Posted on 10/02/2004 12:20:14 PM PDT by demlosers
This is something that needs to be said over and over. The neurotic politicians who aren't sure America really even has a right to exist and to influence the world for good (yeah, GOOD, even if we do some bad along the way too!) need to be run out of town on a rail.
Americans need to be reminded that the USA ought to exist, ought to be who she is, ought to be the nicest superpower the world will ever know, and if need be ought to be the most fearsome.
Great editorial!
"America is a fundamentally good and responsible nation. Currently, Iran and North Korea are not. We protect and liberate. Others enslave and dominate. It is alarming that John Kerry does not understand this distinction. It is reason enough for Americans to reject him out of hand."
It screams to me that Kerry does not think America is a fundamentally good and responsible nation.
To a liberal, anything a conservative says which would be hurtful to their candidate is a lie and any thought engendered therein will be permanently banished from consideration.
What needs to happen is for liberals to embrace Kerry's ideas and then let it sink in that something doesn't seem quite right about them. If a conservative says that Kerry wants to give nuclear materials to Iran, a liberal won't believe it even if Kerry actually says it. But if Kerry says it and it jangles around in the liberal's brain, the liberal might realize that doesn't seem too smart.
Kerry's saying "I had one position and one position only" on Iraq is one of the funniest moments of the debate.
The metrosexual gigolo thinks we are stupid.
That narcissist thinks he can slide that one by...because he's managed to do it for years.
The RNC needs to go back to reminding voters Kerry is the MOST liberal Democrat in the Senate. That'll turn the undecideds off in droves.
Team Bush -- don't let Kerry share a stage ever again. He is not worthy of standing under the same streetlight as Bush.
The nuclear thing was what upset me the most. I was watching with my 16 year old daughter and even she was alarmed at that.
"Kerry got the questions beforehand. Look at the transcript.
At one point he says to Lehrer, "I understand we'll be discussing homeland security later."
How did he know that?
Exactly, just like Hillary got the questions on "Meet the Press" a while back.
ok. excellent article. But I just read about the newsweek poll and got depressed. I make calls on Tues nights for Bush and I'm telling you there are nuts out there! Most people aren't into it like we are and most americans don't understand enough about things to know kerry was lying! And they are voting. This is getting hard here. But I remember Reagan and I think it will be ok. God help us everyone.!
Three major gaffs by Kerry. First, the now infamous "global test" that would be invoked before Kerry would use preemtive force to protect America and our interests, thereby involving other nations and the U. N., with their own geo-political interests, in the decision-making process for determining what is in our national interests. Second, he would provide nuclear fuel to Iran, presumably for "peaceful" purposes, thereby intending to thwart Iran's nuclear development for non-peaceful uses. This approach did not work for the Clinton administration with North Korea, and will not work with Iran, a country that supports and encourages terrorism, harbors terrorists, and has sought to destabilize democratic efforts in post-Saddam Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. Third, Kerry would "unilaterally disarm" by stopping development of a tactical nuclear weapon to intended to destroy terrorists reenforced bunkers, thereby lessening our ability to continue to effectively fight the war on terrorism. Yet he boldly says he will hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden. If this is true, how would he do it? Obviously, by restricting our military to the use of conventional weapons, which increases the likelyhood that more, not less, American military personnel would be killed or injured in this war.
This is a great column. When the emotion has settled down about the "style" factors in the first debate, substance will become the most important factor. And as this writer points out, Kerry blew it there.
To vote for Kerry is to vote against America, plain and simple. The Republicans must use these same points, with quotes from the debate, during the next month to secure the landslide victory that Bush truly deserves against this third-rate opponent.
Precisely what was given to him. He was so gullible he went for it ' Hook, Line and Sinker'
I would hate to be a poker player against George....
Unfortunately, he's correct.
True to form, he won the medal but will lose the war.
John Kerry's style might have appealed to some, certainly not me, but his words are frightening, and should make any thinking person tremble.
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