Robert Scheer says it's time for Kerry to show some real anger...

[kentuck]

from the gut. It was the "wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time".

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040614&s=scheer0601

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So, you really can't fool all the people all the time. George W. came close, getting high marks for his "war against terrorism" and for being a "war President," even though in Iraq he ended up fighting the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Oops! Too bad, we rolled craps and now more than 800 young Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis are dead. We tortured detainees, lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and gave Western democracy a huge black eye by showing how easy it was for a self-aggrandizing "war President" to hoodwink Congress and the people. One of those who was fooled was Sen. John Kerry. It is high time he showed some real, from-the-gut, anger over a president who so shamelessly led him and the nation astray. The public is onto Bush, but Kerry has to provide it an alternative by exposing the lies and deceptions that have weakened our country.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Kerry should do this as soon as this "side show" that will....

be occuring all this week is over.

[Nlighten1]

2. If he does it now...

the side show will make it easy for the press to ignore it. Best to wait a while for the death of Reagan to pass.

[takebackourjobs]

3. I've been waiting

for him to sound like a democrat for quite some time now. I have come to the conclusion that he's waiting for the debates. I've heard him say a few rather bold things regarding the administration's handling of jobs and the economy, but he still seems to be leery of taking on the issues of foreign policy and terrorism. The article you link to seems to say that those issues aren't third rail territory for a democrat any longer, at least as far as the opinion polls indicate.

I'd like to see somebody convert Zinni over to our side. This guy is fantastic. I saw him on Charlie Rose last week and thought he could rival Powell any day of the week as Secretary of State.