Poll Shows Bush With Solid Lead (washingtonpost.com)
September 28, 2004
Although the Washington Post in this article strains to make George Bush out to be a “divider”, it lays out the case for his win in November.
Note to the Post: President’s who win a majority of the vote didn’t divide anything. Did Clinton ever win a majority?
Poll Shows Bush With Solid Lead (washingtonpost.com): “‘Actually I would have voted for Kerry three months ago, but he’s not improved or not shown his positions any more clearly in the last three months than he did a year ago,’ Vyvyan said. ‘I think he’s trying to be everything to everybody, and you just can’t.’ “
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September 28, 2004
The Alan Keyes v. Barak Obama race has turned into a difficult one to watch. To see Alan so far behind in published polls is difficult for this fan of his.
Keyes fundamental problem is his unwillingness to speak in soundbites and finesse issues with the purpose of achieving an end goal while taking “losses” along the way. This will serve him well in the Senate (if he can make it there), but has made him unelectable to the present.
In 2000, Alan’s campaign for President was excellent. His message was on target and it resonated with the conservative base. But in Maryland before and Illinois now, he has had Republican Party organizations which were unable and unwilling to see the ultimate benefit of having him in Congress: namely that those who bring the debate higher inspire the base and build the party.
To be sure, Alan would not be the “constituent service” sort of legislator, but he would bring the level of debate on the floor of Congress to a level it hasn’t reached since the 80’s. With a Republican Congress and a President in his second term willing to “try things”, this could pay off in long term dividends for the key issues facing the country right now; abortion and the tax code. But Alan doesn’t play the game the way the “players” like, so he finds himself in a pickle at present.
Hopefully there is a miracle in the offing, but campaigns are rarely won in such a manner. Blessings to the man, curses to those unwilling to seek something higher than mere wins and losses.
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September 27, 2004
All the good things they never tell you about today’s Iraq
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September 27, 2004
Check out this rolling list of Bush/Kerry Polls.
The President is beginning to pull away. If Bush has a good debate and no October surprises……..it’s over.
Dear President Bush:
It’s time to begin stumping for the Congressional and Gubernatorial Candidates.
P.S. Other Presidential candidates have done this in the past, and it seems to cause great success for the party as a whole………just a thought.
Grassroots Campaign Mail
September 27, 2004
From: Confessions of a Political Junkie
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Bush Volunteered For Vietnam?
September 26, 2004
Backcountry Conservative found some interesting information on Bush’s Guard ServiceRead More Here: “One of the criticisms leveled at the President is that he sought guard service to keep him from serving in Vietnam. [Colonel] Morrisey says, ‘not so.’
‘The Air Force, in their ultimate wisdom, assembled a group of 102’s and took them to Southeast Asia. Bush volunteered to go. But he needed to have 500 [flight] hours, but he only had just over 300 hours so he wasn’t eligible to go,’ Morrisey recalls. “
As we continute on in this debate over military service, it seems that analysis turns on its head: John Kerry went to Vietnam, served, received medals and came back to trash the military he claims to have honorably served; George Bush seems to have dodged the draft, served in the National Guard and volunteered to be dispatched into harms way (although denied the opportunity).
Remember the biblical parable of the two servants. One was asked to do something, said yes and then backed out and the other said no and then did what was asked. Which one was obedient?…It’s a good analysis of these two Presidential candidates!
Sphere: Related ContentAndrew Sullivan Nails It! Kerry’s Not Ready.
September 24, 2004
Readers of this column will know that I am strongly in favor of the war in Iraq and that I don’t share the cynicism of many regarding how the President is handling it now. Andrew Sullivan is highly critical of the Bush Administration’s handling of Iraq, but he hit it on the head today in his review of Joe Lockhart’s comments in the LA Times today.
“BEYOND BELIEF: I’m going to wait till after next week’s national security debate to make a final assessment of John Kerry on the war, but this statement by Joe Lockhart about Ayad Allawi is just vile:
‘The last thing you want to be seen as is a puppet of the United States, and you can almost see the hand underneath the shirt today moving the lips.’
This is the same Joe Lockhart who calls nutjobs in Texas at the behest of CBS. Look, Bush’s war-management deserves ferocious criticism, but the notion that Kerry is fit to wage this war is getting more and more untenable as the days go by. He has sent signals that he wants to withdraw troops soon; he disses our allies; he shows contempt for a man risking his life to bring democracy to Iraq. We’re in a war, senator. Fight the enemy, not our friends.”
I don’t often agree with Sullivan, but he got it right this time. And people (read: voters) of each party affiliation will not react well to this comment. Just another in a long line of bad lines from the Kerry camp.
Kerry and Political Discourse
September 24, 2004
Proving once again that John Kerry never saw a flip-flop he couldn’t resist, the Massachusetts Senator asserted on CNN’s Crossfire in 1997 that the United States reserved the right to unilaterally attack Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the national interest.
In the Washington Times today, Kerry is reported as saying then when he appeared with Cong. Peter King, “We know we can’t count on the French. We know we can’t count on the Russians. We know that Iraq is a danger to the United States, and we reserve the right to take pre-emptive action whenever we feel it’s in our national interest.”
What a difference seven years and a Republican Presidential opponent can make!
One of the major reasons Mr. Kerry is failing in the polls at present is that his position on issues changes in a manner analogous to those prescription glasses which darken gradually when exposed to the sun. And he hasn’t mitigated this problem with a positive, practical agenda.
At first, this seemed to be for Mr. Kerry just a few examples of typical political-speak. As more of these shifts in position are revealed, we find him lampooning himself. The shades of grey revealed shift back and forth making Kerry seem like the Mood Ring of American politics.
No matter how hard he tries, John Kerry will not win this race unless the American people believe he will make a positive difference for the country. Attack Dog politics will only move the polls so far. There is a Laffer Curve in politics which proportionally maximizes or negates voter support for a candidate based on net accumulation of negative campaign inputs (I’ll call it the Pfaff Curve for the purposes of this article :) ). John Kerry reached his peak on that curve around May of this year. As he loses more voters over time without providing a counterbalanced positive agenda, he complains about Swift Boat Veterans and an opponent ignorant of our place in the world in his estimation rather than providing a clear contrast a challenger needs to gain electoral success. Voters receive perspective from negative attacks, but ultimately cannot attach to them.
I believe that American politics benefits from negative attack (which I differentiate from personal attacks). Our election process has greatly benefited from it throughout our history. The American people reject politicians who cannot bring a light on truth. They seek answers and solutions, and cannot countenance mere diatribe. They want the truth because, as was so eloquently stated by George C. Scott playing Patton in the biographical portrait of that great general, “losing is hateful to Americans.” Losing implies poor planning and neglect of facts. Americans judge their politicians based on their ability to see reality and implement workable solutions. Kerry does neither.
We wonder at those who complain about the tenor of political campaigns these days. When they do so, are they making a serious comment on the process, or are we only observing a defensive attempt to shield incompetence. I believe in the case of Mr. Kerry and the majority of the Democrat Party, we are observing the latter.
Edward R. Murrow once said, “When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.”
The Washington Times: Inside the Beltway - September 24, 2004
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September 23, 2004
TAKING HAYEK SERIOUSLY: HAYEK SMILED. WHY BLOGGING WORKS.
Abortion Tops "Healthcare" cases in Ghana
September 23, 2004
Abortion tops malaria and anemia as most frequently treated “health cases” in the country of Ghana
“Abortion cases supersede all other health cases reported at the various health centers in Jaman District of Brong Ahafo” in Ghana, West Africa.
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