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Kerry's Ads Prove He's Out of Touch

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Kerry's Ads Prove He's Out of Touch

could he take a picture with Saddam and Osama?

from JoeUser Forums

    Even if a leader marches to the beat of his own drum, he should still have his finger on the pulse of the people. After all, if one is to lead, you must know where the people are before you can take them to where you want them. Then why are John Kerry's current trumpet blowing ads so out of touch with what Americans value and believe?

    In a current ad, Kerry lays out what he thinks will convince people he is qualified for the presidency. (In another version, a narrator speaks, though most the same points are covered.)

    Kerry speaks of being born in a military hospital and how his father proudly served and his mother was a "community activist," though what that activism entailed isn't stated. Question: Do you see "community activists" (a.k.a. "do gooders") as a positive thing? Unless you happen to be one, or close to one, many people speak of "do gooders" derisively. Do you really want to identify yourself as coming from a long line of them, Mr. Kerry? Besides, having accomplished ancestors does not mean you are anything special.

    Kerry goes on to speak of why he joined the military, saying, "...if you had a lot of privileges as I had had-- to go to a great university like Yale...." Stop tape. Do you really want to remind the average, struggling American just how special and privileged you are, Mr. Kerry? You know how they just love the rich folk, right? An Ivy League man yet? It's a wonder you haven't been crowned King already!

    Bring on Mr. Kerry's war photos, please. Add a couple of vets to tell us what a hero John was. Yes, at this point it's good to remind people of Mr. Kerry's roll in America's most popular war. People will eat that up.

    Okay, he's praising himself too much. Bring on his daughter to point out some of her dad's other accomplishments, like being a prosecutor. That'll be great! People love lawyers! Have her remind people he's a senator, too. People love politicians even more than they love lawyers.

    Bring down Mrs. Kerry-- sorry, Ms. Heinz Kerry. Finally another activist First Lady in the mold of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Good. Good. The ubber-rich wife with the foreign accent. Americans love that. It's so Dynasty. Remind us again how privileged you are. You married into massive wealth, Mr. Kerry! How surprising your WASP guilt didn't cause you to enlist in another war to compensate for that. Oh, did they close the French Foreign Legion?

    Yes Mr. Kerry has done an excellent job of identifying all the things people love and placing himself smack in the center of them. Way to go, John!

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
Blah. If Kerry thinks people can relate to him they are nuts, even if they share political philosphies.

He can't stand up there and talk about the layabouts in Washington, he is one. He can't talk about being a tool of lobbyists, because he has been part of the system for decades. He can't blast the state of the US, because frankly he's been in there being responsible for it. He can't lambast the wealthy, he's wealthy.

So he has to fall back on everything else, which, as smartaz points out, ain't much. This isn't who I would have ran against Bush. I would have picked someone like Clinton, that grew up ina trailor and would provide a contrast to the status quo. Kerry IS the status quo, for heaven's sake. Running someone like that under the guise of "change" is insipid...
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
Jefferson were not paupers

one of the many reasons i like jefferson was his consistent, concerted effort to spend himself down to our level.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
" Kerry IS the status quo, for heaven's sake. Running someone like that under the guise of "change" is insipid... "

Really? With Kerry, I don't see us invading Iraq... or the return to a huge deficit that the war brought... or the damage to the economy this has wrought... or the Patriot Act
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
LMAO...

Kerry voted FOR the Patriot act, AUTHORED the money laundering sections of it, and has gone on record saying parts of it should be strengthened

Iraq is already "invaded", and Kerry is not gonna bring the troops out any faster than Bush. Kerry will start spending more money than Bush immdeiately, he's already proposed program after program, and being the political beast he is he won't raise enough taxes to pay for it.

People really need to know who they are voting for. Take a few minutes of your day and go back and look at your candidates voting record. This isn't someone you have to wonder about, you have years and years of track record to mull over.
Reply #30 from PolMach Forums Top
He is our president, and we need to get behind him as the commander and chief of our armed forces.


Kerry voted FOR the Patriot act


Does anyone other than myself see the absurdity here? Any Democrat who objected to Bush's plans would be unpatriotic. Yet anyone who supported the President's plans at the time is unqualified to criticize later.
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
"Iraq is already "invaded", and Kerry is not gonna bring the troops out any faster than Bush."

But would Iraq have been invaded in the first place if Kerry had been president? And who knows where else Bush is planning on invading?

And whatever programs Kerry is planning, will they be anywhere near expensive as the invasion of Iraq has been? (And is it just a coincidence that the only budget surpluses we've had recently have been under a Democrat president, whereas the Republicans... well, the record for them is out there for anyone to check.)

And I just noticed one other discrepancy... why CAN'T the wealthy lambast other wealthy people? I have nothing against people who have obtained wealth in legitimate ways and generally use it for the good of others (although I will admit I have a hard time understanding all the amassing of wealth that goes on by people of whatever political stripe) and don't think it would be inappropriate of them to criticise those who don't.
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hey! You're either FOR the PATRIOT Act, or AGAINST it. Got that, commie?


Why do people insist on black and white world? There IS such thing as greyscale or even colors.

As it happens, I'm anti-patriot act. I think that's pathway to authoritian government.
Reply #34 from PolMach Forums Top
greyscale or even colors


Why, that's tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading, body-piercing, Hollywood-loving, left-wing freak show talk.

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