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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:04 AM
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Time to get the primary "losers" out on the campaign trail
Howard Dean, go for Bush on the economy and civil rights.

Carol Moseley-Braun, slam Bush on womens' issues and civil rights.

Gephardt, go after Bush on his labour record and willingness to throw away overtime pay.

Clark, slam Bush on his foreign policy and military policy including the ill-advised war in Iraq based on lies.

The Republicans have their "pundits" who go out on the talk-show circuit and spout their propaganda crap. But Democrats in this past primary had the strongest field of candidates EVER, and they'd eat up the Republican shills and spit out their bones if we took a structured approach and sent them on the warpath.
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Catfight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:05 AM
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1. This would be nice!
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lojasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:06 AM
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2. Dean and clark have been out the whole time.
In case you haven't been paying attention....neither has the media.
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:10 AM
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4. Not in a structured fashion though
They've been doing stuff on their own.

They need to be co-ordinated so that they hit the GOP hard on the "meme of the day."
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lojasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:33 AM
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7. It's the media
If you can grab what they've been saying, you'll see that they're hitting hard...just not getting coverage.

Also, they're not exactly employed by Kerry or anything...they've got lives outside of supporting him.
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:09 AM
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3. Many of them already are - and have been for quite a while
They have been campaigning for John Kerry AND Democrats who have close races in both the house and senate.

Clark was with Edwards - I think it was last week in Virginia. Howard Dean has been working in Florida a lot (my understanding).
Clark was in Alaska with a candidate there a coupld of weeks ago.

Any others anybody knows of?
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Bread and Circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:21 AM
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5. Exactly, for Christ's sake!
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:30 AM
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6. And that's precisely the tone that will inspire them to hit the hustings
"Hey you losers! Get your ass out there on the campaign trail! You all bit it in the primaries, so you may as well suck it up and spend your meaningless loser lives stumping for the Real Deal!"

or something like that...
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:34 AM
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8. Kucinich often appears at Kerry events in Ohio and gives him advice
Edited on Sun Sep-05-04 09:34 AM by JI7
he was there on that midnight rally after Bush's convention speech.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-04 09:35 AM
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9. tha would be cool in many ways
a front, a group going out to do battle. and i liked how you broke it down. unite. see how bush treated his competitors, yes the dems, united and ready to battle together
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