Kerry camp sharpening war rhetoric

[Judi Lynn]

Kerry camp sharpening war rhetoric
'Quagmire,' Vietnam era surfacing in attacks; GOP calls it 'desperate'


09:16 PM CDT on Sunday, September 26, 2004
By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News



PHILADELPHIA – Democrat John Kerry has slipped some loaded phrases into his campaign language in the last few weeks.

First, the presidential candidate started accusing President Bush of living in a "fantasy world" when it comes to Iraq, succumbing to "denial" about failed policies and a country out of control.

Then, the Kerry campaign labeled Iraq a "quagmire" – a term that reeks of unwinnable guerrilla warfare and humiliating embassy evacuations.

The tougher rhetoric reflects a number of things, analysts and Kerry aides say: disdain for Mr. Bush's policies; counsel from his inner circle to draw clearer distinctions between his views and the president's; a desire to frame the Iraq issue before the presidential debates; and, perhaps, to retool the campaign a bit.

Terry Holt, a senior adviser to the Republican National Committee, called the rhetoric a sign of a campaign in crisis. "With each passing day they get more harsh and desperate in their rhetoric. This is a cry for help from voters who realize that John Kerry's campaign lacks a coherent message," he said.
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"This is a cry for help from voters who realize that John Kerry's campaign lacks a coherent message"

[truthisfreedom]

1. what a bizarre statement. think about it. a "cry for help from voters"

who "realize" Kerry's campaign "lacks" a coherent message?

excuse me? a cry for help from voters?

what voters are crying for help?

god, what a discombobulated statement. bush's people have lost their bearings. they're issuing statements that can't be analyzed without clariflopication.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. Never misunderestimate the power of clariflopication, bud.

:evilgrin:

[Kierkegaard]

4. Nothing new here.

The 'I know you are, but what am I' campaign strategy of the right is what is truly desperate. It's sad, pathetic and infantile. In all my years, I've never before witnessed such blatant obfuscation.

It's hard for me to imagine how anyone could consider supporting an incumbent with so little to offer. No truth, no plan, no ideas, and a trail of failure dating back decades.

[liveoaktx]

3. Please! What's more desperate than *Vote for Bush or you'll DIE!*

[EST]

5. Or perhaps-

Sheer friggin anger! If this is what Kerry does late in the campaign when he's desperate, bring on the desperation! I am continually dismayed and angered by the ability and eagerness these mouthpieces display in lying (oops-spinning) about their own record or that of others, of whom they have no real knowledge.

What is terribly troubling is watching the obfuscation and the total missing of the point of these characters who then expect us to believe them capable of running a large hunk of the world.

As I recall, isn't the original meaning of the Geek word that is translated as "sin" actually "missing the point?"