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We\u2019re going to elect a guy to be president of the United States. Democrats are offering us a guy to lead the country, and to lead the world, and there\u2019s five weeks for them to tell us who he is. Five weeks. What this really means: Five weeks to come up with another scam definition of John Kerry, scam personality of John Kerry that we\u2019ll all fall for now. We\u2019re not falling for these current scams that they\u2019ve tried on us so quick, somebody come up with some way to present this guy in a way the American people will like him. <\/line>It\u2019s too late for this, media. It\u2019s simply too late. I mean, when you go out and dump all over the interim prime minister of Iraq — in fact did you see this? I\u2019ll show you how bad it is. While they\u2019re out there looking for Kerry\u2019s voice, “a leading Democrat senator said yesterday that he assured Prime Minister Allawi that U.S. support for him would continue if John Kerry were elected president.” Now, if Kerry didn\u2019t diss him, and if Kerry didn\u2019t — and Lockhart is out there calling him a puppet — I mean, you laugh, but this gives credence to the question, “Do you guys want us to lose in Iraq?” Is that what you Democrats want? Is it really what you want? <\/line><\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/line>RUSH: Marquette, Michigan&lt;\/a>. Mike, you\u2019re up first today. Welcome to the program, sir.<\/line>CALLER: Yeah, I\u2019m just wondering if you think the president will take an opportunity Thursday night to really take Senator Kerry to task on his gloom and doom thing in Iraq . Whether it\u2019s the soldiers or citizens or even President [sic] Allawi saying, “Things are better. Things are improving,” and his message is, “No, it\u2019s not. I don\u2019t care what you say. It\u2019s not improving,” and I wonder if you think the president will really take an opportunity Thursday night to drive that point home and really take him to task on it.<\/line> RUSH: An excellent question, and the answer is, “I hope so, but I don\u2019t know.” Not being part of the debate preparation team, I don\u2019t have really any insight on this. I can only tell you what I, as a an American, would like to see, and I think it\u2019s about time. You know, one of the things that the… How shall I put this? The prepub that\u2019s going out about Kerry is that, “Oh, man he\u2019s Cicero in debates! He\u2019s the best debater in the world!” “Why, we don\u2019t even have a chance against this guy.” This is what the Republicans are saying, “We don\u2019t have a chance.” The Democrats are saying, “Yeah, he\u2019s slick. You know what? This guy, you can\u2019t pin him down because he\u2019s so smart and debates are where he really shines, that\u2019s where he\u2019s going to really find his voice.”<\/line>Well, one thing that you cannot erase from this debate factor is the appearance of the two. It is television, and I\u2019m telling you, there\u2019s something about Kerry. He just looks… I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t want to say what I really think here. It\u2019s not kind, but those deep-set eyes and the furrowed brow, despite the Botox, it\u2019s scary. Let me just say, it\u2019s just scary, and he doesn\u2019t come across as a nice guy. I have never yet seen John Kerry, and I\u2019ve watched him for a lot of months now. I\u2019ve not seen him connect personally with an audience that\u2019s right in front of him or an audience via a TV camera. I just haven\u2019t seen that connection. Now, Bill Weld says, “Don\u2019t worry about that. He knows how to connect. Why, he\u2019s better than anybody that\u2019s ever lived when it gets to these debates.”<\/line>But when it comes to your specific question, I would love it if the president made some allusion to the Kerry camp\u2019s characterization of Allawi as a puppet, and I would almost point-blank ask, “What is with you and your party, senator?” Not just him. “What\u2019s with you and your party?” It\u2019s almost as though you want us to lose in Iraq. Now, I know that they won\u2019t, because Kerry came in, “No, I don\u2019t want to us lose, but we\u2019re going to lose. We\u2019re going to lose if we keep going the way you\u2019re going.” That\u2019s what Kerry would come back and say, but he does need to find a way to characterize and question the Democrat Party and John Kerry specifically, making it clear that they are infested with doom and gloom, that they are nothing but pessimistic. <\/line><\/p>\n

You know, Jed Babbin&lt;\/a> has a story, I think it\u2019s at National Review Online today, about how what Kerry and Lockhart are doing — particularly recently with their reaction to Allawi\u2019s great speeches, undermining the morale of the trips, and one of the ways he says it\u2019s happening is Armed Forces Radio. You know, Armed Forces Radio is listening to programs that originate here in the United States, including the first hour of this program. Well, the first hour of this program recently has been pretty illustrative of what John Kerry has been saying, and the question: “How do you know, Mr. Kerry, more about what\u2019s going on in Iraq than Mr. Allawi? Mr. Allawi is there. He\u2019s only been gone for five days. Has it gotten so bad in five days that he doesn\u2019t know how bad it is but you do when you haven\u2019t been there?”<\/line>You know, come out with something like that. I do think they need to be called on it. Will it happen? I haven\u2019t the foggiest notion. I wouldn\u2019t expect a whole lot of confrontation in these debates. Kerry might try it, but they\u2019re not allowed to ask each other questions, a 31-page operational manual for these silly things, rules and regulations. There\u2019s going to be a warning light that the audience will see if a candidate goes long. The Bush team wanted this in because they think Kerry\u2019s just incapable of ending on time. Kerry asked for the hall to be air-conditioned to well below 70 because he sweats, and the Bush team said, “No! Reasonable temperatures. We ought to have reasonable temperatures,” and that prevailed. So whatever is reasonable, reasonable. You know Democrats are going to control the hall, but the Democrats are very worried about Kerry sweating. He sweats a lot. Women do not like men who are going to protect \u2019em start sweating. Just doesn\u2019t look good. Keep a sharp eye out for that. <\/line>END TRANSCRIPT<\/line><\/p>\n

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