Bush pulls a Swift one

He has Kerry caught in a dilemma
on soft-money attack ads



Everybody knows President Bush is a bass fisherman. But the President
has spent most of August reeling in a more exotic specimen: the Giant New
England Slack-Jaw.
Years from now, when tales of the catch are told around GOP campfires,
small boys will marvel at how the supposedly intelligent Kerryfish swallowed
Bush's bait, hook, line and sinker.

Slack-jaw season started in January, when John Kerry won the Iowa
caucuses with help from a band of Vietnam character witnesses. At the time,
Bush realized three simple truths:

1) Kerry would be his Democratic opponent. 2) The theme of Kerry's
campaign would be his heroic military service. 3) Kerry would fund his
campaign largely with so-called 527 soft money put up by anti-Bush
billionaires who until then had been flirting with Howard Dean.

On May 4, a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth held a press
conference in Washington, denouncing Kerry. It is possible Bush was taken by
surprise by this. It is also possible the moon's made of blue cheese.

Still, it is highly doubtful that Bush put the Swifties up to their
attack. He didn't need to. They obviously hate Kerry's guts. All the
President had to do was sit quietly and watch. Patience is the fisherman's
friend.

Some of the Swiftie charges against Kerry's war record are highly
debatable. Others - that Kerry invented a "life-changing" experience in
Cambodia or that he slandered U.S. troops when he came home from the war -
are matters of public record.

Either way, one thing is indisputable: The allegations have done Kerry
a great deal of harm.

It took him a surprisingly long time to realize that. When he did, he
tried to get off the hook in awkward ways - dispatching lawyers to scare TV
stations into censoring Swiftie ads, pressuring bookstores to ban the
Swiftie bible, "Unfit to Command," even appealing to the toothless Federal
Election Commission to make his erstwhile comrades-in-arms shut up. But to
no avail.

Finally Kerry demanded that Bush himself step in and silence the
Swifties. It was a moment Bush had been waiting for.

On Monday, down in Crawford, Tex., Dubya hitched up his jeans,
sauntered out to a press conference and allowed as to how he'd be glad to
help his worthy opponent. But, just to be fair, he said, let's shut down the
negative campaigning by all 527 groups. Goodbye, Swifties. So long, MoveOn.
Just say the word, Sen. Kerry, and we'll take all the nasty dollars out of
politics.

But Kerry hasn't said that word. He probably can't. His entire
campaign finance structure is predicated on 527 money. Of the top 10 soft
donors, nine are Kerry supporters. Combined, they have already raised more
than $100 million for the Democrats. The Swifties, by contrast, have raised
much less than 1% of that. For Bush, soft money is just a dab of Texas
perfume; for Kerry, it's oxygen.

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator cuts off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

The 43rd President is often said by his critics to be a dunce. Maybe.
But in politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have
to be smarter than the fish.

NOYB wrote:

Bush pulls a Swift one

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator cuts off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

As it is unraveling, Bush is shown to be a liar...again.

Have a good weekend...we're off for a short cruise to Virginia Beach
again, early in the AM.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/t...ews-times_poll

And Bush hasn't even gotten the 'post convention bounce' yet. It is kind
of funny seeing the kerry caimpaign implode.......all that is missing is a
'scream speech' by kerry LOL


"NOYB" wrote in message
...
Bush pulls a Swift one

He has Kerry caught in a dilemma
on soft-money attack ads



Everybody knows President Bush is a bass fisherman. But the
President
has spent most of August reeling in a more exotic specimen: the Giant New
England Slack-Jaw.
Years from now, when tales of the catch are told around GOP
campfires,
small boys will marvel at how the supposedly intelligent Kerryfish
swallowed
Bush's bait, hook, line and sinker.

Slack-jaw season started in January, when John Kerry won the Iowa
caucuses with help from a band of Vietnam character witnesses. At the
time,
Bush realized three simple truths:

1) Kerry would be his Democratic opponent. 2) The theme of Kerry's
campaign would be his heroic military service. 3) Kerry would fund his
campaign largely with so-called 527 soft money put up by anti-Bush
billionaires who until then had been flirting with Howard Dean.

On May 4, a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth held a press
conference in Washington, denouncing Kerry. It is possible Bush was taken
by
surprise by this. It is also possible the moon's made of blue cheese.

Still, it is highly doubtful that Bush put the Swifties up to their
attack. He didn't need to. They obviously hate Kerry's guts. All the
President had to do was sit quietly and watch. Patience is the fisherman's
friend.

