Move onto other topics. Use the same starkness to talk about Kerry's Senate career.
Bush should simply dismiss the whole thing by saying "I'm not going to criticize what my opponent did 30 years ago. I want to focus on how he's performing in his current job. That's a better indicator of his qualifications to take my job."
It's like what the ancient Chinese warrior/scholor Sun Tzu wrote about good ground and bad ground for fighting. The victor chooses the battleground and makes his enemy fight there. So far, Kerry has chosen his stint in Vietnam 30 years ago as the battleground. Will Bush try to fight him there where his own record is spotty, or will he move Kerry onto more favorable ground, as in Kerry's current career and recent years in government?
-PJ
FRegards,