John Kerry, think outside the box

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By Chen Mei-chin ???

Wednesday, Aug 18, 2004,Page 8

Senator John Kerry, I respect you and I share many of your visions, but this Democratic platform is not good enough: I expect a brighter, more bold vision from you.

The US Democratic Party held its convention in Boston, and selected Kerry and Senator John Edwards as its candidates for the November presidential election. In the platform that the party adopted, "Our Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World" the convention reiterated the "one China" policy, re-emphasized the need for a peaceful resolution (rightly so) and restated the US commitment to provide Taiwan with defensive arms.

Reiterating the worn-out "one China" mantra does not do justice to the tremendous political transition that Taiwan has gone through during the past 30 years: three decades ago, there were two regimes claiming to be the rightful government of China: the Communist regime in Beijing and Chiang Kai-shek's (???) Chinese Nationalist regime in Taipei. The international community was forced to make a choice between the two, and recognized Beijing as the government representing China. Chiang's government obviously did not represent China, and indeed did not even represent the Taiwanese people.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/08/18/2003199216

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1. Pay attention, because I'm only going to say this once...

The ONLY objective at this point in time is to win the election.

Period.

Nothing else matters at this point in time.

Period.

[KoKo]

2. I know, but doesn't that sound like what the RW thought about Bush in

Florida? Don't ideas, principles and convictions win out over "Win at all Costs? Aren't we hoping for a difference?