Some of the Swiftie charges against Kerry's war record are highly
debatable. Others - that Kerry invented a "life-changing" experience in
Cambodia or that he slandered U.S. troops when he came home from the war -
are matters of public record.

Either way, one thing is indisputable: The allegations have done
Kerry
a great deal of harm.

It took him a surprisingly long time to realize that. When he did,
he
tried to get off the hook in awkward ways - dispatching lawyers to scare
TV
stations into censoring Swiftie ads, pressuring bookstores to ban the
Swiftie bible, "Unfit to Command," even appealing to the toothless Federal
Election Commission to make his erstwhile comrades-in-arms shut up. But to
no avail.

Finally Kerry demanded that Bush himself step in and silence the
Swifties. It was a moment Bush had been waiting for.

On Monday, down in Crawford, Tex., Dubya hitched up his jeans,
sauntered out to a press conference and allowed as to how he'd be glad to
help his worthy opponent. But, just to be fair, he said, let's shut down
the
negative campaigning by all 527 groups. Goodbye, Swifties. So long,
MoveOn.
Just say the word, Sen. Kerry, and we'll take all the nasty dollars out of
politics.

But Kerry hasn't said that word. He probably can't. His entire
campaign finance structure is predicated on 527 money. Of the top 10 soft
donors, nine are Kerry supporters. Combined, they have already raised more
than $100 million for the Democrats. The Swifties, by contrast, have
raised
much less than 1% of that. For Bush, soft money is just a dab of Texas
perfume; for Kerry, it's oxygen.

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright
McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator cuts
off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on
until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

The 43rd President is often said by his critics to be a dunce.
Maybe.
But in politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just
have
to be smarter than the fish.

"P.Fritz" wrote in message ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/t...ews-times_poll

And Bush hasn't even gotten the 'post convention bounce' yet. It is kind
of funny seeing the kerry caimpaign implode.......all that is missing is a
'scream speech' by kerry LOL

That, and some of those childish LOL's thrown in.

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:28:16 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

NOYB wrote:

Bush pulls a Swift one

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright
McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator
cuts off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et
al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on
until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

As it is unraveling, Bush is shown to be a liar...again.

Have a good weekend...we're off for a short cruise to Virginia Beach
again, early in the AM.

That'll be a long ride in that Parker!

Especially when being propelled by a Yamaha golf cart.

John,
What Harry meant to say is he is going to paddle his canoe down the creek.


"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:28:16 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Have a good weekend...we're off for a short cruise to Virginia Beach
again, early in the AM.

That'll be a long ride in that Parker!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Don't laugh too hard....check this out...

http://electoral-vote.com/

And thats a Republican website...other sites have Kerry wining the
electoral vote by a much bigger margin!

Your dumb **** Bush is slated to lose...big.


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:17:56 -0400, "P.Fritz"
wrote:

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/t...ews-times_poll

And Bush hasn't even gotten the 'post convention bounce' yet. It is kind
of funny seeing the kerry caimpaign implode.......all that is missing is a
'scream speech' by kerry LOL


"NOYB" wrote in message
...
Bush pulls a Swift one

He has Kerry caught in a dilemma
on soft-money attack ads



Everybody knows President Bush is a bass fisherman. But the
President
has spent most of August reeling in a more exotic specimen: the Giant New
England Slack-Jaw.
Years from now, when tales of the catch are told around GOP
campfires,
small boys will marvel at how the supposedly intelligent Kerryfish
swallowed
Bush's bait, hook, line and sinker.

Slack-jaw season started in January, when John Kerry won the Iowa
caucuses with help from a band of Vietnam character witnesses. At the
time,
Bush realized three simple truths:

1) Kerry would be his Democratic opponent. 2) The theme of Kerry's
campaign would be his heroic military service. 3) Kerry would fund his
campaign largely with so-called 527 soft money put up by anti-Bush
billionaires who until then had been flirting with Howard Dean.

On May 4, a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth held a press
conference in Washington, denouncing Kerry. It is possible Bush was taken
by
surprise by this. It is also possible the moon's made of blue cheese.

Still, it is highly doubtful that Bush put the Swifties up to their
attack. He didn't need to. They obviously hate Kerry's guts. All the
President had to do was sit quietly and watch. Patience is the fisherman's
friend.

Some of the Swiftie charges against Kerry's war record are highly
debatable. Others - that Kerry invented a "life-changing" experience in
Cambodia or that he slandered U.S. troops when he came home from the war -
are matters of public record.

Either way, one thing is indisputable: The allegations have done
Kerry
a great deal of harm.

