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August 2, 2004
Calculated Derision

Good thing the grown-ups are in charge...

Mr. Bush's advisers plan to cap the month at the Republican convention in New York, which they said would feature Mr. Kerry as an object of humor and calculated derision.

New York Times

I think this bodes very well for Kerry. Snarky attacks and "calculated derision" will get the nutso Bushies all riled up and frothing at the mouth, but to the average voter, particularly the average undecided, this will look like just what it is: sad and desperate.

Josh Marshall thinks it could work and worries that it is a technique that is very difficult to counter, but I disagree. Kerry's campaign is in a great position now to not counter this kind of attack and just focus on the message from the convention. If Bush attacks and derides and Kerry sticks to issues and consistently does not personally attack Bush, I think it can only help Kerry.

Bush's strategy depends on a majority of Americans being as mean-spirited, cynical and unscrupulous as he and his crew are. I don't think they are.

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