It's the lies, Stupid.
I just responded to this post at New Partisan:
The point is well taken by this liberal, who realizes that Kerry couldn't get out from under the Republican lies. Republicans know they can't win on issues arguments, so they lie and obfuscate. They made it a question of Kerry's character, yes, and Kerry played right into it. But the blame is less on Kerry for trying to continue arguing nuance and issues, and more on Bush who refused to answer questions, who refused to argue issues, and who lied, lied, lied, all the way home like the little piggy he is.
The big lie obviously is that Iraq is part of the war on terror. The little lies helped a lot too, like, "want some wood" in response to criticism of his tax cuts, or, "net increase in wetlands," or "clear skies initiative." How about "fight them there so we don't have to fight them here." That's just stupid, frankly, and the fact that it was spread more in red states says a lot about these places, where, like Bush, the majority reject evolution.
So, to hear people blame Kerry is really kind of a joke, when we all know who's to blame: A Republican party that lies and cheats--how about the fliers in a couple of states that said Kerry wanted to ban the Bible? In Ohio on election day, there was a BIG LIE phone call by Republicans acting like Democrats begging the voter to get out and vote for Kerry so he could make Gay Marriage legal. Remember, contrary to what the partisan above says, the election was decided by 136,000 voters in Ohio. I'm sure there were at 136,000 anti-gay-marriage voters in Ohio. And, it's conceivable that that many were convinced by the Republican lies and cheating. So, wouldn't it be the Bush lies that decided it?
Scott Supak
http://supak.com
The point is well taken by this liberal, who realizes that Kerry couldn't get out from under the Republican lies. Republicans know they can't win on issues arguments, so they lie and obfuscate. They made it a question of Kerry's character, yes, and Kerry played right into it. But the blame is less on Kerry for trying to continue arguing nuance and issues, and more on Bush who refused to answer questions, who refused to argue issues, and who lied, lied, lied, all the way home like the little piggy he is.
The big lie obviously is that Iraq is part of the war on terror. The little lies helped a lot too, like, "want some wood" in response to criticism of his tax cuts, or, "net increase in wetlands," or "clear skies initiative." How about "fight them there so we don't have to fight them here." That's just stupid, frankly, and the fact that it was spread more in red states says a lot about these places, where, like Bush, the majority reject evolution.
So, to hear people blame Kerry is really kind of a joke, when we all know who's to blame: A Republican party that lies and cheats--how about the fliers in a couple of states that said Kerry wanted to ban the Bible? In Ohio on election day, there was a BIG LIE phone call by Republicans acting like Democrats begging the voter to get out and vote for Kerry so he could make Gay Marriage legal. Remember, contrary to what the partisan above says, the election was decided by 136,000 voters in Ohio. I'm sure there were at 136,000 anti-gay-marriage voters in Ohio. And, it's conceivable that that many were convinced by the Republican lies and cheating. So, wouldn't it be the Bush lies that decided it?
Scott Supak
http://supak.com