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Politics : John Kerry for President? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (3146)	10/27/2004 4:13:45 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 3515

See AS, I unlike you want the truth to come out. Running around censoring anything anti-Kerry does an injustice to the U.S. voting population. People need to hear both sides of the story, not just the one YOU chose to believe is the only truth.

To: American Spirit who wrote (3146)	10/28/2004 10:31:32 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3515

What’s Black and White and Ignored All Over? October 28, 2004 by John Phillips Building on the momentum of his high profile endorsements from Kim Jong Il, Yasser Arafat and Michael Moore, United States Senator John Kerry is pilling up newspaper endorsements from across the country. Unbeknownst to the newspapers, these endorsements mean nothing outside of the editorial boardrooms where they are made. Liberals endorsing another liberal for president should catch the American people by surprise about as much as Rodney Dangerfield’s death – Only entertainment reporters and people with tin foil on their heads ‘didn’t see it coming.’ The only aspect in the whole matter that is somewhat shocking was the San Francisco Chronicle citing the little known fact that John Kerry served in Vietnam as proof that he is presidential stock. This marks the first time in San Francisco’s rich history that service in Vietnam has ever been mentioned outside the context of a slur, with the notable exception of Jane Fonda’s much awaited return. Unfortunately for Senator Lurch these endorsements haven’t been able to materialize into a lead at the polls. As of this writing Kerry is trailing in the Zogby tracking poll by 3 points, the USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll by 5 points and by 7 points in the Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll. These poll numbers prove that when the country is at war the American people see liberals as being about as useful as thigh cream. In an attempt to form a last minute surge, Kerry is enlisting the support of impeached former President Bill Clinton. Clinton is spitting mad at President Bush for his handling of the economy, prosecution of the war on terror and presumably shutting down Saddam’s rape rooms before he had a chance to give them a test drive. In addition to hitting the campaign trail with Kerry, Clinton is loaning the Massachusetts Democrat several alumni of his White House, 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns. Political operatives James Carville, Paul Begala, Mike McCurry and Joe Lockhart have jumped on board to clarify Kerry’s message and sell his plan of early withdrawal from Iraq. These activities are right in this group’s wheelhouse: After defending Bill Clinton through the whole Monica Lewinsky scandal they became well versed on how to explain the benefits of pulling out early. Because most voters interpret Kerry’s position of being ‘weak on defense’ as being ‘weak on defense,’ Kerry has tried to make up for it by going on and on about how much he wants to find and kill Osama bin Laden. However, the only time he has ever been able to successfully capture a millionaire is when he’s put them in a white dress, not an orange jump suit. The Massachusetts lib also believes he is the best candidate to win the war on terror because he can ‘rebuild our alliances with former allies.’ But do we really need the support of the French and the Germans anymore? There is no purpose for the French at this point – the Iraqi Republican Guard was able to quickly surrender without any European coaching. And the Germans have already made their major contribution to the crusade – they elected Adolph Hitler to office in the 1940s so that liberals have someone to compare President Bush to at their nutty ‘peace’ rallies. Just for the record I want to point out that there is little ideological connection between the European right and the American right. In Europe, right-wingers are socialists who want to kill the Jews, and left-wingers are socialists who want to let the Arabs kill the Jews. If they’re not careful John Kerry might accuse them of ‘outsourcing jobs.’ In the end, it doesn’t matter how many newspaper endorsements John Kerry gets or how many third world dictators he swoons with his guitar playing prowess. The only thing that counts is who can keep the United States safe from the attacks of angry, insane savages. John Kerry does not measure up to that ‘global test.’ George Bush does. I say Bush wins by five. John Phillips