[lbo-talk] Teixeira: Swift Boat campaign is a disaster for Repugs

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Aug 30 03:32:29 PDT 2004


[He thinks the LAT poll that shows Bush pulling into the lead, and doing so an account of the Swift Boat Attack, does neither:

http://www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/donkeyrising/archives/000619.php

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But the Bush campaign made a profound miscalculation. In the L.A. Times survey, only 18% of the voters had been convinced that "Kerry misrepresented his war record and does not deserve his war medals" while 58% said Kerry "fought honorably and does deserve" them. Independent voters sided with Kerry 5 to 1. Even men and self-described conservatives - groups that are normally quite pro-Bush - strongly supported Kerry, by 59 to 19 for men and 42 to 29 for conservatives. Other polls, such as the Fox/Opinion Dynamics and Annenberg Center for Public Policy survey found similar attitudes. In the Fox poll, even most veterans held, by 50% to 21% that Kerry deserved his purple hearts.

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So maybe this isn't the Willie Horton attack they've been looking for.

BTW, sign seen at the demo:

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If George Bush Captained a Swift Boat He'd Run It Into the Mud and Declare Mission Accomplished

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Michael



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