WHY I AM SUPPORTING JOHN KERRY. Risk Management (Sullivan)

The New Republic ^ | October 26, 2004 | Andrew Sullivan

[bluecollarman]

He could have saved all that ink. He like to kiss and hug big hairy men. He likes to put his tongue (and other things) into to the available orifices of other men. He also likes to gobble up their bodily fluids. That is the reason Kerry is his man.

There, I grossed myself out. Yuck!

[ilgipper]

He gives credit to Bush for every single significant act of the last 4 years, but then says he is wrong because of Abu Garib? As if Bush was over there with a bull horn directing the building of the pyramid.

He also rightly cites the single reason why the UN would not support the mission: Oil for Food, and French corruption. So Bush was right to go, but wrong to go because the corrupt French said no.

Sullivan has absolutely no clue. He is now irrelevant.

[COUNTrecount]

Sullivan is British. When did he become a citizen?

[Rummyfan]

At the risk of a very bad pun....

Butt Pirates for Bush!!!

[WildTurkey]

I always said it, Gays and lesbians are a one issue voting block.

My ___'s _____ was a militant lesbian now slightly toned down. Last week she said she (SURPRISE!)would not be voting for Kerry. But I think the fact that she is Vietnamese has a little to do with it.

[Lady Jag]

[SBprone]

"This Butt Pirate, and many of this butt pirate's fellow butt pirates, are supporting the President because our security is primary."

Don't we all have to set priorities every day? Sully doesn't know what's important.

[rlmorel]

What a long-winded bag of hot air. This just shows how little this person understands of defense issues.

Kerry should not be running for President, He should be locked up in Portsmouth Naval Prison, guarded by those men with the shiny shoes. (I know, Portsmouth isn't open anymore, but Fort Leavenworth just does not sound bad enough for a treasonous rat like Kerry.)

He is a pathological liar, lies about his service, his medals, his antiwar activities, his public service record, his deer hunting exploits, his meeting with foreign leaders, his meeting with the entire Security Council, etc. etc. etc.

I know I probably sound like Lawrence O'Donnell, but there are two major differences. One, the truth is an absolute defense against slander. Two, I know where the Swift Boat Vets are coming from.

Who do you believe? 240 men who are willing to leave the safe, comfortable obscurity of their lives and stand together against the venom being spewed on them by the Democrats and Liberal Media, or John F. Kerry?

[Elephino]

Good one, except I've always preferred the term "rump ranger".

[rang1995]

who he really supports!

[AmishDude]

Sullivan has stated he doesn't want marriage for himself. He's not interested in it.

[Helms]

So tired of hearing from this male bitch more concerned with his genitalia than national security.

[rj45mis]

"I have a hard time getting past these two issues as well"

Oh, really! My last experience with hindsight was that it was 20/20.

[26lemoncharlie]

I believe that he is in Dire need of a procedure called a PLEXIOTOMY !

A PLEXIOTOMY is a surgical procedure whereby a rectangle of flesh, measureing 4" by 6" is removed just below the patients belly button and a piece of PLEXIGLASS is inserted.

The procedure is for people who have their head up their A$$ can see where the H they are going !! Strongly recommended hear!!

[Steve_Seattle]

"the appalling damage a constitutional amendment [on gay marriage] would do to the social fabric"

Well, Andrew, just what would that "appalling damage" be? It would preserve the status quo on marriage - how can preserving the status quo be considered "appalling damage," which implies some kind of drastic change?

[conserv13]

Thanks for this post. I like Andrew Sullivan, and he makes some good points. It is telling how a lot of the posters here have not made any arguments against Sullivan except that he is gay.

[AL Mamlouk]

Don't be fooled, Sullivan has no core beliefs. He is a one issue bagman. He has no understanding of what Iraq is all about. You don’t drop the match if you’re down one set. There will be many stories to come that will make Sullivan lick his tale. Waite until the trials of Saddam and his Baathi goons begin and then you’ll see what kind of WMD you found in Iraq. The left and their allies the Europeans will be shamed if ever they have any shame left. Patience.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Shorter, more accurate version:

WHY I AM SUPPORTING JOHN KERRY.

Two words: Gay. Marriage. --Andrew Sullivan [honest version]

[Torie]

The lack of stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq remains one of the biggest blows to America's international credibility in a generation.

Sullivan has sure changed his tune, regarding the above (Sullivan was celebrating Bush's actions in Iraq long after the WMD's turned up missing), when he freaked out over the proposed anti gay marriage constitutional amendment, and now he's just spinning. Sullivan's comment above is simply polemical BS, and I can't believe Sullivan isn't smart enough to know it. Everybody, including the usual suspects, the Germans and the French thought Saddam had WMD, and tried to cajole Bush to just be patient, and Saddam would eventually give them up (and meantime the French could continue to feather their nest).

Indeed, Saddam himself may have thought he had WMD's and just didn't know he had been defrauded by his underlings, and the allocated money had gone into their Swiss bank accounts. That was my original theory, and I'm sticking to it. It is the only explanation that makes sense of Saddam's actions.

[hushpad]

This Butt Pirate, and many of this butt pirate's fellow butt pirates, are supporting the President because our security is primary.<<

WHile I appreciate your statement for what it is, may I ask one question? Do ya'll really call each other "butt pirates?" - I'd think it would be offensive . . .or something.