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Remembrance
Art Sammler
Mike Ahlf, in "Burro and Monoceros" below, argues that George Bush has been terrible for the Republican party and complains graphically about the poor choice offered in the 2004 Presidential election. I think that he is grossly overstating his case.
Mr. Kerry has largely faded from view, but that does not mean we should wax nostalgic over him. He was, and remains, a self-styled war hero who returned home and slandered his own army; a self-appointed peace activist who discussed strategy with the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks; and a self-proclaimed victim of slander who somehow could never sign the form 180 that would have settled the issue. Aside from that, though, he seems like a perfectly normal doctrinaire liberal.
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I do believe the three things you pointed out are a large part of what qualified him as an incredibly bad "choice" in the 2004 election.
It reminds me a bit of Reagan's funeral when a lot of people that had absolutely no use for him when he was president suddenly recalled having a lot of respect for him, especially in light of their lack of respect for the current president. One almost wonders if GWB will be put on such a pedastool. Probably not, but then again Reagan really was hated by the Democrats.
Republicans did the same with Carter for a while, comparing him so favorably to Clinton. But once Clinton left office Carter started becoming a lot more vocal. If he dies in either 2008 or 2012 I wonder if he, too, will be used as an example of a "good Democrat".
I think comparing Mr. Carter favorably to Mr. Clinton when (and of course because) the latter was in office was dishonest on Republicans' part. Mr. Carter deserves thorough and enduring infamy.
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