Kerry's Attempt to Finesse Iraq Issue May Backfire

Washington Post ^ | August 27, 2004 | Terry M. Neal

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...........The Republican National Committee is circulating an edited video of Kerry's comments on Iraq, some of which show Kerry arguing that Iraq's efforts to obtain and use weapons of mass destruction and the potential of those weapons flowing from Iraq to terrorist organizations are a basis for removing Hussein.

After months of attacking President Bush's motives and credibility during the Democrat presidential primary, going so far as to declare himself the anti-war candidate, John Kerry now says knowing what he knows now he would still have voted for the Iraq war," said Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie at a news conference this week. "Senator Kerry's ever changing positions on Iraq are not the kind of steady leadership we need in these times of challenge and change. And we're going to continue to make that point between now and November 2."

A spokesman for the Kerry campaign dismissed the Republican video as a distortion of his words for political purposes. But the bad news for Kerry is that those political purposes seem to have found an audience. The online video has been viewed more than 6 million times, according to the RNC.....

[Chieftain]

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[tjg]

Being a liberal means never having to grow up. Amercian libs live in the freest country in the world, with opportuntiy for all, but do they appreciate it? No.

It's childish really. The mantra of the left is 'it's not fair', and there lives are devoted to identify and condemming everything 'not fair', which is everything.

[retiredcpo]

No, no, no. Keeping him will ensure not just a Bush victory, but a landslide victory. I want to let him keep flopping until election day.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Actually, I agree!!! I only would like to see the entire Democrat Party destroyed!

[NYCVirago]

For his part, Kerry insists that he has been consistent. His problem with Bush, he says, is that the president rushed to war without building an international coalition.

Only one problem with that -- he voted against the first Iraq war, even though it had that vaunted international coalition!

[Cableguy]

Pretty well written. I am surprised Terry Neal/Wash Post was so fair and balanced.