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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (447852)	8/25/2003 10:48:40 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Kerry brings up some good points BUT I think Clark may also be able to 'neutralize Bush's advantage on national security issues.'...Watch for an announcement within the next week. kotv.com <<...Kerry, who formally announces his candidacy next week, is casting himself as the only Democratic candidate capable of neutralizing Bush's advantage on national security issues. Kerry was highly decorated for his service aboard a gunboat during the Vietnam War. In his address, Kerry suggested that the Bush administration has not heeded the lessons of Vietnam in its planning on Iraq. ``Above all, we learned that the interests of the grunts on the ground come before all politics and all ideology. And what we urgently need now to protect our young men and women in uniform _ and America's role in the world _ are decisions based on professional military judgments and strategic vision, not politics and pride,'' Kerry said. ``I believe a lack of planning and the lack of candor with the American people have placed our men and women in uniform in increased harm's way.'' He said the Bush administration has ``stubbornly refused' to allow other nations to assume risks in Iraq. Kerry urged wider involvement of the United Nations. ``With the threats we face, we can never cede our security to others, but even a nation as great as the United States needs some friends in this world,'' he said...>>

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (447852)	8/26/2003 3:05:48 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

If you saw Kerry in person you'd agree he has plenty of charisma. Not as much as Clinton but plenty. Sometimes the camera treats him well, sometimes not. Bush too. Sometimes on camera Bush looks cool, other times atrocious. They're all human. Bottomline, Kerry rocks. He also knows what he's doing. And got standing opations today and the VFW's convention. Only Dew who can get the vets cheering AGAINST AWOL Bush and for him.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (447852)	8/26/2003 8:32:23 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769667

>>OTOH, Kerry looks like an embalmer's model. I hear Kerry's up for the role of Herman Munster on a remake of the classic TV series! :^)

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (447852)	8/26/2003 1:09:16 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Kerry is looking and acting half-dead at the podium...Does the man know how to smile?...Kerry looks like an embalmer's model. msnbc.com Eric Alterman, a card-carrying liberal, on John Kerry and the charisma issue: Aug. 25, 2003 / 11:48 AM ET Meeting Candidate Kerry: I went to an off-the-record fund-raising breakfast with John Kerry yesterday. I can’t quote him or anything. But I came away with the strong impression that he’d make a first-rate president in every way but I have trouble imagining how he’s going to get there. He is articulate, intelligent, well-prepared, thoughtful and has some really good ideas, particularly on health care. But he has zero personal charisma and jes’ folks communication skills, which Bush has in abundance. (Don’t let’s even bring up Clinton.) I hate the fact that this matters, but it in our infantile political culture, it does—a lot. Moreover, he has not figured out how to connect to the fury that so many people feel about the lies and manipulation that this administration employed to get us into war, among many other issues. So if you’re as angry about this dishonest, destructive war as every thinking and feeling American ought to be, you will probably stick with Dean, even though to be honest, Kerry is far better prepared for the job and probably more progressive on most issues. This is odd, because Kerry himself is a personal victim of the administration’s deception. At least that’s how he explains his vote for it back in October 2002. I found his answers on this question — upon which I pressed him a bit — to be intellectually satisfactory but not exactly compelling. This is why Dean is surging and so many are still hoping for Wesley Clark to ride in on a white horse. No one is hurt so much by a Clark candidacy, as Kerry, since the first thing he likes to say is that he’s the only potential candidate who’s ever actually fought in a war. <snip> An editorial comment: Personal victim, my ass. No courage or convictions (take your pick) is how I would explain it.