Posted on 06/20/2006 7:53:50 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
When Senator John Kerry was their presidential nominee in 2004, Democrats fervently wished he would express himself firmly about the Iraq war.
Mr. Kerry has found his resolve. But it has not made his fellow Democrats any happier. They fear the latest evolution of Mr. Kerry's views on Iraq may now complicate their hopes of taking back a majority in Congress in 2006.
As the Senate prepared for what promises to be a sharp debate starting on Wednesday about whether to begin pulling troops from Iraq, the Democratic leadership wants its members to rally behind a proposal that calls for some troops to move out by the end of this year but does not set a fixed date for complete withdrawal. Mr. Kerry has insisted on setting a date, for American combat troops to pull out in 12 months, saying anything less is too cautious.
In drawing up a schedule for the Wednesday session, the Democratic leadership has arranged for its plan to be debated first, pushing Mr. Kerry and his proposal into the evening, too late for the nightly television news, to starve it of some attention.
Senate Democrats have been loath to express their opinions publicly, determined to emphasize a united front. But interviews suggest a frustration with Mr. Kerry, never popular among the caucus, and still unpopular among many Democrats for failing to defeat a president they considered vulnerable. Privately, some of his Democratic peers complain that he is too focused on the next presidential campaign.
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Perfect!
LOL! Kerry's posturing, along with the other cowards, is not making the Democrats look good at all. It's their image that they are concerned about, particularly this close to election time.
Kerry was in Vietnam? I wonder why he never mentioned it when he was running for President?
Gee, ya think...???
He's bone idle, too.
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When a loser thinks he is a winner he must be another Massachusetts politician. With his boring voice and pretentious mannerisms, John Kerry is the gift that keeps on giving.
still will not acknowledge his antiwar activities kept hope alive for the N. Viets and Viet Cong, even though one of their generals said as much in him memoirs and
still believes there is little if any relationship between the US departure from SE Asia and the killing fields of Cambodia.
like a big zit!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1089641/posts
Another John Kerry blast from the past. Gosh I love Free Republic.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
I know more about him than I want to know! Why doesn't he go count some ketchup bottles or something.
..Kerry has found his resolve
Is there anything at all to Kerry except stands that are more politics than principle?
It has a certain cachet to it....more precise than just a flat 12 month figure, more nuanced and sensitive to potential hardships that may occur within an al Qaeda suddenly finding itself with no enemy to face,and gives due consideration to the French so they have time to think up a response to the apparent demise of American bullying in the world.
It is beyond me why anyone would sacrifice their reputation and character by backing an idiot like this.
Just what I noticed. The NYT is saying, "Yo Kerry. We don't want to show the man behind the curtain until after the mid-term election. Get with it man."
In 1971 it was the honorable vets that he stepped on for furtherance of his career. Now it is his fellow Dems that he steps on so as to be able to say I was the first Senator to call for a troop withdrawal that actually voted to authorise military action.
Feingold still is the anti-war king because he didn't vote for the resolution (no flip - just a flop) but Kerry needs to make a claim as early as possible.
The Dems will spin this as "well most of our party are against a year-end complete withdrawal so we are really moderates and strong on national defense" but it will not pull them across the '06 finishline in first place.
And John Kerry shows himself again to be a non-team player with the tinnest of political ears deluded into thinking he is an important political intellect.
A friend of mine told me a couple of years ago that Kerry has a (bad) reputation in the Senate because, in their behind-the-scenes horse-trading ("I'll vote for yours if you'll vote for mine"), Kerry will promise a vote and then vote the other way or, I supose, not show up. I have no idea where he heard it, but it sure sounds like the kind of thing Kerry would do.
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