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The guy's got big brass ones, I'll give him that. Seriously, there is, unf Fri, 3 Nov 2006 16:45:45 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#25 <i>"Last election cycle, the Republicans has the base in a panic that gay marriage was about to be legalized in their states.  Now just about all red states have constitutional amendments against it, and it's plodding along slowly even in liberal Gomo Fri, 3 Nov 2006 16:44:42 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#24 <blockquote>That's the thing I don't get-- if the thought of Speaker Pelosi, increased taxes, "cut and run" from Iraq, and mandatory gay marriage for 17-year old Christians hasn't gotten the base fired up, how much of a bump can a discredited "loser" from Fri, 3 Nov 2006 16:18:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#23 Kerry gets on the news.  Dubya gets in the history books. Fri, 3 Nov 2006 13:55:31 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#22 My 2¢:<p> Eh. I, for one, believe Kerry and his staff when he said he simply flubbed the speech. Heck,  I've done it before, you give a presentation/lecture/whatever, and you flub your notes, no matter how many times you have practiced it. It hap Fri, 3 Nov 2006 13:06:39 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#21 <i>"Will it work? Probably not, but at this late stage, it was just about the only thing the RNC had left for ammunition."</i><p> Exactly.  The GOP is grasping at anything they can get.  But however weak, they have latched onto something that put Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:41:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#20 Yeah, cause there hasn't been any press about the failure of the Iraq war.  Kerry's getting a few days of press because he said something stupid, then refused to apologize for it.  I imagine we'll be hearing about Shrub's fuckup for a consderably Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:34:41 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#19 <i>because it pumps up the Republican base</i><p>    That's the thing I don't get-- if the thought of Speaker Pelosi, increased taxes, "cut and run" from Iraq, and mandatory gay marriage for 17-year old Christians hasn't gotten the base fired up, Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:58:02 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#18 Trying to convince hard-core Republicans that Kerry accidentally made a statement critical of the troops is like convincing hard-core Democrats that one of Bush's numerous misstatements was accidental.  Kerry is even on record in 1974 as opposing a vo Fri, 3 Nov 2006 02:46:01 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#17 Sure, this is a non-story nothing. But the popular kids in big media ground Howard Dean into sausage over a less verbose incident.<p> P.S. Dave Chappelle rules. Thu, 2 Nov 2006 23:38:22 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#16 Bottom line I think is that if the Dems don't get the House or the Senate, the blame will fall on Kerry.<p> But the blame/praise will really belong to the GOP machine for making the most of this as the final week issue. Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:18:21 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#15 I agree.  This is the Washington media and the national news gas bags grasping onto this and squeezing the life out of it.  It involves two people, neither of whose names appear on any ballots next Tuesday.  By my count, the networks devoted Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:06:22 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#14 Despite all the media play this story's been getting, it's not gonna effect the outcome of the elections. While it's embarrassing for Kerry and it gives the ultra conservative mouth-breathers a target to wail on for a few days, in the end it's not going to Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:38:19 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#13 Right.  The quagmire Bush got us stuck in is in quite unfriendly territory.  As someone pointed out:<p> Kerry flubs a joke about Iraq.<p> Bush flubs a WAR in Iraq.<p> Which one is getting the press?<p> Yeah, that's fucked up all right. Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:42:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#12 I don't mean this as a condemnation of the entire Republican party, really... <br> My step-father is a Republican. Card-carrying, liberal-bashing and Bush-supporting to the hilt. We frequently chat about politics when we have the chance, and a year or so a Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:03:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#11 <i>"So this whole "whipping the base into a frenzy" strategy is based on the assumption by the Republican leadership that its own base is a bunch of retards and morons."</i><p> There are a lot of smart people supporting both parties, but it's the retards a Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:51:15 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#10 Bush know a lot about Greek tragedy... given that he's basically living one. Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:43:57 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#9 True. One of the (many) reasons Kerry lost in '04 is that his "off the cuff" oration skills were almost as bad as Dubya's. (Ok, so maybe not quite <i>that</i> bad.) Still, the man is so stiff and awkward he makes Al Gore look like Robin Williams.<p> But if Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:17:43 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#8 <i>"This joke was aimed at Bush and has been deliberately taken out of context."</i><p> Yup.  But that's politics.  And, to tell the truth, it's very astute politics.<p> Republicans have been fretting about how to stem the Democratic momentum thi Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:32:00 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#7 What does it say about the Democrats when their choice for presidential material gets stuck in a quagmire in friendly territory? Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:19:59 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#6 ...is what sort of idiot send Kerry out to tell a joke?  That's like sending Bush out to wax on his favorite Greek tragedy, or Ted Kennedy out to talk about sobriety.  Come on... Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:13:32 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#5 What you don't hear is that Kerry was making repeated comments about and references to President Bush and his questionable intelligence just before he made that statement. This joke <i>was</i> aimed at Bush and has been deliberately taken out of context. Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:54:37 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#4 The type of media assault I find most obscene this political campaign have been the attack ads sponsored by both parties (with more of them funded by the Republicans, by my reckoning) and not endorsed by the candidate entered in that race.  These are Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:04:48 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#3 <i>Third, how pathetic are the Republican flacks?  They're not even trying to attack Democrats up for election any more. </i><p> It's funny you would say that.  Yesterday, I got a mass-mailing from the Republican party; apparently, they sent it t Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:16:33 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#2 How sad are the Republican flacks?  Well, absent a picture of George Bush perp walking Osama Bin Laden into Gitmo, this will have to do.  The saddest part is that, once again, the Democrats are viewed as having shot themselves in the foot.   Thu, 2 Nov 2006 05:42:42 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/1/7568/54764#1 First, that LA times link goes to the wrong story.  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kerry2nov02,1,5542232.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&track=crosspromo">Here's</a> another one, if anyone cares that hasn't heard abou Thu, 2 Nov 2006 03:36:23 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/