Kerry stays focused, projects strength (Boston Globe)

henslee

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Fri Oct-01-04 02:10 AM
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Kerry stays focused, projects strength (Boston Globe)

Edited on Fri Oct-01-04 02:11 AM by henslee

For 90 minutes last night, Senator John F. Kerry tried to make political gains by reviving a strategy that helped him in the 2004 Democratic debates and primaries: castigating the president on Bush's signature issue, national security, while pledging to be a stronger commander in chief, the essence of Kerry's "bring it on" mantra challenging Bush.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/debates/articles/2004/10/01/kerry_stays_focused_projects_strength/

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demoman123

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Fri Oct-01-04 02:14 AM
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1. 'Projects strength' is the key.

Edited on Fri Oct-01-04 02:16 AM by demoman123

As I have said so often and so well, but mostly so often. This is the area where Kerry has to excell over Bush.

In a time of national crisis, people want a strong authority figure. This is an infantile desire, but a very real one.

Bush has the advantage of being an incumbent President, with all the trappings of power.

That is difficult to compete with.

But Kerry projected strength in this debate more than I have seen in the entire campaign.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Fri Oct-01-04 02:52 AM
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2. "tried to make political gains"

Oh come on already!

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