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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: American Spirit who wrote (387408)	4/7/2003 7:12:55 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) of 769670

.....But at second glance, what Kerry said was appalling in so many ways that it genuinely calls into question whether he has the appropriate temperament to serve as president of the United States. The phrase "regime change" has become shorthand for war. War isn't just a word to be used rhetorically. It's a reality at this very second. Our nation is attempting regime change in the most deadly serious manner possible. Hundreds of thousands of American troops are in harm's way. They are working day and night to rid the world of a totalitarian dictatorship whose truly evil nature is every day becoming more and more apparent. So Kerry's timing was inappropriate. But what makes matters worse is the implicit parallel he was drawing between Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush. It's unfair, it's ugly and it's disgusting. But it reflects something real about the Democratic Party's attitude toward Bush, just as Gingrich's remarks about Susan Smith reflected something real about the Republican Party's attitude toward Clinton. Kerry was reflecting an unreasoning anger, a grotesque willingness to depersonalize a partisan adversary and a continuing hunger to question the legitimacy of George W. Bush's leadership. Kerry was speaking from the depths of the Democratic party's ideological id. And that makes this a special moment for Democrats - what some like to call a "teachable moment." Hate George W. Bush all you like - in private. Scream yourselves silly, put his picture on a dart board and throw darts at it. Do what you need to do to satisfy your id. But with Americans fighting and dying overseas, you had best show respect for the commander in chief and respect for the gravity of the conflict he is now leading. The American people do, and they always show their displeasure toward those politicians who don't. John Kerry just made his own run for the presidency infinitely more difficult by allowing his ideological id to get the better of him. It was probably incredibly satisfying the moment he let loose. That's the pleasure the id affords. But when the superego takes over, in the form of angry voters who judge the ideological id and find it wanting, Kerry will have cause to sorely repent his foolish, tasteless and self-defeating words. Message 18809146

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