[William McKinley]

From left to right, Terry McAuliffe, Ted Kennedy, John Edwards, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton (or is that Teresa?)

[cripplecreek]

We're DOOMED!

[alnitak]

Is that the movie where the sh!t hits the fan - literally?

[DoctorMichael]

One Word: Nuanced
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[FormerACLUmember]

Roger Murdock: We have clearance Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector Victor?
Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur! Oveur.
Tower voice: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Captain Oveur: Huh?

[Lando Lincoln]

I'm "foragainst" bumping this great article to the top. Thanks!

Lando

[Spok]

This essay is brilliantly oblique in it's clarity, yet translucently definitive, while achieving random dissonance. Unfortunately, it IS vintage Kerry.
This having appeared in the NYT, I'll be retiring with my ice skates to Hell, which has certainly frozen over.

[hellinahandcart]

Kerry established himself early as the senator most likely to pierce through the superficial clarity and embrace the miasma.

David Brooks shure talks purty. :D

[Condor51]

"the realm of Post-Cartesian Multivariate Co-Directionality" Bwaaahaha!!!

AND, "which admittedly sounds better in the original French, Kerry exclaimed: (well since no-one has done it yet, I'll oblige);

"Nous savons de nos tentatives en grande partie non réussies de enrôler la coopération d'autres nations, particulièrement nations marchandes industrialisées, dans les efforts d'imposer et imposer des normes légèrement positif ambitieuses sur des nations telles que l'Iran, la Chine, la Birmanie et la Syrie, ces la bonne volonté de la plupart des autres nations - y compris un nombre qui sont associés aux sanctions à l'isolat Irak - n'est ni au loin ni s'associer profondément aux sanctions imposer sur une nation souveraine pour la stimuler à haut propre de ` son acte 'et comport ses actions avec des normes internationales admises."

Gee, I don't know? Maybe the english version is MORE nonsensical - or is it just more of his 'nuance'?
Which BTW is the french word for 'moderate'.

[hellinahandcart]

As Kerry noted, "I think that the president today made the right decision to try to establish a process which will maintain the capacity of our forces, protect them, and to disengage while simultaneously upholding the mission we have set out to accomplish."

[Centaur]

oxymoronically gifted junior senator from Massachusetts

From the NYT? Made my morning! Thanks...

[Aquinasfan]

Kerry has made clear that if he is elected president, the nation will never face a caveat shortage.

Great article. Painfully true.

It's telling that the one issue where he gains clarity is in killing unborn babies.

[Khuey]

Excuse me while I go PUKE!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

In a characteristic sentence, which admittedly sounds better in the original French

Touché. That'll leave a mark.

[tet68]

the realm of Post-Cartesian Multivariate Co-Directionality

ROFLMAO!

[Laserman]

Well, I needed my nose cleaned out by my coffee this morning. But how do I get it off my keyboard and monitor?

What a great article. A classic to be sure.

[MissAmericanPie]

Once you cut through the political double speak, the snake oil sun tan lotion of an oily politician, his meaning is perfectly clear.

Just because liberal's, such as himself, are forced by circumstances, and fear of voter backlash, to vote for the approval of military action, is in no way to be construed by the president or others that live in the alternate universe of political intrigue, in the land of smoke and mirrors, as a sincere vote.

Therefore, this psudo permission to use the military, should not be taken advantage of by the President, by actually using the military to engage an enemy.

Their vote is to appease the unwashed masses, and to not appear anti-American or weak on national defense. When liberal politicians find themselves boxed in by events such as 9-11, or public opinion, it's is highly unethical for the President to take advantage of their plight and actually defend America.

[punster]

Kerry is stupid.

[baseballmom]

"Again and again and again in the debate, it was made clear that the vote of the U.S. Senate and the House on the authorization of immediate use of force on Jan. 12 was not a vote as to whether or not force should be used."

Deja Voooodoooo all over again.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

BTTT

[spodefly]

ForAgainst BTTT.