Kedwards Planning to Commit Suicide?

Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode CCCLXVI

A bit ago, I saw Carl Cameron on FNC saying that John Kerry plans to come out swinging. He's going to go after George Bush for having been in the Texas Air National Guard instead of committing war crimes in an unjust and immoral war in Vietnam.... — er... no... wait... — Sorry, I slipped into Kerry-1971 mode there.........

Anyway, Kedwards is going to go after Bush-Cheney, according to Cameron, for Bush having been in TANG and Cheney having gotten five deferments during the Vietnam era.

After having had his goose cooked last night, Kerry has evidently decided to inter it.

I say this because (1) nobody besides left-wing wackos and mainstream media (I know, I know: I repeat myself) really cares what Bush-Cheney did in the 1970s and (2) I have a hunch the Swiftees have actually been pulling their punches so far and will consider a Kerry offensive about the Vietnam Era to be the signal for them to intensify the assault.

P.S. Jim Geraghty agrees over at The Kerry Spot (italics in original):

.... Only a small subset of political geeks, bloggers, and Star Wars geeks will grasp the meaning of the conclusion that Kerry is deploying the famous "Ackbar defense" — i.e., blindly walking into a trap.

Unless he's going to come out and address the Swift Boat Vets' arguments point by point, there's no point in John Kerry saying another word about Vietnam for the rest of the campaign. There is nothing he could say, less relevant to the here and now, and to the argument he has to make to the voters in the next 60 days, than to bring up Dick Cheney's deferments. His surrogates — McPeak, Wes Clark, even John Edwards — can do that. McPeak did it in a blistering way Wednesday morning, in fact. But Kerry needs to portray himself as a man focused on the future.

If Kerry spends the next couple days continuing to talk about Vietnam, and displaying the same ugly, "I-served-and-you-didn't-how-dare-you-judge-me" argument he used in his earlier Massachusetts races, he will continue to step deeper and deeper into the trap.

The last man picked in the National Football League's draft each year usually gets nicknamed "Mr. Irrelevant." If Kerry continues to talk about what he, Bush and Cheney did in 1968 instead of what he will do starting Jan. 20, 2005, he will earn that nickname for himself.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 09/02/04 08:17:33 PM
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