On August 13, 2004, Mona Charen's column was titled:
"The Weakness Candidate." Go to:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/mc20040813.shtml
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Excerpts:
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"Kerry's snappy 'reporting for duty' line cannot erase
his record as a weak sister during the Cold War. While
President Reagan and the Republicans were attempting to
rebuild America's defenses during the 1980s, Kerry was
an enthusiastic backer of the nuclear freeze -- a mea-
sure that would have cemented the USSR's lead in inter-
continental ballistic missiles. In 1985, Kerry sponsored
legislation that would have strangled the Strategic
Defense Initiative in the cradle.
"Concerning the flashpoints of the Cold War conflict,
Kerry was perennially inclined the give the communist
side the benefit of the doubt. He denounced the U.S.
ouster of Cubans from the Caribbean island of Grenada
as 'bullying,' and he was a vociferous opponent of aid
to the anti-communist forces in Nicaragua and El
Salvador.
"As recently as the 1990s, Kerry proposed to cut funding
for intelligence agencies, and opposed the first Gulf
War. He seems to believe that he would be successful in
gaining the support of France where Bush has failed.
But no one has yet asked him, to what end? Even if he
could sweet talk the French into a more supportive pos-
ture (highly doubtful), how would that improve America's
safety?
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Papa Jack commented:
Kerry's status as a so-called "war hero" is certainly
questionable.
But, his record after the war is NOT questionable -- he
consistently sided with the doves on almost every mean-
ingful issue.
* First, he sided with the Jane Fonda types who
flirted with outright traitorous activities
toward the end of the Viet Nam war.
* Then, as a U.S, senator, he's racked up the most
liberal record in the Senate -- while actually
accomplishing nothing.
Yet, this is the man the Democrats nominate to be elected
president. That's actually a very scary possibility.
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