John Kerry (March 2004): Bring it on!
John Kerry (September 2004): Call it off!

What a pussy.

Ace--

I sent you and Allah an email of my "analysis" of the latest news that France and Germany won't send troops to Iraq even if Kerry wins.

Or, you can stop by and read it.

Yes, I am blatantly link-whoring your site. Again. I'm ashamed, but how can something be wrong that feels so good???

Cheers,
Dave
Garfield Ridge

Ah, I do believe you've missed the point, Ace.

This is a response to the polls. The Kerry campaign has had to abandon advertising in several states because their data shows it to be unlikely that it would make any difference -- that is, that those states are no longer "in play." And suddenly we have news that presumably safe states like Oregon and New Jersey may be much closer than expected -- that is, they're "in play" now and will require an infusion of ads.

Ads cost money. Even retargeting existing ads costs money. Wouldn't it be nice for Kerry if Bush quit advertising in "in play" states? The 527s have much more latitude, but there aren't nearly as many (or as well-funded) Bush 527s as there are Kerry ones.

So -- if both sides stop advertising, Bush's useful ads get cut off just like Kerry's useless ones. Fair's fair, right?

Regards,
Ric Locke

Larry Jones said it before I could, but to reiterate,

Bring. It. On.

Until. I. Beg. You. To. Stop.

Please?

What a freaking pansy. And this man wants to fight global terrorism?

I AM A GOLDEN GOD.

Sobek:

Kerry doesn't *want* to fight global terrorism, but he is just about conscious enough about the reality of the times we live in that he has to pretend he does. Its hard to know for sure, but I think we heard what he really longed for when he gave us that, "I'd much rather be an education/health care/jobs/navelgazing president than a 'war president'" speech a while ago.

It's like the political corollary of Godwin's Law - the first candidate to start whining about negative campaign ads is the one who is losing. If a candidate actually calls for the abolition of ads, well...If he hasn't actually lost, he is at least desperate.

The sad thing (from Kerry's point of view) is that the whining just reinforces the core problem voters have with him: he seems like a poor leader for a time of crisis.

David
An undisclosed location

The instant I saw this story I thought, "Kerry must have way less money left than Bush."

This "no record to run on" line is so tired. What is Bush running on if not his proven record in taking terrorism seriously. Kerry is so bad at campaigning it's almost sad, but mostly it's just funny.

Tell him that's a French football he has stuck to his noggin - he was for football before he found out we meant _American_ football.

9/27/04

Firstly Mr. Kerry and the DNC characterize our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as defeated, demoralized, desperate losers, then they depict our allies as fools, liars, and puppets risking their citizens for an illegal war just for President Bush, and now he portrays the American voters as cowardly, timorous, slackers who will skip voting because of negative ads (about half of which come from the democrates).

Lonnie Kendall

I'm really starting to wonder why the Hell he is running for President in the first place.

People who want to be President have goals, things they want to accomplish. Damned if I can see Kerry speaking to that at all.

If he had the office, I have little doubt he'd do exactly what he did with his Senate power; ZIPPO. Except maybe self enrichment.

And, bringing that up; why hasn't anybody brought up the Cash N'Kerry reputation? Most recently the sleaze he rolled in during the Big Dig procurements?

Or is that kind of thing just expected and unremarkable among our elected officials that it doesn't even warrant a mention?

Good Lord, this is just pathetic. The man is in full meltdown mode.

Say what you will about Mike Dukakis, but at least he acted like a man when he got his ass handed to him.

THERE IS NO PHONETIC CONNECTION BEWTEEN ...
adverTISEment and misleadISment

UNLESS

you say advertisement in

FRENCH

in which case the word is said

adverTISS-uh-ment.

THEREFORE, I think that this comment reveals that Kerry thinks in FRENCH.

Yes, Kerry appears to be a bit of a pussy. Either that or his handlers are drooling retards.

The claim that Bush has no record to run on is silly on its face - He's running on his record, and he's doing so openly. At issue, of course, is whether that record resonates with the electorate, but Bush is most certainly running on his record. Kerry, instead of debunking the record, claims that it simply doesn't exist. Say what you will about Bush (and I do, repeatedly, some good, some bad), but claiming he has no record is facile. Kerry, on the other hand, is demonstrably a guy with no record of his own, aside from the possible record for marrying the most money in a lifetime.

As for Kerry's latest attempt to test the stupidity of Bush's campaign managers, he apparently forgot the slapping he took when, amazingly, he and his boy Edwards demanded, DEMANDED!, mind you, that Bush denounce the SBVfT ads over which he had no control. Shock and amazement, but oddly no embarrassment, ensued when Bush simply called for an end to all 527s.

My favorite take on the "Bring. It. On." duopoly, from somewhere, via Taranto:

I Have Three Words For George Bush -- Bring It On

I Have Five More Words For George Bush -- Call Off Your On-Bringers

Day by Day I grow more confident in the theory that the Democrats are throwing this election.

Look back at the last 6 months, Theresa's outbursts, Kerry's waffling, McAuliffe's gaffe's, bringing the Clinton advisors in, the awful candidate, the invisible VP candidate, CBS's screwups, Kerrys midnight madness meltdown speeches.

All we need is for Kerry to attend the debates wearing nothing but a tin foil suit, and starting each of his answers with 'Please wait while I consult our alien overlords' and tuning in his brain waves by tweaking his nipples, and it's in the can.

Or perhaps I just doubt that the Dems would seriously put forth such a poor candidate with a poor campaign.

No offense to women meant here, but what a thin-skinned querulous bitch.

As others have noted above, anytime a candidate asks that ads stop running, it means he is being pulverized by the ads.

And note that Kerry cannot even do this gracefully. Rather than simply ask that the ads stop being run, he has to attack Bush in the process.

When I hear Kerry now, I picture him cowering in the corner of the boxing ring, covering his face with his boxing gloves (boy, there's a picture for you) crying, "No mas, no mas."

Have you heard the latest Kerry ad?

I say HEARD because if you just listen, as I did, then it sounds like a glowing endorsement for Bush. And then it says, Paid for by the DNC.

Do ANY of these people have so much as a single clue?

Goldberg makes a funny.

A secret major Democrat donor who assures me he is an unbiased political observer has just given me a new memo that proves that Bin Laden is really a secret operative on the CIA payroll who continues to receive support through Haliburton....well, actually its a letter written in crayon on the back of a Denny's menu. But, he assures me that its true regardless.

Since the Democrats held their convention in July, and the Republicans in August this allowed the Bush campaign to spend money from his war chest much longer than Kerry. Kerry had to move to the $75 million 5 weeks before Bush. Now that all of the "safe" blue states are suddenly in play, he probably can't afford to advertise in all of them. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, even Oregon for Gods sake. Not to mention of course Florida and Ohio...

During the debates we will be seeing Kerry's flop sweat in all its cold greasy glory.
Every Democrat is already thinking, 'We're going to lose! Oh no! It's happening again!"

This defeatist attitude is hardly going to propel them to a come-from-behind victory.

On Nov. 2 the Deaniacs are going to be in their parents basements taking turns off the bong and bitching about not having enough pot money. They will not turn out the vote no matter how much they hate Bush.

Still, he has the Legions of the Dead on his side. I wonder if any of them were polled in the 'Likely voter' category?

"misleadisments" - actually, I quite like it. It captures very well what it intends to convey.

Well at least there is one good thing to come out of the Kerry/Edwards campaign.