Wondering Why Kerry Is Still Going Down?

John Kerry has been relentlessly pushing the Iraqi bunker story, trying to make the Explosives Theft story into Geoprge W Bush's own Willie Horton downfall. Instead, he has been seeing his numbers continue to fall, and now stalwart democratic strongholds like Hawaii and New Jersey are on the fence. (This is the equivalent of Texas going Democratic.) It is strange, as the explosives story, while clearly a distraction more than news should be dragging down Bush. But today, while listening to Bill Bennett this morning, a caller made an excellent point. The HMX and DMX explosives that were allegedly stolen are nuclear triggering explosives. In other words, by pushing this story Kerry is making the case that Sadaam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction. Thus undermining the exact case that Kerry has been making for throwing Bush out of office. Frankly, in the end, it is a catch-22. If the story is true, then Sadaam was taken out for good reason. If not, then Kerry is pushing a lie and the explosives story has no traction anyway. Heads, Bush wins, tails, Kerry loses.



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