"Liberal with sanity" Ed Koch supports Bush because of "stance on Iraq"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Aug. 22, 2004 | NEW YORK -- Calling himself a "liberal with sanity," former mayor Ed Koch -- a lifelong Democrat -- said he decided to support President Bush in the 2004 election because of Bush's stance on Iraq.

"While I don't agree with Bush on any domestic matters, there's only one matter that's important in this race, and that relates to standing up to international terrorism, taking it on -- and George Bush has established that he is willing to do that," Koch said in an interview broadcast Sunday on WNBC-TV's "News Forum."

Koch crossed party lines earlier this year to endorse Bush. He said Bush's unwavering opinions contrasted favorably with what he called the "hypocrisy" of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, who Koch said wavered on Iraq and gay marriage.

Koch was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to recruit volunteers for the national Republican convention later this month, a role Koch conceded seemed "strange" to his friends. "Whenever I go to a party, I will ask everybody 'who are you voting for?' And generally I'm the only one saying I'm voting for Bush," he said.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/08/22/koch/index.html

[XanaDUer]

1. Koch has gone batshit.

Truly batshit. Everytime I hear this, I shake my head in disbelief.

[IconoclastIlene]

2. Koch is screwy lewey!!!!

Must have a "hidden agenda" like everyone else in the Bush camp.

[JohnLocke]

3. Ed Koch has gone senile (nt).

[Surface Map]

4. Another reason why

Kerry has to be more positive. I mean Zell Miller is for Bush, now this guy.

First we have to demolish the swift boat vet threat completely. Then we need to start talking positive about what Kerry will actually do.

Turn the focus to the economy and the International support for the war, etc.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. Koch was a Draft Dodger too.

[Paranoid_Portlander]

6. "Bush must be re-elected."

This is a direct recent quote from the warmongering Ed Koch. Google the phrases "Ed Koch" and "Bush must be re-elected" and you will get 70 responses.