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Here are some things Kerry said in his 1984 Senate campaign... not about Ronald Reagan personally, but about his policies...

The second paragraph is truly amazing: "The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military, and a presumed "window of vulnerability", which we now know not to exist."

Those "misinformed assumptions" played a big role in ending the Cold War, and bringing freedom to vast areas of eastern Europe and western and southern Asia. All President Bush has to do for a resounding reelection is to turn the contest into a choice between Reagan and Kerry. President Bush can do this by embracing President Reagan's world view, and by repeatedly comparing and contrasting Reagan's 1984 policies (and their results) with Kerry's 1984 proposals.

"The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military, and a presumed "window of vulnerability", which we now know not to exist."

The military was in shambles right before Reagan. It was an absolute mess. Drugs, racism, and God-awful benefits. Reagan put pride back to the troops. And yet he had "no rational plan"? Kuck Ferry.