Re: important article

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, January 25, 2004 at 01:55:13 (-0600) paul phillips writes:
>According to today's Globe and Mail, Kerry is not only leading the
>Democratic pack, but also has surged ahead of Dubya in the opinion
>polls.  While the latter gives us non-Americans some glimmer of hope or
>ridding the international political scene of that hideous creature,  I
>don't know enough about Kerry to make any judgement about whether he
>would be a good choice relative to others in the field.  I know he voted
>against the first gulf war and for the Iraq invasion.  Was that because
>he was taken in by the Administration's lies about WMD or is he also an
>imperialist?  What of his domestic policies stance?  Can any of you down
>there give us furriners an objective evaluation of him? Northern minds
>want to know.

The lies of the Bush regime were so transparent that Kerry is either a
complete idiot for being fooled, simply swallowed them without a
second thought, or agreed that they were necessary.  He said this
Sunday on a weekend news show that he "trust[s] Colin Powell
implicitly".  Kerry probably knew the claims were vastly overblown
and wanted the U.S. to invade in any case.  Good move politically, as
that will endear him to the Israeli government and their supporters
here.  My guess is that he will respect international law about as
much as Clinton or Carter did, that is to say, when it suits him he
will.

As for domestic politics, his stand on social issues such as abortion
are far to the center from Bush rabid right wing.  I'm curious who
is funding his campaign.  Last I heard, Dean was being propped up by
the medical-industrial complex, but I haven't heard much on Kerry.


Bill