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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
oh. I meant that it seemed to me Dem candidates can end whatever Rove et al hopes will come of this, by simply saying the obvious- what Kerry said was dumb.
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What Rove wants is a story that will get Democrats talking about John Kerry being an idiot, etc., rather than whatever else they wanted to talk about. He wants to suck the oxygen out of whatever they're burning, and he wants to create some sense of momentum.* The story itself is not convincing anyone of anything. So Democrats like Ford distancing themselves from Kerry is just keeping this story aflame and moving.
All the Republicans who are talking up this story are just wishing it could be '04 again. If they close their eyes really hard and think happy thoughts, they can be running against John Kerry one more time.
* I apologize for the mixed metaphors.