It took him a surprisingly long time to realize that. When he did,
he
tried to get off the hook in awkward ways - dispatching lawyers to scare
TV
stations into censoring Swiftie ads, pressuring bookstores to ban the
Swiftie bible, "Unfit to Command," even appealing to the toothless Federal
Election Commission to make his erstwhile comrades-in-arms shut up. But to
no avail.

Finally Kerry demanded that Bush himself step in and silence the
Swifties. It was a moment Bush had been waiting for.

On Monday, down in Crawford, Tex., Dubya hitched up his jeans,
sauntered out to a press conference and allowed as to how he'd be glad to
help his worthy opponent. But, just to be fair, he said, let's shut down
the
negative campaigning by all 527 groups. Goodbye, Swifties. So long,
MoveOn.
Just say the word, Sen. Kerry, and we'll take all the nasty dollars out of
politics.

But Kerry hasn't said that word. He probably can't. His entire
campaign finance structure is predicated on 527 money. Of the top 10 soft
donors, nine are Kerry supporters. Combined, they have already raised more
than $100 million for the Democrats. The Swifties, by contrast, have
raised
much less than 1% of that. For Bush, soft money is just a dab of Texas
perfume; for Kerry, it's oxygen.

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright
McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator cuts
off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on
until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

The 43rd President is often said by his critics to be a dunce.
Maybe.
But in politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just
have
to be smarter than the fish.

Actually..this is the reublican electoral vote website....
and it shows Bush losing by a bigger margin.

http://www.electionprojection.com/


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:17:56 -0400, "P.Fritz"
wrote:

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/t...ews-times_poll

And Bush hasn't even gotten the 'post convention bounce' yet. It is kind
of funny seeing the kerry caimpaign implode.......all that is missing is a
'scream speech' by kerry LOL


"NOYB" wrote in message
...
Bush pulls a Swift one

He has Kerry caught in a dilemma
on soft-money attack ads



Everybody knows President Bush is a bass fisherman. But the
President
has spent most of August reeling in a more exotic specimen: the Giant New
England Slack-Jaw.
Years from now, when tales of the catch are told around GOP
campfires,
small boys will marvel at how the supposedly intelligent Kerryfish
swallowed
Bush's bait, hook, line and sinker.

Slack-jaw season started in January, when John Kerry won the Iowa
caucuses with help from a band of Vietnam character witnesses. At the
time,
Bush realized three simple truths:

1) Kerry would be his Democratic opponent. 2) The theme of Kerry's
campaign would be his heroic military service. 3) Kerry would fund his
campaign largely with so-called 527 soft money put up by anti-Bush
billionaires who until then had been flirting with Howard Dean.

On May 4, a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth held a press
conference in Washington, denouncing Kerry. It is possible Bush was taken
by
surprise by this. It is also possible the moon's made of blue cheese.

Still, it is highly doubtful that Bush put the Swifties up to their
attack. He didn't need to. They obviously hate Kerry's guts. All the
President had to do was sit quietly and watch. Patience is the fisherman's
friend.

Some of the Swiftie charges against Kerry's war record are highly
debatable. Others - that Kerry invented a "life-changing" experience in
Cambodia or that he slandered U.S. troops when he came home from the war -
are matters of public record.

Either way, one thing is indisputable: The allegations have done
Kerry
a great deal of harm.

It took him a surprisingly long time to realize that. When he did,
he
tried to get off the hook in awkward ways - dispatching lawyers to scare
TV
stations into censoring Swiftie ads, pressuring bookstores to ban the
Swiftie bible, "Unfit to Command," even appealing to the toothless Federal
Election Commission to make his erstwhile comrades-in-arms shut up. But to
no avail.

Finally Kerry demanded that Bush himself step in and silence the
Swifties. It was a moment Bush had been waiting for.

On Monday, down in Crawford, Tex., Dubya hitched up his jeans,
sauntered out to a press conference and allowed as to how he'd be glad to
help his worthy opponent. But, just to be fair, he said, let's shut down
the
negative campaigning by all 527 groups. Goodbye, Swifties. So long,
MoveOn.
Just say the word, Sen. Kerry, and we'll take all the nasty dollars out of
politics.

But Kerry hasn't said that word. He probably can't. His entire
campaign finance structure is predicated on 527 money. Of the top 10 soft
donors, nine are Kerry supporters. Combined, they have already raised more
than $100 million for the Democrats. The Swifties, by contrast, have
raised
much less than 1% of that. For Bush, soft money is just a dab of Texas
perfume; for Kerry, it's oxygen.

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright
McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator cuts
off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on
until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

The 43rd President is often said by his critics to be a dunce.
Maybe.
But in politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just
have
to be smarter than the fish.

