I find it interesting that the Bush administration wants to focus on the words of a Senator on the campaign trail in California while virtually every intelligent observer believes that the "stay the course" effort in Iraq is putting our troops in harms way.

If the President is actually concerned for our troops, why doesn't he admit his administration's mistakes and focus his energy on crafting a new war strategy rather than a new political strategy...but that would require him to be less concerned with political power and more concerned with protecting our troops...troops he enjoys waving around like a cheap campaign sign when he thinks that will win him votes...the same troops that died in near record numbers in October in a war the President declared we had won more than two years ago.

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what Kerry said. Is it not refreshing for a change? Really he should have let the cat completely out of the bag. All of this Patriotic flag waving bullshit and Homeland Security, total crap.
www.spp.gov Yup the federal government has a program underway to merge with Mexico and Canada by 2010. Does the Army get new uniforms then? When do we get paid in Ameros. Can't even fathom why Dems don't take this easily available information and use it to shove this Patriot bullshit right back down the Neo-cons blood sucking throats.
Why, A Skull Above Any Other. Alex Jones, you are closer to the truth every day.

I happened to agree with Kerry, and found nothing wrong with his comment. He was talking about Bush, not those currently serving. Just because Bushco didn't get it rather underscores the "stupid" aspect.

I find it absolutely incredible that Cheney has the balls to say Kerry should apologize. Especially after Cheney shot a man in the face and never publicly apologized and that's after Whittington publicly apologized to Cheney for being shot in the face!!!! Read Cheney's interview after the incident (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11373634/). Nowhere in there does he say "I'm sorry" or "I apologize". So far the only apology I've been able to find from Bush is for visiting Bob Jones University in Jan. 2001. I believe he has had a few things to apologize for since then. And if Tony Snow can believe Dick Cheney doesn't mean waterboarding when he talks about "a dunk in the water" for terrorist suspects, I think he deserves to give Kerry the benefit of the doubt. Unbe-freakin-lievable!

I thought what Kerry said made perfect sense. With the current recruiting crisis, people with fewer options in life are a disproportionate intake of the military, which isn't an indictment of the military itself but rather of the terrible economy that Bush has been running that makes it harder to succeed (if you don't already have a lot).
If there were no truth in it at all, it wouldn't sting so much.

All John Kerry needs to do is go before the cameras and tell the truth about the lies and distortions of the Bush administration.

Like this:

"My fellow Americans, this administration seems incapable of giving you the real truth about anything. They lied and distorted the truth about how we got into this disastrous war in Iraq, and now they are lying and distorting my criticisms about them. The real question is, how much more of their lies and distortions should the American people have to put up with?

"Keep that in mind when you go to cast your votes on November 7th. If you want the lies and distortions to end, take the first step by giving America a Democratic House and Senate. Let us start hearings into the lies and distortions of this administration, so that our country can start to heal the wounds inflicted by six years of Republican mis-leadership."

Something like that would do nicely. What do you think?

"Death before being dishonored any more." - Col. Ted Westhusing

Hillary bitched Kerry. So, she is now in the presidential candidate game.

-- 101 ways to avoid the subjunctive mood