Kerry---Forget the swing voters!

[Blue_Roses]

If they don't know the difference by now, then they NEVER will. They like the attention. Don't be nice to pander to their vote. To hell with them. If they have to be "persuaded" then they aren't doing their homework. This election year is like no other in the all the 20 years I have been politically active, however, I am familiar with the opponent--"dubya"--as we call him Texas. He did NOTHING while he was governor but come in his office, put his feet on the desk and ask Karen Hughes, "what do I do today." ( true story)

No, swing voters are a distraction and are wasting our time. Instead of "playing nice" to win their vote, chew Bush up and spit him out --and his little flunkie, Karl Rove while you're at it.

[Mick Knox]

1. Great Post!

Fahgitaboutem.

They dont decide elections anyway... voters do.

[Skuk]

2. exactly

let the carpet bombing begin.

[Blue_Roses]

15. my spouse is a Panthers

fan and I have become one too since I've watched them toil to get where they are now. I like you!

[Skuk]

18. well so far

i love everyone i have met at DU

[sangh0]

3. That's right!! The only way to win an election is to

pander to devrc243

[Blue_Roses]

16. you damn right!

;) tell my spouse that too--;)

[UdoKier]

4. Doing what you suggest WILL appeal to swing voters.

They are looking for strength and dependability, and hammering away at Bush's weaknesses, which are his failure to respond on 9-11 and his fraudulent war.

I disagree that he should dump swing voters. Bush's screwups have WEAKENED this country. Kerry needs to show he would be stronger - not by just saying "For a Stronger America", but by telling how he decisively and mercilessly he would respond to terrorist threats.

Most of us dems were against the Iraq war because it was a sham, but that doesn't mean we are pacifists. He would alienate VERY few demo voters by saying he would KICK TERRORIST ASS.

[iwantmycountryback]

5. This is actually a good idea

As per The West Wing:
Let Kerry be Kerry.

[Blue_Roses]

7. I LOVE the west wing

Martin Sheen's west wing that is;)

[sangh0]

10. Kerry is Kerry

That's what the repukes are afraid of. That's why they're trying to goad Kerry into becoming negative, but Kerry is going to attack their policies.

[cheshire]

6. If all Democrats vote we won't need anyone else, it's a lot easier

to convince a democrat to vote than a Pub,I think.

[indyjones1938]

14. Exactly right

That is exactly right. I have voiced the same opinion in the past but was flamed.

The key to this election is not the 5% "swing voters" or "undecided" voters. If they're so stupid or out of touch that they can't discern real, meaningful policy differences between Kerry and Bush, then they're a lost cause. Have they been living in a bubble for the last four years?

If we're going to win this election, we're going to do it by holding massive get-out-the-vote efforts amongst the 50% of registered Democrats who do not vote. There are many millions of registered Democrats who for various reasons cannot make it to the polls on Election Day, or are simply apathetic and haven't had an interest in voting in the past. We need to energize them and encourage as many of them as possible to vote by absentee ballot.

The Bush-Cheney Campaign, unlike the Kerry-Edwards Campaign, has put into action massive absentee voting drives. They are phoning people all across battleground states encouraging them to vote for Bush by absentee ballot. The Democrats must do the same.

Forget about the "undecided" voters. Instead concentrate on getting the millions of registered Democrats to the polls who wouldn't otherwise vote.

[malatesta1137]

8. I've posted exactly this several times

and some here gave me the 'let's not get down to their level' bullshit. Gore didn't get to their level in 2000 and guess where he is today.

Kerry has to expose Bush as the Nazi Mongolic anti-Christ that he is, not every day, but every 2 FUC*ING HOURS.

[madmax]

11. I feel as you do. Gore said he'd fight for us and he didn't fight

for himself.

I've said this before I'd rather go down fighting and lose, than to not fight and lose. I'm tired, does that make sense. :silly:

[malatesta1137]

13. you do make sense

Gore should've started fighting for us 4 years ago, not 4 months, as he has done lately with compelling speeches, compelling but irrelevant.

KERRY, THE TIME IS NOW: DESTROY BUSH OR HE WILL DESTROY YOU.

[madmax]

9. Damn right. Go after moderate republicans.

They are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Two things BUSH IS NOT.

[Gloria]

12. Joe Trippi seemed to intimate this on Charlie Rose...that the swing

voters are "strange" this year---he wonders if they will even vote!

Trippi also said that the Kerry campaign seemed to go back to their old mode during August...and that coming back is possible but it can be hard.

This comment reminds me of what I heard Tony Coelho say several months ago...that hanging back is OK, but sometimes it's hard...people see a different person and get uneasy...and that this year, Kerry would have to start to hammer EARLIER....as we have seen, he didn't follow that advice...

Trippi thinks Kerry will get more popular votes than Gore did...but it's quite possible that Bush could win the electoral vote...and he is really concerned about what that could mean....And he was asked about Nader...in Ohio, he said "2 points" ...Nader could throw it to Bush

[Blue_Roses]

17. kick

kick ass kerry! :kick: