Kerry To Sharpen His Message?

The AP is reporting that John Kerry is looking to sharpen his message, whatever that means, and is also taking a page from the Al Gore manual for victorious campaign advertising.

You know, I'm sure that Kerry would have a much easier time sharpening his message - if there was one there to sharpen. I have, as of yet, to find a single concrete position of John Kerry, well, except maybe for his love of the Vietnamese Communists.

He voted for the war in Iraq, but seems to be rather shocked that it involved real fighting, by real soldiers, with real consequences.

He was against Saddam Hussein, but doesn't seem to believe that he really needed to go.

I'm sure that Kerry is the kind of guy who would tell us that 9/11 was a tragic event, but that that Osama guy really isn't too bad once you get to know him.

(All of the above are personal conjecture. Has he actually said these things? Probably not, but please provide a link if he did. I just happen to believe that they are all real possibilities to come from the mouth of John Kerry.)

I'm sorry, but I just don't think that Kerry gets it. He doesn't seem to realize that national security is not the issue for him to run on. There are few Presidents who have done a better job in the national security realm than George W. Bush. Trying to fight this battle is kind of like bringing a tank to battleship duel in the middle fo the ocean. It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Almost like his decision to take a page from the Al Gore How To Campaign In Florida book (Chapter 1: Get Pat Robertson on the butterfly ballot near your name. Have Palm Beach County voters take to the streets claiming functional illiteracy if the vote doesn't go your way.).

Just as Gore ran ads in Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach while Bush saturated all of Florida, Kerry's spending will have to be selective and smart, aides said.

Gee, if I remember correctly, even after the seven thousandth recount by every organization that could pronounce "chad," Bush still won Florida. "Selective and smart" advertising was not all that bright. Gore's message didn't get out to all the people in the state. How much do think Al Gore would have paid to swing 1000 votes from the Bush camp to his? You think he wishes that he had been a little more aggressive with his spending?

I do love this. Sharpening the message and being smart and selective with the advertising dollars. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. Also indicates that maybe Kerry's message, while resonating amongst the Party faithful, is not striking a chord with the average American. It's one thing to win the Party. It's another to win the nation.

Oh yeah, for a little more fun go over to the Politboro Diktat and take a look at the Commissar's collection of potential Kerryisms. Some of them are pretty good.