"JohnC" wrote in message
...

Don't laugh too hard....check this out...

http://electoral-vote.com/

That site is several days behind. Wait 2 or3 days and check it again. It
fails to include *yesterday's* LA Times Poll, and *today's* Gallup
poll...both of which show Bush in the lead.

Look:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/aug/aug26.xls

The most recent polling data is from the August 24th Rasmussen poll...which
showed a statistical dead heat. If you throw in August 25th's LA Times'
poll and the August 26th CNN/Gallup poll, Bush jumps out in front.

So, I'm still laughing...

That site uses week-old data, and is only updated every Tuesday. It doesn't
show August 24th's Rasmussen poll, August 25th's LA Times Poll, or August
26th's CNN/Gallup poll...all of which showed large gains for Bush. Check it
next Tuesday, JohnC...and then come back and tell me who's winning the EC
vote.



"JohnC" wrote in message
...
Actually..this is the reublican electoral vote website....
and it shows Bush losing by a bigger margin.

http://www.electionprojection.com/


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:17:56 -0400, "P.Fritz"
wrote:


http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/t...6,0,1136241.st
ory?coll=la-news-times_poll

And Bush hasn't even gotten the 'post convention bounce' yet. It is
kind
of funny seeing the kerry caimpaign implode.......all that is missing is
a
'scream speech' by kerry LOL


"NOYB" wrote in message
...
Bush pulls a Swift one

He has Kerry caught in a dilemma
on soft-money attack ads



Everybody knows President Bush is a bass fisherman. But the
President
has spent most of August reeling in a more exotic specimen: the Giant
New
England Slack-Jaw.
Years from now, when tales of the catch are told around GOP
campfires,
small boys will marvel at how the supposedly intelligent Kerryfish
swallowed
Bush's bait, hook, line and sinker.

Slack-jaw season started in January, when John Kerry won the Iowa
caucuses with help from a band of Vietnam character witnesses. At the
time,
Bush realized three simple truths:

1) Kerry would be his Democratic opponent. 2) The theme of
Kerry's
campaign would be his heroic military service. 3) Kerry would fund his
campaign largely with so-called 527 soft money put up by anti-Bush
billionaires who until then had been flirting with Howard Dean.

On May 4, a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth held a
press
conference in Washington, denouncing Kerry. It is possible Bush was
taken
by
surprise by this. It is also possible the moon's made of blue cheese.

Still, it is highly doubtful that Bush put the Swifties up to
their
attack. He didn't need to. They obviously hate Kerry's guts. All the
President had to do was sit quietly and watch. Patience is the
fisherman's
friend.

Some of the Swiftie charges against Kerry's war record are highly
debatable. Others - that Kerry invented a "life-changing" experience in
Cambodia or that he slandered U.S. troops when he came home from the
war -
are matters of public record.

Either way, one thing is indisputable: The allegations have done
Kerry
a great deal of harm.

It took him a surprisingly long time to realize that. When he
did,
he
tried to get off the hook in awkward ways - dispatching lawyers to
scare
TV
stations into censoring Swiftie ads, pressuring bookstores to ban the
Swiftie bible, "Unfit to Command," even appealing to the toothless
Federal
Election Commission to make his erstwhile comrades-in-arms shut up. But
to
no avail.

Finally Kerry demanded that Bush himself step in and silence the
Swifties. It was a moment Bush had been waiting for.

On Monday, down in Crawford, Tex., Dubya hitched up his jeans,
sauntered out to a press conference and allowed as to how he'd be glad
to
help his worthy opponent. But, just to be fair, he said, let's shut
down
the
negative campaigning by all 527 groups. Goodbye, Swifties. So long,
MoveOn.
Just say the word, Sen. Kerry, and we'll take all the nasty dollars out
of
politics.

But Kerry hasn't said that word. He probably can't. His entire
campaign finance structure is predicated on 527 money. Of the top 10
soft
donors, nine are Kerry supporters. Combined, they have already raised
more
than $100 million for the Democrats. The Swifties, by contrast, have
raised
much less than 1% of that. For Bush, soft money is just a dab of Texas
perfume; for Kerry, it's oxygen.

So, the President comes off as the champion of upright
McCain-Feingold
reform, while Kerry is stuck with George Soros & Co. If the senator
cuts
off
his billionaire backers, he suffocates. If he sticks with Soros, et
al.,
he's stuck with the Swifties, too. That's a hook Kerry can wriggle on
until
Nov. 2. Then Bush will throw him back.

The 43rd President is often said by his critics to be a dunce.
Maybe.
But in politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just
have
to be smarter than the fish.