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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Your comments fit Bush equally well, if not better. It's the White House that pressured Pakistan to announce the capture of Al Qaeda operatives during the Democratic National Convention and then -- lo and behold! -- they did, in press conference while Kerry was about to give his speech. In the middle of the night in Pakistan, so you don't need to wonder whose benefit that was for.
So Kerry is a "psychopath" because he points out that the last president to use the phrase "turn the corner" about a recovery was Herbert Hoover? And likening Bush to Hoover in this way means that he's mentally ill and will do anything to get elected? The funny thing is, the words you're using are the same as words in the English language, but evidently they have different meanings.
No, I missed some posts recently, so I don't know what you mean. But the "contortions" in Kerry's record that I've seen described are usually more fairly described as anything but when put in context. For example, senators may vote against a bill quite similar to one they support because that's how the procedures work. It's surely no surprise that the Bush folks are trying to use this against Kerry, but one hopes that most voters who are undecided will be smart enough to see through this crap.
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Watch the movie when you get a chance. I see Kerry as a guy who has been setting up this run all his life. Now this doesn't distinguish him from many pols, but he has absolutely no backbone. War service is popular? I'll join, and while I'm at it, I'll take some film. Who knows, it may come in handy. Wait, war service is not popular? I'll be a hippy protestor and throw and invent "facts" to bolster my case. The Iraq war? I better vote for it because if I don't it will be used against me when I run in 2004. Wait, the war is unpopular with my base and this Dean guy may actually win? I'll vote against the 87 million.
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But your willingness to swallow your concerns about Bush's policies because you buy all of these attacks on Kerry's character is testament to the way that the GOP wins elections.
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Please, give me more credit than that. I have many concerns about Kerry other than his charater. Taxes, free trade, and foreign policy are much higher on the list. Now I don't agree with Bush's budgets, nor on his FCC stance, nor on his gay marriage stance. But the alternative is just not a possibility in this election.
