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| Kerry will increasely cite bad economy in campaign |
| 2004-06-15 |
| EFL Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), dismissing economic and jobs growth as too little, too late, will step up his campaign accusing President Bush of saddling the middle class with lower wages and higher costs for health care, education and gasoline, top advisers said yesterday. With polls showing voters unhappy with Bush’s economic stewardship, [this is true, polls frequently show people unhappy with the economy even in good times and it takes several months for economic recovery to be perceived on main street - the economy was recovering during the late summer and early fall before Bush 41 lost to Clinton largely because of economic issues] Kerry will spend the remainder of June [but by Sept or Oct this may be a losing argument] arguing that the president’s policies have left most voters -- and the country -- in worse financial shape. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #13 Kerry is trying EVERY ANGLE to build support; this is just one of many. I don't know much about Kerry as a leader, but I know one thing that will never allow me to vote for him: his belief that we needed to get the international community's permission to enforce the UN resolutions against Hussein and his subsequent denegration of the US for keeping its word. I don't beg for friends, nor should any American with an ounce of self-esteem. Anyone who has lived a while on this earth knows what happens when you beg someone to be a friend (or lover or employer); their respect for you is immediately diminished. Our friends will reveal themself in time in this war and its aftermath. We should make note of who is who and let Kerry pretend all "friends" are equal. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-15 2:47:58 PM |
| #12 im cant find it shipman. :( it ok mhw. sometimes im mispell a word to. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-06-15 2:07:44 PM |
| #11 CNN has an article today on the increase in new millionaires at: http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/15/pf/millionaires/index.htm If Kerry wants to play the class war game (which I think is what his advisor Shrum wants him to play), he can say 'well, see the Bush ecomomy is just helping the rich'. Of course this is nonsense but it might play in the short run if enough of the media buy into it. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-15 1:24:04 PM |
| #10 Ahhh Mucky, sometimes the facade slips, eh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-15 1:02:56 PM |
| #9 Didn't these morons learn their lesson with Mondale, that depressing misery-merchant? Apparently not. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-06-15 1:01:01 PM |
| #8 muck4doo Sorry about the mistake. Should be "increasingly". But at least I spelled "perceived " correctly (I sometime foul that one up). |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-15 12:55:06 PM |
| #7 Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), dismissing economic and jobs growth as too little, too late,.. I wasn't aware that economic and jobs growth had to adhere to a particular schedule.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-15 12:04:21 PM |
| #6 Dan - Yes. Everything is Bush's fault. In fact, I'm pretty sure he is getting blamed for that Troy movie as well... |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-15 11:19:30 AM |
| #5 Mucki you need to jump all over that canary and foot spray story at the top of the page. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-15 10:58:39 AM |
| #4 so was it Bush's fault when my health care went up in the 90's??? |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-15 10:34:44 AM |
| #3 increasely. ima learn new wurd today! :) |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-06-15 9:53:27 AM |
| #2 I have a pager that I carry for my job, and I get news thru their Datacast system. One of today's headlines said "Kerry, trying to blunt good news on jobs, says Bush not doing enough to help the middle class." (emphasis mine) This is significant to me because the Datacast "news" is normally just quick blurbs with the usual headlines you would find in the papers or on TV - biased throughout and a "blurred" line between LLL opinion and factual reporting. I found it fascinating that mainstream reporting agencies are taking shots at Kerry like this. How much of a piece of crap is Kerry for |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-15 9:25:32 AM |
| #1 Kerry's arguments will just be another case of "round up the usual suspects". Nothing to see here, move along. |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-06-15 9:16:28 AM |