Reply #37: Probably not, sadly...

[regnaD kciN]

This is only the first SBLFB volley, aimed at "softening up" the image of Kerry as a war hero. The second will be to attack him for his "treason" after returning from the war, and it's going to be a lot more potent.

The reason for the first volley was strategic -- it would be hard to convince anyone that Kerry's "Winter Soldier" testimony constituted treason if he was established as having served heroically. If the Bushies can initially recast Kerry as, not a war hero, but a self-serving spotlight-grabber with no great compunction about making up stories to burnish his halo, then the "giving aid and comfort to the enemy while our boys were giving their lives" charge becomes a lot easier to stick.

Combining this "phase two" with the RNC is going to be a double whammy for Bush, and, if not countered well, could well give him a lead of landslide proportions (i.e. greater than 10%). The bright side, if there is one, is that Kerry and his campaign surely must have known that the Repugs were going to play the "treason card" eventually, and must surely be expected to have a plan in place to handle that already...I hope.

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