Kerry in tomorrow's NYTimes

[DJcairo]

Here's an excerpt check out the entire article at NYTimes.com

Eyes on the White House, Kerry Keeps Focus on Vietnam
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER


AN ANTONIO, Aug. 25 — As he criticized the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq, Senator John Kerry assured thousands of fellow V.F.W. members today that should he become commander in chief, "I won't just bring to that profound responsibility the perspective of sitting in the situation room — I'll also bring the perspective of someone who's fought on the front lines."

[DJcairo]

1. The media is all over this story

[molly]

2. Here's the link

snip.....

Mr. Kerry's advisers say he is still introducing himself to the countless voters who do not remember him from 1971, when he wore his ribbons on his Navy fatigues and testified against the war on television, instantly becoming a national celebrity. They say it is an obvious way for him to reach out to veterans, a large constituency on whose behalf he has worked for many years in the Senate. And they say his constant recitation of his wartime experience is only natural in the world after Sept. 11, where national security has become a threshold issue and where some say the problems and perils of rebuilding Iraq are reminiscent of the quagmire that Vietnam became.

Above all, though, his allies are convinced that Mr. Kerry's wartime record will inoculate him against Republican attacks like those that depicted Michael S. Dukakis, his boss when Mr. Kerry was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, as weak on national security.

"Karl Rove will dismember every Democratic candidate based on their record of service," Henry G. Cisneros, the former San Antonio mayor and cabinet secretary, said today at a breakfast with Mr. Kerry's local supporters. "He'll say they're not tough enough. They cannot do that to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts."

snip....

But former Senator Max Cleland, the Georgia Democrat and wounded Vietnam veteran, argued that the country needed Mr. Kerry's experience. "In an era when we have pretenders who say `Bring them on' and all that stuff, you need a person who understands war," Mr. Cleland said. "John's been there, and he has a few holes in his T-shirt to prove it."

more........

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/politics/campaigns/26KERR.html

[blm]

4. Cleland is going to be relentless.

He will not rest until he has exposed Bush fully to his fellow veterans.

[ProfessorPlum]

3. If I were like so many Kerry supporters here

that have plagued every pro-Dean post I would write something tediously bitchy in response to this.

But I think Kerry is a good choice for president, and he will certainly be someone who represents veterans well in the position (which is something they certainly need). He may even be the best choice out of our nine to be the president. We are lucky to have a candidate of his caliber in the race, and a person of his caliber in the Senate.

I am a little worried that he is not the best person out of our 9 to campaign against Bush. But perhaps that worry will be laid to rest once his campaign gets into gear.

Fortunately, we have a way to test which candidates are the best campaigners, and when those results are in, we'll be ready to roll against this illegitimate junta.

Good luck, Kerry - many of our hopes rest with you.

edit - spelling

[sandnsea]

10. newsguy saves the day

Somebody always finds a way to build Dean up by knocking another candidate down sooner or later. And to think I just posted in another thread that perhaps I had judged Dean supporters by the behavior of another group. Oh well, I've been wrong before, maybe it really was the Dean supporters all along.

[newsguyatl]

5. umm

that's in TODAY'S ny times, near the back...


and in TODAY's usa today, dean is on the front page :-)

[blm]

6. Wow... Dean is the corporate media's choice.

Who knew? Thanks for the reminder.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. What if Kerry was getting the pub?

Would you say the same thing?

[ProfessorPlum]

8. The magic 8-ball says . . .

No.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. *shake shake shake*

[ProfessorPlum]

15. Ha ha

How DO you do that? :)

[quinnox]

9. It's quite a good article

It talks about how Kerry is playing up his war experience to differentiate himself from the other candidates. When I read it I thought of how it relates to some of the violent reactions from Dean supporters to Kerry's planned announcement from an aircraft carrier, this pointedly calls attention to a strength of Kerry that no other candidate can match.

[molly]

12. Plus his backing from Max Cleland!

[quinnox]

13. Good point

n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

14. The Cleland endorsement

will be excellent for Kerry, especially if Max runs for the Senate again. And it never hurts to have support in the South.