Lie Down with Dogs and . . .

• On September 2, John Kerry replied to Bush's convention speech with a very out-of-place denunciation of Dick Cheney and Bush for shirking service in Vietnam. This speech made no political sense for Kerry after weeks of being pummeled by his fellow Swift Boat veterans. Did his advisors know something was coming?
• On September 6, DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe issued a statement on Bush's National Guard records, which were not on most people's radar screens at the time.
• Two days later, the pro-Kerry 527 group "Texans for Truth" began an ad buy of its own on Bush's National Guard service.
• One day later, the Democratic National Committee officially launched "Operation Fortunate Son," to hit Bush on his guard service. By the sound of it, this had been discussed for weeks in advance.

So there is something fishy here, and it's not just the possible illegal coordination between the DNC and "Texans for Truth." Democrats may have known what was coming. On top of it all, consider Dan Rather's storied connections to Texas Democrats--he spoke at a fundraiser for them in April 2001.

So is this just a mistake for Kerry? Or is it suicide? Maybe neither. The Dems have found that lefties open their wallets when they run a Michael Moore-esque campaign. Therefore, Kerry and the DNC are discussing and advertising the red-meat issues of the far-left: Bush's "desertion," the alleged secret plans to reinstitute the draft, and Halliburton. (Yes, they are actually spending money for ads on Halliburton.)

A cynic might suggest that because scores of consultants are taking a cut of all those contributions Kerry and the DNC receive, they are in the process of looting the Left. Joe Trippi made more than $7 million running Howard Dean's campaign in this Michael-Moore fashion. In the end, he was rich, and Dean was a loser.

Or maybe this is just a simple case of poor judgment, and there's nothing more to it.

Blog post #3723 in category Leftists, Liberals & Other Silliness
posted 25 September 04