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These are all 'good things to have done differently' and all ...
BUT!
Kerry needs to start firing up some friggin political nukes here instead of the damn pop-guns!
Bushco have F***ED up the Iraq situation SO BADLY that the situation is ripe to REALLY lay into them.
However, his first move must be to CLARIFY, once and for all, that he DID NOT VOTE 'FOR THE WAR'. He voted to give the President the POWER to CHOOSE war, if he felt it necessary to protect America. To allow the GOP to continue to frame it like he 'voted for war', as though he was ACTIVELY ADVOCATING WAR, is not only a HUGE mistake, the cause of MOST of his problems, but it is also FALSE. He needs to clear up this misunderstanding much more adamantly so that EVERYONE understands the distinction.
He needs to clarify for the American People that he voted the way he did in hopes of AVOIDING WAR, by giving Saddam the impression that he had better open up to inspections, OR ELSE. This was a 'unity' vote, pure and simple, in order to not tie Bush's hands before Saddam, or the UN, by making it appear that Bush had all options open to him, including invasion.
He needs to clarify as well that it was not only he who opposed the $84Billion funding package, but also Bush himself, who threatened to veto it IF he was not given a COMPLETELY free hand on how to allot the Reconstruction portion of the package. This aspect of the package (NOT the portion that was 'for the troops') was THE REASON Kerry voted against the bill, and it DID NOT keep the bill from passing, now, did it? I believe that this was a SOLID vote, based on PRINCIPLE. Congress SHOULD have say over that Reconstruction (OUR) money, but it was Bush who threatened veto if he didn't get his little freakin' 'way'.
Kerry, if you are out there, you NEED TO GET THIS CLEARED UP, bud, cause you are getting eaten alive on this $hit. Which is REALLY DUMB when its SO F***ING easy to clear the air on your votes.
The People will understand the TRUTH, because you voted with HONOR and intelligence, BUT - you need to GIVE IT TO THEM, RIGHT NOW!
THEN, you may fire the political NUKES at these clowns for their wholly foreseeable blunders: their blatant crony capitalism via no-bid contracts for their buddies, the total lack of planning for peace, and ESPECIALLY the missing $8 Billion of Iraqi oil money that was under CPA control...
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