"Rumble In The Jungle" of Vietnam?
I have often suggested to my compatriots that Rove, Card and the Bush campaign have employed a rope-a-dope strategy with the Donks, much like Ali did with George Forman in the "Rumble In The Jungle." Oblivious to him at the time, every punch George Forman threw in that fight was actually taking him further into ruin, just like every attack that has been pressed against President George W. Bush has taken the Donks in general, and Kerry campaign in particular, further and further into ruin. There are a whole host of examples of this strategy, but the latest may be the best. The big question is, will this story make it out of the blogosphere?
John F. Kerry is an opponent who has built his entire campaign world around his claim that he is a war hero. The Bush team did nothing to dissuade their opponents from taking this tact and, I propose, actually goaded the Dems into that effort by making it seem that such efforts might actually hurt Bush. It now seems evident that, through his own actions, Kerry has not only exposed to the world that he manipulated events to allow him to get out early, but then actually met with the enemy and lead the attack against the war and those fighting it. Can you think of anything better than having that "war hero" candidate and his political machine repeatedly attach their opponent on his seeming lack of effort toward that war, only to have it totally backfire by having it come out that not only did the man they are attacking serve honorably, but may have even volunteered to go into theater and into harms way?
Perhaps someone can look into which service in 1968 one was more likely to be harmed, as a Swift Boat Captain patrolling mainly along the southern coast of Vietnam, or a F-102 Fighter Pilot who would have flown almost exclusively over enemy territory in the north. It seems the first was so dangerous one candidate did not want to stay, and the other was not dangerous enough to keep the other candidate from trying to get there! And who do you think the American people would look at more favorably, a man who got there but did everything he could to get out, or a man who tried to get there but was denied the chance to go?
(As an aside, what's with all the 4 letter names? Rice, Page, Rove, Card, Bush. It warms my heart to know that those 4 letter people have caused the Donks to utter a multitude of 4 letter expletives! ;-D)
(Hat tip to Ace of Spades!)
