August 13, 2004

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Political Memo: Bush's Mocking Drowns Out Kerry on Iraq Vote

Kerry's in a 'no win' situation here with his liberal Democrats who are aggressively anti-war (The Dean crowd) and the more mainstream democrats (the Lieberman crowd) who support the Iraq war. Of course, his nuances about what he would do differently to pursue the war on terrorism sound like softness.

The Swift Boat vets also are making things difficult for him since he chose to run as a 4-month war hero trying to appeal to mainstream America. Now it appears he has been less than truthful about some parts of that 4-month experience (the Christmas Eve in Cambodia story). If he lies, we can't trust him. Does he have a moral compass? If so, which way is it pointing?

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