Kerry's Hunting Trip
I’m still not convinced this wasn’t brilliant.
Kerry was seen out doing his thing and bagging a bird. Rush has been hammering it. Hannity wants it compared to the Dukakis tank photo. And the NRA blasted Kerry in what to me seem pretty effective blunt ads. I am still of the opinion that there are a lot of Democratic conservatives in the Midwest who will now feel slightly better about voting for Kerry – those that wouldn’t vote Republican but might have stayed home. Now they might come out. Rush and Co. seem to think he's after Republican votes. He's not. He's after ConDems who HATE liberals, but are union people, go to Church, hunt, and vote Democratic.
Maybe the RightBoys are right. But maybe they are a little afraid of just what I’m afraid of. If not brilliant, perhaps this trip was still sound political tactics.
A lot of the liberal press made fun of it too, sotto voce. But it was in the same tone that East Coast press makes fun of the Midwest in general. The beltway-centric press travelling with Kerry forgets that most Midwesterners know that the DC press are a bunch of blinkered elitist snobs.
Therefore, if the liberal press is making fun of Kerry hunting in Ohio - it's potentially helps Kerry in Ohio. If the commentary from the Right is able to make this a Dukakis tank photo, fine. But I don't see that yet.
Kerry was seen out doing his thing and bagging a bird. Rush has been hammering it. Hannity wants it compared to the Dukakis tank photo. And the NRA blasted Kerry in what to me seem pretty effective blunt ads. I am still of the opinion that there are a lot of Democratic conservatives in the Midwest who will now feel slightly better about voting for Kerry – those that wouldn’t vote Republican but might have stayed home. Now they might come out. Rush and Co. seem to think he's after Republican votes. He's not. He's after ConDems who HATE liberals, but are union people, go to Church, hunt, and vote Democratic.
Maybe the RightBoys are right. But maybe they are a little afraid of just what I’m afraid of. If not brilliant, perhaps this trip was still sound political tactics.
A lot of the liberal press made fun of it too, sotto voce. But it was in the same tone that East Coast press makes fun of the Midwest in general. The beltway-centric press travelling with Kerry forgets that most Midwesterners know that the DC press are a bunch of blinkered elitist snobs.
Therefore, if the liberal press is making fun of Kerry hunting in Ohio - it's potentially helps Kerry in Ohio. If the commentary from the Right is able to make this a Dukakis tank photo, fine. But I don't see that yet.
posted by JCH | 3:27 PM
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