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WHY I AM SUPPORTING JOHN KERRY. Risk Management (Sullivan)
The New Republic ^ | October 26, 2004 | Andrew Sullivan

Posted on 10/26/2004 1:45:29 PM PDT by ARCADIA

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To: ARCADIA
Not anticipating the strength of the insurgency - also a major mistake

Yea I agree Bush didn't realize just how much help the DUmbocrat party was going to be to the terrorist insurgents.

They have fed them hope that we'll elect sKerry and cut and run most of this year.

I'm sure it's cost us many lives. It's one thing for these pigs to be encouraged by Al Jazeera but when it comes from the halls of congress and the U.S. media, that's something else.

21 posted on 10/26/2004 1:53:16 PM PDT by Mister Baredog ((Part of the Reagan legacy is to re-elect G.W. Bush))
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To: Ron in Acreage

Who gives a rat's ass?

Sullivan, obviously, and quite freely. You could probably goose his beagle, too, if you offered to play organ at Sully and sweetie's wedding.


22 posted on 10/26/2004 1:53:48 PM PDT by Kiss Me Hardy
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To: ARCADIA

And when it comes to a choice between supporting the defense of civilization, or electing someone who supports Mr Sullivan dipping his wick wherever he wants to, whom does Sullivan opt for? Sullivan you toad, the taliban would drop a wall on you. President Bush did away with them. John Kerry would still be jawboning about it!


23 posted on 10/26/2004 1:53:48 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: ARCADIA
Yeah what pisses me off the most is that damn Blix sitting there at the UN telling the world Iraq still had all those WMDs and they couldn't account for them.

The real torquer for me was when Blix stated Iraq had not complied with the last ultimatum resolution. Just sent me over the top.

Vote Bush -- stay alive.
24 posted on 10/26/2004 1:54:13 PM PDT by snooker
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To: ARCADIA

Sullivan is thinking with his anus.


25 posted on 10/26/2004 1:54:17 PM PDT by NeoCaveman ("How do you ask a goose to be the last goose to die for a mistake....a PR mistake" H. Hewitt show)
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To: Pikamax

I always said it, Gays and lesbians are a one issue voting block. They want the mainstream to adopt them and accept their lifestyle choices (gay marriage in particular) defacto making them a one issue voting constituency. O'Sullivan is no different. He may have been flirting with the right but in the end he needs to "get in line" No room for dissension in that constituency. Too bad. Being part of the mainstream is about breaking ranks with your constituency.


26 posted on 10/26/2004 1:54:32 PM PDT by bubman
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To: ARCADIA

YAWN


27 posted on 10/26/2004 1:54:32 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: ARCADIA

The only thing that ought to be supporting John Kerry


28 posted on 10/26/2004 1:54:44 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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To: ARCADIA

You should join him at the voting booth and vote for Kerry if you're that effin stupid to allow those two DNC talking points upset you


29 posted on 10/26/2004 1:54:47 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: ARCADIA

I have been trying to articulate my response to you, ARCADIA, but I am at a loss. If we, as a Republic, are as spineless and unwilling to risk any setback whatsoever as you seem to imply, then we are well and truly screwed. Go ahead, vote for Kerry. We will all just get what we deserve. Anyone that can stomach the thought of pulling a lever for that nematode is beyond trying to save. I give up.


30 posted on 10/26/2004 1:55:39 PM PDT by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: ARCADIA

Sullivan's endorsement comes down to one thing: gay marriage. He's willing to put the entire country at the feet of the United Nations (and, therefore, at risk), just so he can have some "right" that he thinks he's being denied. He's lost all credibility and can only do one thing after this, follow David Brock's lead.


31 posted on 10/26/2004 1:55:41 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Click my profile page to see my US Election Atlas Presidential Prediction Map!)
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To: ARCADIA

So, should an election be backward looking, i.e., punish or reward the incumbent based on performance, or should an election be forward looking, i.e., voting for the candidate most likely to do a good job for America in the future? Nothing sKerry has said really relates to the future except his many phantom "plans." His campaign has been negative through and through, merely critcizing the president's performance. He has no plan and no message. For me the choice is obvious.


32 posted on 10/26/2004 1:55:41 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Vietnam veteran against "global testing.")
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To: ARCADIA

Hey, I'm a Butt Pirate, too, here in NYC. But, I suppor this President's reelection 150%. Andrew Sullivan has become a frustrated gay man, who has decided that the only issue of any importance (while Islamic Terrorists want to kill us) is whether or not he can marry his partner in Oklahoma (or some other state, other than MA). His thought process is so unreasonable that it is a joke. He basis his entire premise of supporting Kerry on the fact that just "maybe" Kerry is telling the truth when he says he will be tough. Kerry's record belies this fact. He has never been strong - not against the terrorists, not against the Communists. This Butt Pirate, and many of this butt pirate's fellow butt pirates, are supporting the President because our security is primary.


34 posted on 10/26/2004 1:55:44 PM PDT by StephenNYC
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To: counterpunch

I guess Andrew expects that JF Kerry will heal all the gay journalists infected with AID's if he become's President.


35 posted on 10/26/2004 1:55:52 PM PDT by sitkaspruce
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To: ARCADIA

'Absence of WMDs' is disingenuous - just because the US and UN haven't found stockpiles doesn't mean they weren't there. Not necessary nuclear WMDs, but they did have chemical WMDs. They are probably in Syria or Pakistan. It's not a failure - it was a successful pre-emption of SH's nuclear and biological WMD programs.

How does one 'anticipate the strength' of a post-war insurgency before the war? I think your standards are a little unrealistic with regard to post-war insurgency. Name ONE situation in the world where guerilla fighters were easily subdued.

The media created these issues for their personal benefit, and for John Kerry's. These are not issues mature, experienced adults should take seriously. Unfortunately, holding back the lies and slants of a hostile media is like putting the finger in the dam...





36 posted on 10/26/2004 1:56:16 PM PDT by wvobiwan (Kerry/Edwards Foreign Policy Slogan: Accept our surrender or we'll sue!)
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To: ARCADIA

Hey, I'm a Butt Pirate, too, here in NYC. But, I suppor this President's reelection 150%. Andrew Sullivan has become a frustrated gay man, who has decided that the only issue of any importance (while Islamic Terrorists want to kill us) is whether or not he can marry his partner in Oklahoma (or some other state, other than MA). His thought process is so unreasonable that it is a joke. He basis his entire premise of supporting Kerry on the fact that just "maybe" Kerry is telling the truth when he says he will be tough. Kerry's record belies this fact. He has never been strong - not against the terrorists, not against the Communists. This Butt Pirate, and many of this butt pirate's fellow butt pirates, are supporting the President because our security is primary.


37 posted on 10/26/2004 1:56:18 PM PDT by StephenNYC
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To: ARCADIA
Oh gee I'm shocked that you and Andy think that Saddam should have been trusted to get rid of his WMDs.

"Bush just didn't trust Saddam enough!"

A slogan that has caught on...

38 posted on 10/26/2004 1:56:22 PM PDT by mrsmith ("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
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To: ARCADIA

His homosexual agenda trumps everything. Some people put their personal needs over the country. That person would be a Democrat.


39 posted on 10/26/2004 1:57:08 PM PDT by veronica ("Not all Muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslims." Abdulrahman Al-Rashed)
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To: ARCADIA

40 posted on 10/26/2004 1:58:00 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Used to be sciencediet but found the solution)
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