Tim Blair

Kerry gives us another Jekyll & Hyde moment (one day he's a Democrat, the next he's a Republican).

Look will you all stop going on about my serving in Vietnam!

Kerry the human (?) metronome has also said he wants to send more troops to Iraq, at the same time we should be decreasing operations.

Oh, and he just announced that he will have adverts to define himself to the voters. Should be simple, a shot of a bowl of Jello that has just been slapped and is wobbling back and forth...

Garton Ash's article is another exemplar of what Samizdata calls a Polytoine (after the UK's version of Margo Kingston, Polly Toynbee). His piece is a mixture of wishful thinking, de haut en bas pontificating and outright nonsense. This is what passes for sophisticated analysis amongst the anti-war Left.

Kerry also said that he would withdraw forces when Iraq was stable, not when it was democratic.
That seems a substantial difference.

How nice that people from other countries feel free to make pronouncements as to who should be the President of the United States; our election laws do not permit of foreign money in the campaign, but our free speech rules permit it. From an American, MB would say this: anyone that is supporting an individual who most strongly resembles a pair of Vietnamese flip-flops really can't be doing any serious thinking.

"it's now in the best interests of Britain, Europe and America that senator John Kerry should be the next president of the United States."

Just what we need, a big group hug...

John Howard is being interviewed now by Neil Cavuto on FOX

The extremists attacking our forces should know they will not succeed in dividing America

How would they know that? They've already succeeded in dividing Kerry.

JK1 - "Hi, I'm John Kerry, and I think Iraq is a debacle, much like Vietnam, which I fought in."

JK2 - "I, John Kerry, have to respectfully disagree with John Kerry despite John Kerry's brave service in Vietnam. I think we should push on in Iraq rather than capitulating as we did in Vietnam, a war I fought in."

Unison - "Vote for us, we fought in Vietnam."

Only a couple hundred million Americans to go.

"it's now in the best interests of Britain, Europe and America that senator John Kerry should be the next president of the United States."

Bullshit. 'Nuff said.

'We need to internationalise the effort and put an end to the American occupation'

What the hell does this mean? Firstly, the effort is pretty international already. Secondly, does "end the American occupation" mean withdrawing all American troops or what?

Is Latham talking out of his arse, or is it just me?

Just keep in mind that at every opportunity, John Kerry has dismissed out of hand any contribution made by British, Australian, Italian, Spanish, Ukranian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, etc. etc. etc. troops and organizations.

At best he ignores our allies. At worst he considers them fraudulent.

That's how attuned he is to the international community.

Ah've said it before and ah'll say it again _ John Kerry's deeply held convictions have swung more ways than George Michael in a public restroom...

Any Presidential candidate who would be in Europe's best interests has lost my vote.

Europe, after all, proclaimed it's mission to become our rival.

Kerry also said that he would withdraw forces when Iraq was stable, not when it was democratic.
That seems a substantial difference.

It depends what you mean by democratic. If you mean it in a literal sense, as in having had real elections, then that'll be a few months yet, but if you mean by it having free speech, freedom of religion, the main threat to these freedoms now is the violence in Iraq.

Hey, if you Aussies ever manage to figure out Kerry's position on Iraq would you mind letting us Americans know what the hell it is? Thanks mates.

Why not tell Mark Latham that the violence in Iraq is being coordinated by the Baghdad Taxi Drivers Association?, then he'll be sure to keep Australia's troops in.

Nuance means knowing when "is" means "is" and when it doesn't.
It also helps if you're schizophrenic.

There has to be meaning to have nuance. Nuance is more like: Iraq is in violation of it cease-fire and disclosure agreements and might have weapons of mass destruction, so we're going to go in and free the people, show our enemies what we're capable of, give them the opportunities which the lack of drives people to support terrorism, and show them how the people are capable of running their own goverment, right in the middle of a region occupied by oppressive regimes.

Or, "homosexuality is a sin". "I'm for states rights" and "individual rights". "It's not for the courts to decide public policy". Government officials violate their own laws for political means and advocate policy in courts, as a response call for a shocking constituational amendment which makes a loud statement against them, but has no chance of passing. Or IOW, while you personlly disagree with the "homosexual lifestyle", but you highly value individual's and state's rights, create a law that violates your, widely held, high values to uphold your personal belief to keep the support of the large base that agrees with you personal belief, but cannot be enacted because it violates people's more highly held values.

States rights was decided pretty firmly back in the 60's. The eighteen sixties.
By another great republican President, who wasn't appreciated nearly enough until a liberal put a bullet through his head.
I'm sick of States rights. States rights make it legal to only serve darkies out the back door at the restaurant.

Sucking dick is a sin for everybody.

Kerry said that there is no United States Senator who would deny funds for our troops in Iraq, just a month before he voted against the $ 87 billion funding package.

Latham is undoubtedly right about Kerry. He will revert to type if elected.

You can count on me, and my vote that Kerry will never get the chance.

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