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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before the Swift Boat Veterans for Obfuscation
campaign, independents who were aware of Kerry's service record overwhelmingly
favored him over Bush. It was smart strategy on Kerry's to play up his
service. What would you have done about the SBVT?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Luke</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=srobin21@comcast.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 04, 2004 2:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] Time Poll: Huge
Bounce For Bush</DIV>
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<P>Well, of course Bush got a 'bounce' after the GOP Convention. What is
unusual is that Kerry got no 'bounce' out of the Democrat Convention.
Further, the Bush team is much better at mobilizing public opinion than the
Kerry New Democrats, who are extraordinarily inept at that. They have tried to
out flag wave the Republicans and got hit by the Swift Boat Veterans for
Truth. They have an issue on which Bush is vulnerable (the War in Iraq) and
have effectively spurned it, They are (at best) mealy mouthed in their
opposition and at worst, supportive of it. So why are the poll numbers
surprizing? The Democrats, it appears, are in the midst of a Dukakis style
melt down. Steve</P>
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Original message -------------- <BR><BR><BR>> > <BR>> Was anybody
not expecting a Bush lead after the conventions, after <BR>> a week of
unchallenged Bush propaganda? I thought incumbents that are <BR>> tied
are in serious trouble, and those with leads slightly smaller than <BR>>
this one are basically tied? The Dems have to keep it cool. Everyone I
<BR>> know -- though not in the campaign I'm afraid they reflect on the
state of <BR>> affairs -- has been acting like its over. The Dems are
going to need much <BR>> more sangfroid if they want to face the
Rovinator. Did people really <BR>> think that the statistical Kerry lead
/ tie -- which is trouble for the <BR>> incumbent -- was just going to
last all the way through Nov? <BR>> <BR>> -gr <BR>>
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