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To: Sig who wrote (125460)	3/2/2004 1:02:21 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

<He fought in a war, and then he fought against the same war> I have no problem with that. Vietnam was a costly mistake. That gives Kerry some experience with costly mistakes. As for how good Kerry is, only time will tell. I am not very impressed by him so far. People said Dean as far left, but Edwards is the "far-left" candidate imo. At this point it is not better to have the devil you know -- the devil you know has bungled things very very badly. Better to give somebody else a shot and hope they do less bungling. That is how democracy works. Throwing the bums out of office to make way for new people, knowing they too might be bums -- it keeps the democratic system of government functioning. As bums go, we got a big one this time around. Cleaning house is the order of the day. In foreign policy matters - the team in the White House is too far gone to turn around now.

To: Sig who wrote (125460)	3/3/2004 12:37:29 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi Sig; Re: "What are his post-election plans- In detail, with how many participants, and on what schedule ..." I also do not trust Kerry. As far as I can see, he's just another liberal Democrat, and I know what those guys do when they're in office. With Bush, I've seen nothing to indicate that he's going to pull another Iraq stunt, and his recent decision to keep our troops out of harms way seems to me to be the wisest choice, under the circumstances. It's not like I've suddenly come around to what a genius Bush is, but instead I see him as beginning to ignore the advice from his more idiotic advisers. As Reagan demonstrated, that's all it takes to be a great president. He doesn't have to be smart, he just has to surround himself with smart people. Bush's early problem was that some of the supposedly smart people he surrounded himself with just weren't very practical. They were "theory" guys instead of "practice" guys, and they blew it big time. -- Carl