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

To: JakeStraw who wrote (483206)	10/29/2003 3:34:23 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

October 2002: Senator John Kerry, meanwhile, appeared with Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s Hardball at the Citadel. Kerry performed magnificently. Flanked by hundreds of the Citadel’s military cadets, Kerry looked presidential. During one exchange, in particular, Kerry rose to occasion by managing to express his disagreement with the president’s approach to war while arguing he agreed with Bush’s goals: "I think if we spent a little time working it through, planning it better, we’d probably come to be in the same place and I’ll tell you why. Logistically, you can’t go in tomorrow. Logistically, it’s going to take you three or four months, three months anyway, to be prepared to be in a position, and there isn’t one of you, I believe, who wants to go in there without the adequate support, planning and logistical supply network set in place. I don’t believe that." Kerry believes it is also necessary to forge agreement among the European allies and United Nations before proceeding against Iraq. In addition, Kerry, who earned a Silver Star for his service in Vietnam, commanded a high degree of respect from the cadets, who nonetheless queried him on his support for "regime change." Kerry appeared moved at one point during the show when presented with a bagpipes brigade and honor guard. Kerry, taking part in the ceremony, told the cadets to "carry on." I can’t imagine any of the other Democratic presidential hopefuls performing as well as Kerry did at the Citadel last night.