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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3544)	2/22/2004 7:39:54 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

As the Washington Post points out in a recent editorial, Kerry has been all over the map on the question of how to deal with America's enemies today: In 1991 he voted against the first Persian Gulf War, saying more support was needed from Americans for a war that he believed would prove costly. In 1998, when President Clinton was considering military steps against Iraq, he strenuously argued for action, with or without allies. Four years later he voted for a resolution authorizing invasion but criticized Mr. Bush for not recruiting allies. Last fall he voted against funding for Iraqi reconstruction, but argued that the United States must support the establishment of a democratic government. Mr. Kerry's attempts to weave a thread connecting and justifying all these positions are unconvincing. Kerry's attitude toward Vietnam also has a way of shifting with the wind. In 1992 he attacked Bob Kerrey for making an issue of fellow Democratic candidate Bill Clinton's lack of military service. Now he presents his own heroics in that war as a qualification for the presidency, while trying to whitewash his antiwar activities.