no swiftboat, no AWOL

[MODU]

Not that the media wouldn't like to cover detailed campaign messages and leave the petty stuff out [sic] but that is not what we have been given.  Yes, Bush has run negative ads towards Kerry, hitting him all over the place on his Senate Record.  That is acceptable since it defines Kerry's positions on the issues.  

Kerry, on the other hand, decided not to run on his Senate record, but rather on his war record.  He thought that would give him credibility since his Senate record wouldn't.  Bush never hit Kerry on his war record, which is why Kerry kepts bringing it up at ever campaign stop up till the DNC convention.  Now that the SwiftVets have punched some holes in his record, and created doubt in other areas, Kerry is finding himself without a base to campaign on, which is why he went on the attack accusing the SwiftVets to be working with Bush (though there are more obvious connections between MoveOn.org and the DNC).

But come next month, we'll lose all the 527 ads, and will enjoy the debates.  Both candidates will start running ads on their plans for the next 4 years, and maybe . . . just maybe . . . we'll get an idea of what we are in for.