I think some of the changes in water conditions she is talking about are due to the wake of a swift boat that knocked him off course (again).

Sally is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Except that Kerry is claiming that he has had one position on Iraq ALL ALONG. So according to Kerry, he HASN'T been making course corrections as the situation changes.

Yes, John Kerry changes position with the release of every new voter poll.

In other words, the principle underlying wind-surfing is applicable to politics?
Oops. Didn't mean to bring the concept of principles into a discussion of Kerry. Sorry.

Windsurfing as a metaphor for life? So many reasons why it won't work. I want a leader who sets a straight course and doesn't deviate until the goal is reached, not one who bobs and weaves and tries to keep standing by changing his policies to agree with focus group findings.

Windsurfing as a metaphor for life? So many reasons why it won't work. I want a leader who sets a straight course and doesn't deviate until the goal is reached, not one who bobs and weaves and tries to keep standing by changing his policies to agree with focus group findings.

Good choice of transportation/sport analogy. No destination, no timetable to keep, just look good, don't fall overboard, and enjoy the ride and hope you end up safely somewhere...is that a hurricane siren sounding in the distance?

erp is right. The Ship of State shouldn't be at the mercy of prevailing winds (blowing, as they tend to do, from the direction of those who wish us harm).

Especially when most of the winds are just a bunch of hot air coming from people like Sen. Ted Kennedy, and Al Gore...

There's a difference between changing strategy in order to reach your goal, and changing the goal itself. Kerry stands accused of the latter.

The windsurfing anology in the RNC ad implied that Kerry changes direction "depending on which way the wind blows" - i.e., capriciously, and without forethought. An effective jab.

Was that enough overanalysis? I can provide more on demand. I'm also available for weddings, bar mitzvahs, handfastings...

The President of the United States makes his own waves.

President Bush is that big ass honkin' ferry seen in the ad steaming past John Flotsam Kerry. Wind, waves, silly ass windsurfers bopping about in ferry lanes ain't gonna stop him from getting to the other side.

What are you talking about? Kerry's board in the commercial followed a perfectly straight line throughout. There was no "adjustments" or "turns". Just ask him...

George Soros intensifies his anti-Bush campaign, dumping millions of dollars more into his commercials.

Soros started all this so he could get lots of favorable action from a President Kerry.

But now that Kerry is self-destructing, turning into Dean, Soros has to dump more money into this to protect the investment he's already made.

If Kerry loses, all that money will have been totally wasted. Soros doesn't want to be humiliated like that. Its like how people dump more and more money into a losing business.

"I consider his ability to make adjustments an asset for any leader."

Then please pick someone, anyone, capable of actually _making_ adjustments. Either he can't _read_the_water_ well enough to tell that using Vietnam as the core and _sole_ plank of his candidacy is completely daft. Or he can't adjust.

The idea of the world thinking my President is blown by whatever slight breeze or ripple on the public opinion horizon is not one I want. That perfectly describes Kerry. I think the analogy of how we sent a man to the moon is a more fitting one for our President. We got there by being focused and calculating exactly the right course and velocity to get to a particular point at a specific time. Sure there were problems, but we overcame them and got there. To me, that sound Presidential. We need to have a person with a long range goal, with a plan to achieve it, in the Whitehouse. We don't need short range feel good wishy washy positions.

Ahh... the nuances of windsurfing. Of course, they make about as much difference as the "nuances" of Kerry's flip-flops; the average voter neither knows nor cares about how one windsurfs, he only knows that Kerry is going both ways, both on the board and in his positions.

To ERP-

Way off topic here folks but I am trying to undo a BAD of mine from the other day...

I had made a comment and a response on the Tony "Snow Man" Snow thread. ERP didn't deserve my comments. You don't need to know the details but I wanted everyone on the latest thread to see my response...

"ERP-

Wow, I just came off my drug induced paranoia. My appologies for totally getting your message wrong and responding the way I did. Now, where DID I leave that brain of mine...

Posted by Gary at September 28, 2004 06:01 PM "

Well Gary. Unfortunately I can't remember what I said or what you said. So don't worry about it.

I got a really fast new laptop a while back and I can't tell you how many blank emails have gone out because I just move my hand over the sensor and poof, the email has been sent.

about the "asset for any leader" comment: in the words of the immortal Hawkeye Pierce, she's only off by two letters.

John Kerry - Surfing the Nuance Since 1943

Funny - I just thought Kerry was a putz for being on the board in the first place. Kind of like the shotgun photo opp, Kerry just doesn't come across well to the average Joe. Too darned smart, too rich, too tan, take your pick.