the kerry campaign

this is starting to look more and more like the dukakis-king george I campaign of 1988. an inept democrat being savaged by a smart, nasty, sharp, ethics-less group of horrible republicans. why can't kerry just say "this is a group of lying thieves and here's the proof"? what is it with democrats that prevents them from playing politics the way republicans do??? i despair for my party....but this is nothing new...i have been despairing for most of my life.......thanks to republicans who know how to be savages and democrats who know how to be idiots.