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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 10:07 AM
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Bush flip flops, Kerry says nothing.
WHY DOESNT KERRY CALL HIM ON IT? Bushes "Flip flop" claims are ruining Kerrys campaign. Bush has flip flopped on almost everything he has done the last 4 years. Kerry just sits there and says nothing about it. I challenged a right winger in chat the other day to show definative proof of just one Kerry "flip flop" and, try as he did, all he could come up with were right wing "Kerry flip flop list" sites. Nothing from .gov sites. Nothing from legitimate news sites. Meanwhile I found lots and lots of proof of Bushes endless flip flopping. one good resource, with links:

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=118263

BUSH PLEDGES NOT TO TOUCH SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS...
...BUSH SPENDS SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS

and on and on and on........but Kerry NEVER SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. The DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEVER SAYS ANYYTHING ABOUT IT. Why arent they hammering away on it? Whats wrong with this campaign? Why arent the democrat 527s hammering away at it?
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 10:10 AM
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1. he does, he mentions it in just about every speech he gives
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skypilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 10:13 AM
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2. I'm thinking/hoping that Kerry...
Edited on Mon Sep-13-04 10:15 AM by skypilot
...is saving up a lot of stuff for the debates and for the weeks closer to the election. I know that Kerry has to spend the money that he raised carefully and he's not going to want to have to spend it fending off the attacks that will surely come his way if he lays into Bush too soon thus giving them time to formulate a disingenuous response. That's my theory. I don't know if it really makes sense but I'm sticking with it.
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 10:16 AM
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3. Again, the difference is what Kerry is actually saying >
and what gets *cough* reported.

Whatever Kerry says -- IF it gets reported -- is immmediately thrown out like a piece of meat to the rabid, RW-talking point pumped pundits gathered about the newsreader, who then rip it to Rovian shreds.

It's the Fox formula; now playing on a ratings-driven cable news station near you!
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 10:16 AM
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4. It is the Rove strategy to define the opponent
in the very terms that most negatively and accurately describe his guy.
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