"Kerry's record" & "Kerry's fault"

Source: The Washington Times Inside Politics By Greg Pierce
February 10, 2004 http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040209-111049-1013r.htm

Kerry's record
The Wall Street Journal, in an editorial, notes that likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry recently disparaged President Bush's service in the National Guard during the Vietnam War, likening it to draft-dodging.

"The far more intriguing story here is why Mr. Kerry is playing this Vietnam-service card. This is the same John Kerry who declared in 1992 that Bill Clinton's draft-avoidance record should be out of political bounds. His precise words, defending Mr. Clinton against an attack from fellow Democrat Bob Kerrey at the time, were that 'We do not need to divide America over who served and how.' Why does he now want to assail Mr. Bush for service that was far more extensive than Mr. Clinton's?" the newspaper asked

"The transparent answer is that the Senator is trying to use his Vietnam biography as a political shield against his national-security voting record....

"We rather doubt this gambit will work, and it shouldn't. A candidate's service history is one window on his character, but far more important is his judgment on the major security issues of his time. In Mr. Kerry's case, he has taken the dovish side of nearly every foreign-policy debate since he entered public life.

"After fighting in Vietnam, he returned to lead the protests against that war and urge the U.S. withdrawal that turned Indochina over to Communist rule for a generation. He was in favor of the nuclear freeze movement in the 1980s that would have frozen the Cold War in place with a Soviet advantage. He denounced the invasion of Grenada in 1983, though he now cites it as an example of a use of force he favors. He also opposed U.S. support for anti-Communist movements in Central America in the 1980s that helped bring democracy to Nicaragua and elsewhere.

"These policy instincts have held even after the Soviet collapse vindicated the Ronald Reagan strategy that Mr. Kerry opposed. The senator voted against the first Gulf War, arguing that Saddam Hussein could be contained without force. But in 2002, he voted to give this President Bush the power to disarm Saddam, only to oppose a year later the $87 billion to finish the job. We'd argue that these votes say more about the policies and judgment of a future President Kerry than does his Navy career."


Joyce Notes: Kerry is such a double-talking, wishy-washy, go where the wind blows, spineless, hypocrite as evidenced in his frequent flip-flopping or unpopular positions (or gambles) he took on the above on our national security. This guy can't even be trusted to hang a picture straight or tell you what the day of the week is.


Source: The Washington Times Inside The Beltway By John McCaslin February 10, 2004

Kerry's fault
A former aide to President Clinton is suggesting that John Kerry and the anti-Vietnam War organization he once led were the real reasons Republicans broke into Watergate in 1972.

Bob Weiner, the 1971-72 Youth Voter Registration director for the Young Democrats office at the Watergate headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and a White House staffer for six years, told this columnist yesterday that he has re-examined Watergate hearing volumes held by the Library of Congress.

He points out that Watergate burglar James McCord testified that the DNC office was broken into because its staff was "working closely with violence groups." Upon further questioning, he repeatedly named the Kerry-led Vietnam Veterans Against the War, which he accused of being "a violence-oriented group."


Joyce Notes: Since finding out that Kerry led Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), a "voilence-oriented group" he now looks more like Louis Farakkahn, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson more then the Massachusetts Governor and former presidental candidate that he was Lieutenant Governor to, Michael Dukakis.