Cheney said Kerry's camouflage jacket was "an October disguise -- an effort he's making to hide the fact that he votes against gun owner rights at every turn." (10/22/2004)

"The French will love her," said Sheila Tate, Nancy Reagan's former press secretary about the prospects of a Teresa Heinz Kerry First Lady. (10/22/2004)

"From that far away they can't even hit me?" Ann Coulter joked after two individuals tried to hit her with a pie while speaking at Arizona. (10/22/2004)

"I know a lot of Democrats I've talked to are really resigned," New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said. "They've sort of moved on in their heads to Hillary in 2008." (10/22/2004)

"Well, one parallel is that the Revolutionary War, more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we've fought. I think another parallel is that in some ways the Revolutionary War could have been avoided. It was an unnecessary war," said Jimmy Carter. (10/22/2004)

This is a game of chess, not checkers, so you can't look at one move without saying how it fits into the overall plan," Democrat political consultant Donna Brazile said. "Bush is not campaigning to win states anymore, but to win particular groups of voters who may be undecided." (10/22/2004)

"He [President Bush] was not a leader. He did not keep this country safe," said Wesley Clark. (10/22/2004)

"Unless we can change the circumstances that create this ideology of hatred and the hopelessness so great that it causes people to fly airplanes into buildings and strap suicide bombs onto their bodies, our children and grandchildren will be waging this war decades from now," said National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice. (10/22/2004)

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BUSH BEAT

New speech coming...

The president will unveil a new stump speech focusing on five "issues of consequence before the voters": 1) national security; 2) family budgets (taxes); 3) "quality of life" (health care and education); 4) retirement security (Social Security and Medicare); and 5) family values. Bush will say he has a plan for each, and Kerry does not.

Also, this Monday the President will be interviewed by Charlie Gibson and Bill Clinton with Diane Sawyer, on "Good Morning America."

 Just POlitics

Bill Clinton wants U.N. top spot

DrudgeReport has this interesting bit info [LINK]: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has set his sights on becoming U.N. secretary-general. A Clinton insider and a senior U.N. source have told United Press International the 56-year-old former president would like to be named leader of the world body when Kofi Annan's term ends early in 2006.

"He definitely wants to do it," the Clinton insider said this week.

The U.N. is currently under investigation for kickbacks in the Oil for Food Program and for violations due to the shipping of weapons to Iraq.

Kerry losing "Religious Wars"

Analysis by: Roger Wm. Hughes

The most likely indicator of whether you are going to vote for President Bush or Sen. John Kerry for president is your religious habit. If you attend church once a month, you are likely for Bush; if you are an atheist or a humanist, you are likely a Kerry supporter.

Catholics are probably the most significant shift occurring in the political landscape since the South went Republican. Kerry is a Catholic but Catholics are campaigning against him. One of the main reasons that Kerry is going to lose Wisconsin is because of the shift of that state’s large Catholic population. In the 1980’s shift of control of the Senate and House to Republicans, Milwaukee Polish Catholics voted for Republicans because they found the Democrat candidate not representing their values.

Catholics have announced that they are trying to excommunicate Kerry for his position on abortion. They are also taking out ads and inserting information into local parish newsletters about Kerry’s determined pursuit of killing embryos and supporting abortion.

Kerry seems to be more comfortable in the Christian branch of liberation theology. The following is from the Washington Times:

"What resonates with him is the community-building notion of the common good," he said. "It's the way we measure faith both through the works we do and the way faith informs works as we lives our lives," based on James 2, which the senator frequently quotes.

But Gerald Bradley, a University of Notre Dame professor of legal ethics, says the senator is making an end run around the fact that many of his positions on "life" issues, such as abortion, embyronic stem-cell research and euthanasia, run counter to church teaching.

This divide puts Kerry on the side of mainstream religion and Bush on the Evangelical side of the theological divide. Evangelicals have been growing in numbers over the last decades and mainline religions have been declining.

Bush advisor Karl Rove has the goal of having four million more Evangelicals vote in this election as opposed to the last presidential election. While anything in a close election can be the deciding factor of who wins, this religious shift can and will have enormous long-term effect in realigning who governs America.

Gillespie: Democrats broke the law

"Most people would be shocked to learn that the Florida Democrat Party has spent almost no dollars on federal election activity in the important battleground state of Florida.

"The Florida Democrat Party isn’t spending federal dollars on election activity in Florida because they’ve outsourced their entire get out the vote effort to shadowy Democrat soft money groups that are spending millions of dollars to elect John Kerry," said Republican National Party Chairman, Ed Gillespie.

For the documents that hang the Democrats in their illegal activity, visit the RNC website.

Left to the Wolves

Bush’s campaign has a new ad that is powerfully done. It’s striking imagery features stalking wolves (representing terrorists) in a northern forest. The ad highlights the fact that Kerry and his liberal friends would have cut $6 billion from the intelligence budget.

To see the ad, go to the Bush website.

Saddam: France’s deceit

Paul Volcker released a 300-page preliminary report outlining who did the most business with Saddam Hussein and the "Oil for Food Program." France was at the top of the list. It is widely alleged and accepted that billions of dollars in kickbacks were given to Hussein to keep his reign of terror and torture going.

The Washington Times reports the following from he released information:

According to the new figures, Russian companies purchased $19.2 billion in Iraqi oil under the program, while Russian vendors received $3.3 billion in humanitarian contracts. French energy interests bought just under $4.4 billion in oil and French contractors received $2.9 billion in humanitarian aid sales.

American companies ranked low in the conduct of business with Hussein. Several Congressional committees are investigating to see if an American company violated the law and gave kick backs to Hussein.

