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August 02, 2004
Kerry | The Greatest Form Of Flattery

The Christian Science Monitor notes the Kerry team is approaching the post-convention push using plays oddly similar to those from the 2000 Bush campaign playbook.

Crossing the country on a two-week “Believe in America” tour through key battleground states, he’s bypassing most major cities for smaller towns, where Bush tends to have more support. He’s stressing Republican themes like values, trying to shift the definition away from things like abortion and gay marriage toward economic justice and personal conduct.

Kerry is even emulating aspects of Bush’s 2000 race against Vice President Al Gore, adopting variations of Bush’s own slogans. His promise to restore “trust and credibility” to the White House echoes Bush’s promise to restore “honor and dignity” in the wake of the Lewinsky scandals, and his refrain of “help is on the way” was formerly used by Vice President Dick Cheney. Sen. John Edwards’s variation, “hope is on the way,” is a close echo.



Posted by Alan at August 2, 2004 11:43 AM | TrackBack
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