This
is Floyd Wynne with THE VIEW FROM HERE
(3-9-04)
Attack….attack….attack.
That
appears to be the campaign strategy of John Kerry.
Every one of his speeches accuse President George Bush of doing this
wrong…doing that wrong…..accusing him of being awol from the National Guard
during the Vietnam
The
obvious aim is to force the President to reply to these attacks…..thus it
takes the spotlight off the
The
method worked for former President Bill Clinton.
His campaign was one of attack, attack on George Bush Senior….including
consistent use of the phrase “No new taxes, read my lips” which the then
President said, only to have to compromise on the issue to get some action out
of a Democratically controlled Congress.
So…..President
Bush, according to Kerry was wrong when he steadied the nation after the
disastrous twin tower attack of the terrorists.
Apparently he was wrong when he sent troops into Afghanistan to root out
the Taliban and the terrorists that they were supporting in their midst.
When
the stock market was bombarded by manipulating claims that inflated earnings
from the giant companies, he was wrong in urging prosecution by the Attorney
General of those guilty of the cheating.
Apparently
he was wrong when the United Nations issued their 17th ultimatum to
Saddam Hussein in Iraq…demanding that he turn over whatever weapons of mass
destruction that he had….and France and Germany vetoed any action…..he
mustered the support of some 30 nations, including Great Britain, to roll in and
defeat what was thought to be a formidable Republican Guard army that collapsed
and faded into the woodwork to fight an insurgent war instead.
Apparently,
also…according to Kerry, he was wrong when he got the Congress to pass action
cutting taxes for all Americans who paid taxes.
He was also wrong, Kerry says, when he got the Congress to pass a measure
that would immediately provide those in the lower incomes with a $600 payment
for their drug needs….and a plan that will go into effect in 2006 for all
other Americans via the Medicare route.
This after Congress after Congress has failed to come up with any answer
to solve not only the future needs of Medicare and Social Security but to
address the health problems of the nation.
Now…..that
the President is apparently wrong on all these issues…..according to
Kerry……what we he do?
Well…..he
has, he says, a simple answer…..he will soak the rich and give it to the poor.
A Robin Hood
What
would he do about securing more and more jobs….and on and on.
As
I understand it…..Kerry put in four months on boat patrol in Vietnam.
According to the records he received the Bronze Star, a Silver Star and
three purple hearts.
He then requested a trip home eight months before his tour would have
been over….and a few months later requests separation from active duty so he
could run for Congress, then becomes an anti war activist a la Jane Fonda.
That’s
just a part of the record.
No
question that this and other parts of his Congressional record will become front
and center as the campaign progresses.
To avoid this……that’s why you attack and attack and hope to keep
your opponent busy replying, rather than informing the public about your own
actions.
At
any rate it promises to be a slam-bang campaign.
But as it progresses…..keep the things I’ve mentioned in mind.
President George Bush is very clear about where he wants to take this
nation in the future….let’s see what
As
someone once said…..talk is cheap…..it’s actions that count.
This is Floyd Wynne and that’s THE VIEW FROM HERE.