To counter "Big Bubba" Kerry would have to act as the person who knows what he's doing. No waffling. He has to show that "Big Bubba" is an act, an image, and that he - Kerry - has the answer to damn near everything. "Big Bubba" can strut around and look tough all he wants but Kerry will get things done and done right! Kerry needs to come off as the smart diplomat instead of the playground bully that is Bush. Kerry is that type of leader. Bush is the Sarge - "C'mon men! Yeehaw!" - do as ordered, as trained, little thinking involved. Kerry needs to come across as the General - cool, savvy, and determined to win.

Kerry can also undermine Bush's image by pretty much saying that "Bush may be a bubba but not like his daddy...", make Georgie W. seem like he's nothing more than a daddy's boy trying to act all growed up. Really, what leadership abilities has Bush shown? An unwarranted war in Iraq, financial insecurity for most Americans, environmental insecurity for all Americans, personal freedoms under attack, and on and on. Bush is the boy with his hand in the cookie jar. Kerry needs to come off as an adult - responsible and mature.

I keep hearing some people say that they will vote for Bush because they see him as standing strong in Iraq. They somehow gloss over the fact that he was the dumbshit who got us in that mess in the first place. It doesn't take a backbone of steel to stay in Iraq, it takes ignorance. Ignorance of what most Americans and Iraqis want. But, as long as there's easy money to be had for the Corporations involved in rebuilding and with the oil, we're staying in Iraq.