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[corporatewhore]

1. If its any comfort i attacked dean for his conservative record

[girl gone mad]

2. Well, he did little..

to convince this Dem doubter in the debate, despite your assertion that he was prepared for battle. Judging from the boos he got at one point, I'd guess there are a lot of other Dem doubters left to sway.

[krkaufman]

5. Kerry got booed in Thursday's debate?? n/t

[girl gone mad]

11. Yes.

Brokaw asked him something about how he would be able to get things done as President, considering the congress is GOP controlled, and he answered something about having to know how to work from within the system to reach compromises.

Of course, the pundits were too busy declaring Kerry the winner to take notice of the incident, but there was a palpable discontent frrom within the audience. They were rightfully discontent with that answer.

He also said something about knowing how to get bills passed without your name on them.. I don't think that was a very good answer, either.

[DemBones DemBones]

25. What was wrong with his answers? He's correct that it

doesn't matter whose name is on the bill if you get your work done and he's correct that it helps to know how to work with Congress and to compromise, unless, of course, he has the votes lined up to be a bully, the way Bush* is. Every president who comes in as an "outsider" goes through a learning curve in which things can get pretty screwed up.

I didn't actually hear any pundits claim Kerry won. I did hear Pat Buchanan say that Kucinich and Sharpton won, which was really interesting, coming from him.

[girl gone mad]

28. I don't want someone who..

knows the fine art of compromising with Republicans and cutting deals behind closed doors. Call it a personal preference.

And every pundit on the Hardball special following the debate, including Buchanon and Matthews, called Kerry the winner.

[blm]

29. And Frank Luntz declared Dean the winner of all the preIowa debates

and no Dean supporter lifted an eyebrow?

[seaglass]

31. That's not what happened. It was Dean who attacked Kerry

about his ability to get bills passed and his attack failed. Kerry had a great comeback as you mentioned above. It wasn't boos...it was ooo's because he scored the point, Dean walked right into it.:-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. I welcome them too

Kerry will make mincemeat out of any attackers. Bring it on, baby!

[PassingFair]

4. That slogan SUCKS!

Every time I hear it, I see chimpy's crappy little face. Kerry needs to get another one....

[corporatewhore]

6. I like Bring 'Em Home!!!

[sistersofmercy]

8. Nope, it's pure genius swiping it from bush*

It makes a mockery of bush* using it when he did and at the same time captures the actual meaning of the saying. It got huge cheers at a Kerry rally here in St Louis.

[For PaisAn]

9. He really does need to get another slogan

It's sounding canned and quite irritating.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

14. No chimpy needs to get another one

we're framing the debate.

[sistersofmercy]

17. And he's on the run trailing the Democratic candidates from state to

state for the impending primary. At first when I found out stupid bush* was coming to St Louis just before the primary, I was pissed but after doing a thread, I understand why he's doing it, fear!

[sandnsea]

22. Are you going to greet him?

The entire Kerry campaign, all those vets, yelling "Bring It On"!!!

[sistersofmercy]

26. I don't know where he's going to be...

It was just annouced. He flys in here, does his little song and dance then flys right back out with his grab bag. He'll be here maybe for an hour or two.
Honestly, I don't think that would help Kerry in the primary in MO, St Louis is a funny place, it would be better to protest the medicare issue with a bunch of grannies. The Moveon ad about medicare has been being played here about once or twice an hour in peak times. In general, people here protest issues not people. Last time bush* was in town, there was a protest about overtime pay. I don't think it got national news.

[loyalsister]

32. No chance

As soon as he tries rallying the seniors over medicare, it will be pointed out nonstop that he missed the vote.

[sandnsea]

21. You'll love it

When you finally "get it."

[loyalsister]

30. It turns my stomach!!

I'm reminded of something negative- actually horrifying everytime he says it, too.
Kerry's imitatation diminishes the seriousness of the sickness of Bush saying it. That should be used against Bush to show his lack of empathy, but Kerry is caricaturing it and he'll never be able to do it. It's also more of Kerry's disgusting macho posturing. It's truly nauseating.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

34. You put into words why I wince/cringe every time I hear it.

Thanks. I think Kerry should get rid of
it, if he can.

[fishnfla]

7. There is only one winner in this fight

.

[Anwen]

10. Really?

He's getting hit from all sides? Where have I been. I haven't heard any criticism about the new front runner, well except for Botoxgate.

[PassingFair]

27. Cool,

can we have "Let's Roll"?

[killbotfactory]

12. It will lose it's novelty after a couple months.

Have fun while it lasts.

[incapsulated]

13. did I miss something?

Is Kerry getting trashed in the media today?

You do know that DU is a separate universe, if not a separate reality?

[genius]

15. It looks like it's just Dean, Dean's supporters and the news media

attacking Kerry. I don't agree with Kerry on everything but I'd have no problem voting for him in November.

[stickdog]

19. Which major news media are attacking Kerry?

So far, we've got stupid unconfirmed botox rumors (from crappy celeb news outlets), and one WP article talking about the obvious hypocrisy of Kerry's anti-special interest crib from Dean's campaign.

However, there are still far more anti-Dean articles and stories than anti-Kerry articles and stories throughout corporate media. Just do a news search of each at news.google.com or news.yahoo.com if you don't believe me.

Considering that Kerry is now the undisputed front-runner, how do you explain this?

[blm]

35. Which majornewsmedia declared Kerry's candidacy dead for months?

The ones who made his fundraising dry up for most of last year and that benefitted the Dean and Clark campaign coffers.

[stickdog]

16. From all sides except the only one that matters -- the corporate media

side.

[clarknyc]

18. Really?

Sounds to me as if you're spoiling for a fight that hasn't yet arrived. Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.

[Meshuga]

20. Better To Get The Trash Out Early

Before it stinks up the place.

[clarknyc]

24. I'm sure your post makes sense, but I just don't get it.

[bain_sidhe]

40. before anybody is paying attention

That's what always pops up in my mind when people talk about somebody being trashed (or propped up, for that matter) "for months" - nobody but us junkies were paying attention months ago. NOW is when people are paying attention, so NOW is when the trashing/propping up can actually affect the race.

I don't think it's unreasonable to repeat things, if nobody heard you the first time. I do think it's unreasonable to repeat STUPID things though. If nobody heard you the first time, count yourself lucky, don't say it again!

[sandnsea]

23. It's time

We're ready. This is the guy to take it on.

[bloom]

33. I've seen a lot of Kerry people attacking

Dean supporters the last couple of days.

I suppose it's a matter of perspective - what you notice.

[edzontar]

37. They have been aatcking Dean and his supporters for months now

The whole basis of Kerry's candidacy of late has been that he is "Electable."

But if he keeps up that "Bring it On" chant, you can bet he will lose---big time.

It is, wthout a doubt, the WORST slogan EVER.

That and the bit about the door hitting Bush on the way out.

Maybe the first time it was OK, but after a million boring repetitions, it has become an embarrassment.

[Hippo_Tron]

36. I have a theory that this assault on the frontrunner is a freeper invasion

I don't see how all of this constant anti-Dean sentiment all of a sudden turned into a constant anti-Kerry sentiment overnight. I think that a large number of these people who are attacking Kerry and used to attack Dean are freepers who have infiltrated the board. I'm sure there are some people who are genuinely democrats that are truly anti-Kerry and anti-Dean but I don't think the number is as high as it seems.

[edzontar]

38. Gee, Where I have heard THAT one before....

nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

39. I'd like to know where all the Kerry supporters came from

all of a sudden. In the last official DU
poll, weren't there about five of them in
the whole joint?