Sen. John Kerry continues to argue in favor of an American foreign policy that would include France and Germany as the central point of agreement for action. France, Germany, and Russia -- along with China -- are the principal countries who betrayed the Iraqi people, America and the rest of the world for profit in the U.N. Oil for Food Program scandal.

Kerry’s Irangate

There is more on the Iranian fund-raiser who supports the Iranian terrorists backing government. World News Net has the following:

On Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, Hassan Nemazee, an Iranian-American, one of John Kerry's top fundraisers, was deposed in New York City. Under oath, Nemazee acknowledged that he has raised over $500,000 for the Kerry presidential campaign.

Iran had slipped into the first presidential debate virtually unnoticed. Near the end of the debate, John Kerry restated his position that the United States should supply Iran with nuclear fuel. Kerry said: “I think the United States should have offered the opportunity to provide the nuclear fuel, test them, see whether or not they were actually looking for it for peaceful purposes.”

Gore to Florida

ABC News is reporting that Al Gore  -- who endorsed Howard “I have a scream” Dean -- will campaign for Sen. John Kerry in Florida. The Kerry campaign has kept its distance from Gore up until now. Gore has been given to extreme statements toward President Bush:

As of Thursday, Gore's schedule was still being worked out, but it was believed he would be campaigning Sunday in a number of churches throughout Florida's African-American community, where bitterness over the 2000 recount lingers amid new accusations against Republican election officials, ones many black leaders see as attempts to disenfranchise their community. For their part, Republicans suspect Democrats in numerous states — including Florida — of encouraging different types of voter fraud.

Plans are also in motion for former President Bill Clinton to campaign for Kerry in Broward County, Fla., on Tuesday, while Bush has star power of his own to recruit. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has plans to campaign for Bush next weekend, likely in Ohio.

Democrat’s Western opportunities

Democrats are running for the presidency for the first time without any attempt to win Southern states. Democrats are banking on Western states to give them the few electoral delegates to put them over the magical 270 needed to win the presidency.

The LA Times reports on the historic aspect of this new Democrat strategy:

Once the party of the "Solid South," Democrats this year are not actively contesting any state in the region except Florida in the presidential campaign. Instead, Kerry has shifted his attention west, mounting major efforts in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and, at one point, Arizona.

The Times also offered this glimpse into what is happening in the Western states:

Kerry hasn't been seen in the South in months, but after his visit to Reno, he has stops scheduled Saturday in Colorado and New Mexico.

Before pulling the plug, Democrats spent about $1.9 million on television ads in North Carolina and Virginia, and a little more than $1 million in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to TNSMI/CMAG.

By contrast, Kerry has already spent $7.8 million on ads in Nevada, $6.6 million in Colorado and $6 million in New Mexico and Arizona, TNSMI/CMAG found. Gore only advertised in Nevada and New Mexico, and at just a small fraction of Kerry's levels.

In New Mexico, which Gore carried by just 366 votes, the latest polls generally show Kerry clinging to a lead, albeit one within the margin of error.

In Nevada, Democrats have been encouraged by an intense voter registration drive that erased the traditional GOP lead on the rolls. But polls have generally shown Bush holding a narrow advantage there. Colorado has remained close, though Republicans maintain a clear edge in voter registration and the most recent public surveys consistently show Bush ahead.

The five electoral votes in New Mexico are vital to keeping the Kerry campaign’s hope of victory alive.

Poll watching

Michigan
There is shocking news coming from a poll in Michigan putting Bush ahead. The numbers are large enough that the lead is greater than the margin of error. We will need to wait for another poll.
Detroit News Tracking Poll conducted by Mitchell Research & Communications. Oct. 18-19, 2004. N=400 likely voters. Rolling sample. MoE ± 5:
Bush 47%
Kerry 43%
Nader 1%
Someone Else 2%
Unsure 7%

Minnesota
More shocking is the fact that President Bush is ahead in the land of Hubert Humphrey. The Pioneer Press poll shows 47 percent of Minnesota voters would vote for President Bush, while 45 percent favor Sen. John Kerry

New Mexico
Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican has the latest Mason Dixon poll numbers (Bush 49%, Kerry 44% — MOE: +/- 4%)

Pennsylvania
Strategic Vision (R). Oct. 17-19, 2004. N=801 likely voters statewide. MoE ± 3:
Bush 46%
Kerry 47%
Unsure 7%

Florida
Quinnipiac University Poll. Oct. 15-19, 2004. N=808 likely voters (MoE ± 3.5)::
Bush 48%
Kerry 47%
Nader 1%
Unsure 4%

GOP USA is reporting:

A composite of state polls shows Kerry with razor thin edges in New Hampshire, New Mexico, Iowa, and Ohio. Bush holds similarly slim leads in Florida and Wisconsin. ….

Kerry has garnered substantial leads in four former battleground states. Oregon (7 electoral votes), Michigan (17), Pennsylvania (21), and Minnesota (10) show him comfortably ahead in composite poll tallies. However, President Bush has campaigned hard and long in Pennsylvania, and all indications are that this state is still too close to call. Bush lost Pennsylvania in 2000 over former Democratic Vice President Al Gore by 4.2% and trails now by 2.8%.

In a similar manner, Bush has effectively taken five states off the board. Nevada (5), Colorado (9), Missouri (11), Arkansas (6), and West Virginia (5) all have Bush with leads greater than the margin of error. Kerry continues to campaign in many of these states in hopes of chipping away at the president's leads. Bush handily carried all five states in 2000, and owns a composite lead of at least 4% in all states.