...that I don't like, not just his dubious use of statistics but also his stance on outsourcing. Who knows if he really means it or not? The fact that he's presenting himself as a chest-thumping veteran, and suggesting this is a necessary qualification of a US leader (so Clinton didn't really deserve to be president after all?) strikes me as silly, and also annoying, since he's trying to present himself as the anti-war war hero. But it's a typical Kerry straddle--all things to all people.
Even though I don't buy the arguments the swiftboaters are making, either, I think it's hypocritical of the Democrats to criticize the Republicans after they themselves stood cheek by jowl with Michael Moore, not to mention their connections to move-on ork.
Still, it's sad that as Joe Gandelmanpoints out, negative campaigning works. Look at the Iowa Electronic Markets.
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