New York Post Online Edition: THE L-WORD RETURNS
Twice Bush said, "You can run, but you can't hide." He meant Kerry couldn't hide from his liberal Senate voting record. The era of the flip-flop attack is over. The argument against Kerry's liberalism has begun in earnest.
This is setting up the next debate up perfectly. Bush will be pounding home that Kerry is a liberal who's way out of touch with mainstream values; that he'll tax and spend because that's his record. Kerry has also taken the most extreme approach on more issues such as abortion where he voted against partial birth abortion. I really hope Kerry brings up his Catholicism again in the context of abortion or maybe in his explanation of why he voted against the Defense of Marriage Act.
"Bring it on"
Posted by Tim at October 9, 2004 09:10 AMI dunno. I wonder if these terms like "liberal" or "conservative" mean a whole lot in this election except with the partisans of both parties. (And even then they're pretty meaningless.) Bush seemed strongest in the debate when he argued why he made certain decisions. Not when he called Kerry a "liberal." I think Kerry mocked Bush well when he came back with something like, "So you call yourself a 'compassionate conservative' and cut after-school programs, cut health care, and ran up a massive deficit?"
So yeah, they can call each other names the next debate, but doesn't it turn into, "You are!" "I am not!" "Yes, you are!" "Well then so are you!"?
Posted by: Tom at October 9, 2004 11:47 AM
