Reply #8: no no no no no! bush is SHREWD and CLEVER and DEVIOUS [View All]

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and most of all an EXCELLENT DEBATER.

kerry got it right on the daily show when he pointed out the bush has never lost a debate. nevermind the fact that by any objective standard, gore creamed him. the point is that the media judges winners and losers based on expectations and based on whether or not the debater successfully accomplished whatever they needed to accomplish.

we must pump bush's reputation up prior to the debates. if we point out that he's stupid and can't string a sentence together, then he will win simply by sounding remotely coherent and talking in mostly complete sentences. this is how he "won" against gore.

we must instead point out that he successfully connected with the regular joe and seemed like one of the regular guys and sounded humble and normal.

any firestorm has to attack the part of the image that shrub RELIES on. he doesn't rely on being smart, in fact, he relies on his reputation for stupidity. calling him stupid accomplishes nothing, it just comes across as a mean thing to say.

now, call him arrogant, elitist, spoiled, connecticut, ivy leager, priviliged, out of touch, never worked an honest day, and worst of all, not genuinely christian, then we're talking.

personally, i like the "not a real christian" angle, but of course, as a jew i cannot effectively lead that charge....