Uh-oh, who are the rabid leftist "the whole Middle East hates us" bunch gonna vote for now?

Did he consult with any other world leaders before coming to this conclusion? Is this consistent with current UN policy?

There is a lot of fear out there that Kerry will be some sort of pacifist. There is absolutely no evidence to support this. It is quite possible that he will be even more aggressive than Bush. Who knows? Yet statements like these are reassuring.

I don't know anyone who has accused Kerry of being a pacifist. Kerry himself has made clear that he will use American power unilaterally when it will restore undemocratic thugs like Aristide to power. He just won't do it when signficant American interests are at stake.

MG

"It is quite possible that he will be even more aggressive than Bush. " This would be supported by the actions of his predecessors , Truman, JFK- 1 and LBJ. This is the first thing kerry has said i cant criticize --- but wait for the punchline- it just HAS to be Georges fault

It is good to see him speaking unequivocally with common sense. He might just be a watershed in the recent polarisation projected by Howard Dean et al. I'm in the UK, it's just a thought.

"even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while" actually kerry is still just a terry "goebbels" macauliffe inspired poll-puppet.

Give me a break. Kerry says anything he thinks will get him elected.

if you look hard enough, history indiocates you will him saying the exact opposite to pander to the Muslim vote.

"Credibility Zero" doesn't stop with his flipflop on the war in Iraq, Saddam's WMD, or the Vietnam War.

Nothing he says can be believed, because he doesn't believe any of it himself.

Son of Slick has learned his craft well.

Ask him what "is" means.

Give him a day, he can't be all things to all people if he doesn't say the exact opposite thing tomorrow.

Two words -- "Jewish vote". More and more Jews who care about Israel see which side's been supporting it and who's been hanging out with the anti-Semite crowd, and if Kerry doesn't corral them back (apparently the demographic theory has them being more liberal on social/economic issues, with Israel as a sticking point) by trying to hang onto Bush's coattails, then he's done ...

If you're a Democrat, you've got to be wondering just what it is you've got in the way of a candidate besides a guy who can find a million ways to criticize George Bush while he's talking to you, and yet profess to support Bush's positions on most issues that you hate when he's talking to the rest of the world (although always with some lame qualifier ("I just would have done it smarter")).

Pig in a poke, with medals (that he apparently didn't throw over the fence) and a rich second wife. Nice choice.

Kerry is a fraud. But I wanna see his wench's tax return. Wait until America gets a load of that. Other than the financial criminality of mixed funds, we will be treated to WAY too many pictures of Teresa. I think we are in for a lot of ankle comparisons between her and Hillary!! Damn, i've made myself ill.....thats worse than picturing Teddy K and Michael Moore in throngs of passion....well maybe not. ha ha

madam heinz has pretty nice lungs

TL: democrats really dont have any choices, they ran out of candiates before the show was half over, hell the one guy i took somewhat serriously was out of the race in no time at all. The rest of them are just fluff and filler. For moderates were just kind of screwed this election. We got a waffler whos likely to get us all killed, or a candidate that looks like a train wreck, gonna get us hurt but you know its going to be a good show. Bush may burn most of our bridges but he might just make the rest of our enemies want to avoid us like the plague.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=495409&mesg_id=495409

"17. Please God, give us another candidate!"

Listen to him while you can. I saw him on Russert, he looked like a prematurely-gray 15 year old. A few more cc's of botox, and we won't have to listen to the thudding artillery barrage of "Georrrrge Bhushh" sins anymore, the senator will have frozen hisself solid. He'll be a fine-looking sixty year old infant, and will be giving his speeches in mime. Maybe Teddy, Bagala and Carville will do his talking for him. Those four mugs in the same view might start putting the proper picture on the party they've created. Boy, did we ever need better this time around. Who is responsible for this, anyway?

Wow, havent checked DU in quite a while, looks like they are tearing into each other pretty good over this. Kerry better watch out, if he stops waffling its liable to tear his support to pieces.

You know, for a politician so fond of "nuance", that's a remarkably unnuanced approach in a situation that kind of demands it. We can't directly endorse the targeted assassinations and still maintain cordial relations with Europe - Old or New. We untermenschen neocons can bluster and chortle over the whole business, because we're not in government and our words don't have real diplomatic heft. Bush & Kerry are closely followed by the diplomatic community, and if they are heard to explicitly endorse "extrajudicial" assassinations, the spies are going to come in from out of the cold.

Happy as I am to hear somebody in our government-- anybody -- come out with some unqualified support for the Israelis, this is simply not believable. I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect Kerry will be backpedalling on this soon, just as he does with everything else.

Mitch has a good point. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. If nothing else, those foreign endorsements will be drying up, don't you think?

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