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January 28, 2004
More anti-Kerry propaganda
This time the propaganda is courtesy of The New Republic's Noam Scheiber, who questions the notion of Kerry's electability:
In my mind, the biggest problem with Kerry's glide path to victory is that he's yet to prove he can take a punch. The one time he took one--from Dean, on his war stance last spring and summer--he immediately hit the floor.
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OH, AND ONE OTHER THING: Kerry's other defense against this Dean salvo [on Kerry's two bad votes: Gulf War, Iraq War] is, not surprisingly, to invoke his experience in Vietnam:
"Those of us who served in Vietnam have a searing memory of what happens when presidents and politicians make decisions to send young people to war and the country isn't fully supportive of it," he said. "If things go wrong--which they often do in war--you want the support of the nation."
Forgive me for indulging my inner Andrew Sullivan here, but doesn't this amount to a complete abdication of leadership? Surely there are times when the use of military force is both morally imperative and either highly controversial or altogether opposed by the American public--Bosnia, Rwanda, and Kosovo all come to mind. Isn't it the role of the president to overcome this reluctance and do the right thing anyway?
And, more relevant to the campaign, if Kerry can't do better than this against Howard Dean, how on earth is he going to take on George W. Bush?
There's a rising tide of scrutiny. Bring it on.
Posted by glyphic at January 28, 2004 10:50 AM