Losing Strategy

Drudge reports that this week the Democrats will once again attack Bush's National Guard record. Undoubtedly the "mainstream media" will play up these stories, just like they ignored the stories about Kerry's VietNam experience. This is about as stupid of a political strategy as possible. First, this story has been brought out so many times, that it lacks any kind of power to shock or persuade. With the growing "memogate" scandal, the Democrats risk being identified with this fraud and such a connection would effectively end the Kerry campaign. Third, a military record is trumpeted by a candidate to show what kind of leader he would be, despite the fact that it is rarely relevant. Bush's record is the last 3 years of wartime leadership; he doesn't need to enhance that by talking about his VietNam duties nor will he be hurt by any revelations of that duty short of evidence of court-martial. Obviously this does not apply to Kerry who has absolutely no record to run on. Finally, if the democrats continue to bring up VietNam, they will find Kerry's post-VietNam activities much more prominently displayed. This is undoubtedly not something that they want. The over-riding hatred of Bush seems to have caused outright derangement among the Democratic Party to the detriment of the Kerry campaign.