the ski slopes. "It's my last hours, my last hours."

...Kerry declined to wade into that disagreement, saying he's asked to have a copy of Clarke's book shipped to his vacation home, where he'll study the book before commenting.'

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=536&u=/ap/20040323/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_19&print er=1 Read More

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