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To: LindyBill who wrote (65187)	8/29/2004 3:55:04 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793883

NOT A BAD PLACE By JOHN PODHORETZ ...........Kerry's troubles, of course, are due in large measure to the attack on his military record launched by 250-plus fellow Swift-boat Vietnam veterans. But Kerry partisans are kidding themselves if they conclude that the attacks did the job on their own. Kerry's response to the attacks played a vital role — maybe the central role — in keeping the story alive. Kerry has basically spent the last three weeks whining. He says he's being slandered, that the Swifties are doing George Bush's dirty work, that the TV ads made by the Swifties should be taken off the air and that Bush should insist they be taken off the air, that he is the subject of a "fear and smear" campaign, and the like. It is fine for Kerry to feel righteous indignation at the way his record is being tarred. But it is politically stupid for him to be carrying on the way he has. It makes him look thin-skinned, and if there's one thing a president needs to survive the rigors of the job, it's a thick skin. You think Bush likes to be compared to Hitler? But when asked about it, he invariably says it's wonderful to live in a country where free speech rules............ nypost.com