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http://news.google.com/news?q=kerry+sign&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title

An actual increase in coverage...after he apologized.

And a rumored call by some democrats to have the troops that put up the sign arrested for making a political statement while in uniform...


ummmm would that not make it worse ?

and why is it a " rumor " why dont they just name the democrat or is it a republican causing trouble ?

It's pretty simple really: Many Republicans can't beat their respective election opponents, so they are going to beat on John Kerry's political corpse instead. :)

It's pretty simple really: Many Republicans can't beat their respective election opponents, so they are going to beat on John Kerry's political corpse instead. :)

So that would be like beating a dead horse face? :)

Because they don't have anything to actually attack the Democrats on but John Kerry so they are going to hypersensationalise anything he says that they can cut down to an out of context sound clip. Like they have been doing since before the election.

I don't know what's worse. Kerry getting owned by sound clips, or Bush being able to run his entire public image around them.

Well, I have read in the newspaper, that 90% of the Republican budget is used for advertisment blaming the democrats. I wonder why they don't praise their succesfull policy.

Because they don't have anything to actually attack the Democrats on but John Kerry so they are going to hypersensationalise anything he says that they can cut down to an out of context sound clip. Like they have been doing since before the election.

I don't know what's worse. Kerry getting owned by sound clips, or Bush being able to run his entire public image around them.

It's really his own fault for speaking. John Kerry ought to know better by now. :)

Well, I have read in the newspaper, that 90% of the Republican budget is used for advertisment blaming the democrats. I wonder why they don't praise their succesfull policy.

Only Commies like FDR come up with successful policies. Real Americans make things worse. :)

It's really his own fault for speaking. John Kerry ought to know better by now. :)

Which is pretty much what Imus told him yesterday. I really do wish politicians would learn that they're not comedians, most of their decent jokes are probably accidents or come from the speech-writers. "Uhm, just stick to the script, sir, shall we?" If they want to use humor, hire a professional. I'm sure a lot of comics would be glad to zing the Shrub a little for the Democrats.

So that would be like beating a dead horse face?

i'm calling the cops ! You almost KILLED me with that one I was eating you bastard ...have you no mercy ????:D

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It's really his own fault for speaking. John Kerry ought to know better by now. :)
Your sarcasm raises a valid point:
John Kerry wasn't in the news until he tried out that stupid joke and dragged himself into the limelight. If he had left the comedy to people who are actually, y'know, funny, then no one would care about him.
Can you really blame the Republicans for not letting him slink out of the sight when he ran into the middle of the public stage and shouted: "Hey everyone, look at me!"

Your sarcasm raises a valid point:
John Kerry wasn't in the news until he tried out that stupid joke and dragged himself into the limelight. If he had left the comedy to people who are actually, y'know, funny, then no one would care about him.
Can you really blame the Republicans for not letting him slink out of the sight when he ran into the middle of the public stage and shouted: "Hey everyone, look at me!"

Especially this close to an election he isn't even running in. :p

Well, I have read in the newspaper, that 90% of the Republican budget is used for advertisment blaming the democrats. I wonder why they don't praise their succesfull policy.

Only Commies like FDR come up with successful policies. Real Americans make things worse. :)

Truly. Here in Colorado, Marilyn Musgrave, that intrepid leader in the fight against the Gay Agenda (co-sponsored the US Amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman), has run only negative ads. Not one Musgrave ad that I have seen mentions anything she has done or claims to have done for the people of her district. They're all about lambasting her opponent, who seems to have had a little financial trouble some 12 or 13 years ago and declared bankruptcy. Oh, wait, sorry, apparently Ms Musgrave did do one thing, she went and visited a soldier who'd been blinded in Iraq. I know this because they got the soldier to make an attack ad against Musgrave's opponent.

The party of values, yeah.

Your sarcasm raises a valid point:
John Kerry wasn't in the news until he tried out that stupid joke and dragged himself into the limelight. If he had left the comedy to people who are actually, y'know, funny, then no one would care about him.
Can you really blame the Republicans for not letting him slink out of the sight when he ran into the middle of the public stage and shouted: "Hey everyone, look at me!"

P.S: It was sort of a double-edged sarcasm as it was both true, yet sarcastic. Nothing gives Republicans greater joy than twisting Kerry's words against him and for some reason, Kerry provides them with an amazing amount of ammuition. He should have realized that nothing good ever comes from him openng his mouth in public by now. :p

i'm calling the cops ! You almost KILLED me with that one I was eating you bastard ...have you no mercy ????:D

Thank you, thank you, I'm here till Friday. Try the veal. :p

Well, I have read in the newspaper, that 90% of the Republican budget is used for advertisment blaming the democrats. I wonder why they don't praise their succesfull policy.

I thought that was a bit high being even pessimistic, but then I looked it up (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102601811.html) and sweet monkey crap, you're right:

The result has been a carnival of ugly, especially on the GOP side, where operatives are trying to counter what polls show is a hostile political environment by casting opponents as fatally flawed characters. The National Republican Campaign Committee is spending more than 90 percent of its advertising budget on negative ads, according to GOP operatives, and the rest of the party seems to be following suit.

This is amusing as hell:
In New York, the NRCC ran an ad accusing Democratic House candidate Michael A. Arcuri, a district attorney, of using taxpayer dollars for phone sex. "Hi, sexy," a dancing woman purrs. "You've reached the live, one-on-one fantasy line." It turns out that one of Arcuri's aides had tried to call the state Division of Criminal Justice, which had a number that was almost identical to that of a porn line. The misdial cost taxpayers $1.25.

This was also interesting:
The RNC has raised eyebrows with an ad consisting almost entirely of al-Qaeda videos starring Osama bin Laden and his top deputies. There is no sound except the ticking of a bomb before the final warning: "These are the stakes. Vote November 7th." John G. Geer, a Vanderbilt professor who has written a book defending negative political ads, said he told a well-connected Republican friend in Washington that the ticking-bomb ploy seemed like a desperation move. The friend e-mailed back: "John, we're desperate!"

"Look, the electorate is polarized, the stakes are large, and neither party has much to run on right now," Geer said. "You can expect to see some pretty outlandish ads."