THE ANTI-WAR TURN IS A LOSER

New York Post ^ | 9/23/04 | DICK MORRIS

[snarkytart]

WHOA!! That was great..and passionate!!

"In an election year, our engagement in Iraq is a legitimate topic for sober debate. But Kerry isn't serious. All he does is to declare defeat. He certainly doesn't want to be al Qaeda's candidate, but he's made himself into their man through his irresponsibility.

If Kerry were insisting, without caveats, that we're going to stay the course and win, while backing up his criticisms with convincing details of how he would improve our efforts, that would be fine. But his mad claims of disaster and his inability to maintain a firm position unquestionably give aid and comfort to the enemy.

The terrorists and their allies already intended to increase the level of violence in Iraq before November. But Kerry's pandering has encouraged them to pull out all the stops. I wish it were otherwise, that our election process had more integrity, but the truth is that every roadside blast and car bomb in Iraq is meant to support John Kerry.

[Loyal Buckeye]

"Now that Kerry has moved too far left in a misguided effort to enthuse his political base, Bush can close in for the kill and defend our action in Iraq and our global combativeness against terrorism as fundamental to the protection of our families at home. "

This explains the thunder Pres. Bush, VP Cheney and Rudy G. whipped on JFK on Wednesday.

[goldstategop]

Its a clinch. I can rephrase the old House un-American Activities Committee question for good measure as follows: "Are you and have you ever been a liberal?"

[kingu]

It'd be really nice if people started hammering Kerry on this issue...

The war in Iraq is over with. There is no military presence on the battlefield with which to fight a war against. The terrorists who are killing hostages and blowing up car bombs aren't fighting to turn the country back over to Saddam; even if you read their propaganda, it's unclear what they want exactly, with the exception of the US troops to pull out.

It's not a quagmire, it is simply aiding a now friendly government with homeland security until they can do it themselves. It is reconstruction after a destructive war. It is making life better in Iraq, and Kerry wants to cut and run.

It isn't like WWII as some columnists like to make the comparison, or if there are any similarities, it is in the reconstruction and occupation phases of that war. For all intents and purposes, the war in Iraq has been over for a year and a half.

So, in response to Senator Kerry, I say: What? You want to abandon efforts to rebuild and extend water pipelines? You want to shut down electric grids that are finally showing signs of reliability? You want to shut down oil fields that are finally producing enough oil to actually affect the world markets? You want to run, with your tail between your legs not from a superior army, not from a pitiful army, but from terrorists?

Good luck, Senator. The soccer moms of America won't go with you.

[LS]

This is why I say the new Swiftboat ads are going to be largely ineffective: the Vietnam point has been made---the next, key link is to link Kerry's VIETNAM treason to his 9/11 treason of not supporting intel; and to tie Iraq to the War on Terror.

Bush can do some of this, but decorum says that ONLY the Swifties can run footage of 9/11 effectively.

[GailA]

btt

[Jhensy]

It needs to be said again: When I see a Democratic candidate support our wartime President, and spare the vitriol for our real enemies (you know, the radical psychotic Islamists) -- then I'll worry about us losing the election.

Didn't the Dems learn anything about Clinton's co-opting the GOP's positions... triangulation and all that? Kerry's repeating the same mistakes Gore did!!!! Unbelievably stupid.

[GailA]

This is what happens when you base is made up of such 'deverse FRINGE radical' groups. There is no way he can please the majority of these FRINGE RADICALS. To please one group, he has to T off another group.

Unlike GW who just sets a course and keeps on trucking, sKerry just flip flops like a newly landed fish on Iraq and the WOT.

[Casloy]

Exactly, and it isn't that those 30-40 percent will vote for Bush, it is simply that he is alienating his base and giving them absolutely nothing to motivate them on Nov 2nd. This is turning into the worst candidacy in memory.

[HIDEK6]

Sure, can't you see kerry now..'its the wrong war at the wrong time at the wrong place'

I thought that was a Cole Porter song.

[Tennessean4Bush]

I think he is on this one. Kerry had to do this because his base was eroding and there was no fire to his campaign. Nothing whips up the smiles and steely determination among the liberals like opposing the Iraq war and talking about "Bush misleading us into war." Remember how effective Howard Dean was at that last fall? Kerry's plan has always been to tack to the middle on this in the general election, but with his base eroding, he has to take this loser of a position.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Kerry's repeating the same mistakes Gore did!!!! Unbelievably stupid.

Clinton only stayed in power because he presided over a Peace Dividend because "we have no enemies". 9-11 put the lie to that position. However, after Gore lost, the Democrats moved to the left, put Nanci Pelosi in charge of their legislative minority and secured a forthcoming victory for George W Bush. Kerry is just the personafication of that policy position. As the party of unilateral disarmament, Kerry must be against this war, as he is against all wars. If he had a gun and was standing in front of Osama Bin Ladden, what would he do? He wouldn't shoot. He would bring him in to justice. After all, we should hear his side of the story. This is why Kerry and the Democrats will lose.

[PogySailor]

Great points!

[OESY]

MORE:




STUNG by criticism that his campaign lacks di rection and focus, Sen. John Kerry has chosen to base his candidacy on an all-out assault on President Bush's record in Iraq — indeed, opted to move to the left decisively and attack the war head-on.

Liberals will cheer Kerry's new-found decisiveness, but it opens the way for Bush to deal him a counterstroke that can all but end this election and finish off Kerry for good.

Kerry's right flank is now gapingly vulnerable to a Bush attack. According to Scott Rasmussen's tracking polls, 30 to 40 percent of Kerry's voters disagree with his new leftward tilt on Iraq....

Kerry has moved to the left, leaving about one-third of his vote behind. Bush can now move in and peel off Kerry's moderate supporters....

The backdrop of this new emphasis on Iraq is Bush's largely successful effort to appeal to women in his battle against terror. After misdirecting his rhetoric for months, echoing a macho tough guy approach, the president found his stride at the GOP Convention and, with the able assistance of his wife, portrayed the war in Iraq and the global battle against terror as an effort to keep American families safe at home.

[Republic Rocker]

Thanks for that link......! Brutal! My father tells me the same thing everytime Kerry mentions bringing the troops home...

Why don't you tell the other team at halftime you are leaving by the 3rd quarter.......A**inine!

[dodger]

CORRECTION: Clinton only got and stayed in power because of the nutty H. Ross Perot.