Incoming Spitballs
Kerry launches a counterattack
Facing falling poll numbers and a surging rival in President Bush, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is kick-starting his White House bid with new ads and advisers, a harsher criticism of the war in Iraq and a personal message to reporters covering the GOP convention that all is well with his campaign.
Kerry has taken the unusual step of dispatching campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill, senior strategist Tad Devine and pollster Mark Mellman to New York to breakfast with political reporters today, just hours before Bush delivers a nationally televised speech accepting his party’s nomination for another four-year term.
The Cahill-led mission is to quell speculation that a major staff shake-up could be in the offing – much like the one that resulted in Cahill taking charge of an under-performing Kerry campaign last fall – and that the Kerry organization is troubled by the Democratic nominee’s slipping poll numbers.
Kerry’s campaign offered little explanation for the venture into New York, which, with the Republican Party holding its national convention here, had a hush-hush, behind-enemy-lines quality to it.
But word of the mission coincided with the announcement of a $45 million advertising buy the Kerry campaign will make in 20 presidential battleground states after Labor Day.
I’m guessing this is Kerry’s way of telling the on-site reporters in New York City to stay on message!
September 2, 2004 - 08:58 PM on September 2nd, 2004
I heard Tom Brokaw say that he will wait to see how serious he is or if he takes that second mortgage out on his house:smile::smile: He had all he could do to keep a straight face.
September 3, 2004 - 08:11 AM on September 3rd, 2004
That tom brokenjaw he keep his mouth going and going and going just like the energizer bunny but he keeps on lying and lying and lying you just cant trust these journalists or john kerry and his demacratic party:razz::smile::grin:
September 4, 2004 - 09:16 PM on September 4th, 2004
Halliburton has begun production on a new high-tech weapon:
Smart spit-balls. The cost to taxpayers will be very high!!
September 5, 2004 - 05:03 AM on September 5th, 2004
Did every one hear? THe Navy is now investigating Kerry’s medals- darn well about time. I’d love to see him lose them. It’s pretty funny that he wanted his service in Vietnam to boost him in the election and it came around and bit him in the butt. He criticizes Cheney for getting a deferrment but forgets to say that he applied for a deferrment, several times, and only voluntarily signed up for the Navy when they turned him down. I’d like to hear more about his adventures in movie making- buying a 8 mm camera from the commissary and then having someone film him like it was the actual thing
Halliburton has been around a long time. It used to do alot of business in Montana. It at least is a dependable company and there are not too many companies that do what needs to be done with fixing the wells. “Smart spitballs”?
September 5, 2004 - 05:07 AM on September 5th, 2004
Here’s the article link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtm
Does anyone know where I can find the midnight conference of Kerry’s?