[Vision2020] ANOTHER National Democrat on Iraq

[Tom Hansen]

No, Mr. Lohrmann.  However, I believe that the same level of faith and
confidence that people place in Rush Limbaugh should also be placed in John
McCaslin, expecting that all things uttered or published by these
self-righteous right wingers is extremely tainted.

Tom Hansen
MOscow, Idaho

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Lohrmann [mailto:timlohr@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:49 PM
> To: thansen@moscow.com
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] ANOTHER National Democrat on Iraq
>
>
> Tom,
>    Do the politics of the messenger mean that Kerry
> didn't make the statement?
>    TL
>
> --- Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:
> > Of course, one must realize that John McCaslin
> > stands slightly to the right
> > of Rush Limbaugh as relfected in the articles
> > authored by him at:
> >
> >
> http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/archive.shtml
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com
> > [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> > > Behalf Of Tim Lohrmann
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:09 PM
> > > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > > Subject: [Vision2020] ANOTHER National Democrat on
> > Iraq
> > >
> > >
> > > Visionaries,
> > >    The Democrats' Iraq stances are looking
> > > increasingly schizophrenic, no?
> > >    TL
> > >
> > > >
> > > > INSIDE THE BELTWAY
> > > > By John McCaslin
> > > >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > >      KERRY'S WAR
> > > >
> > > >      Suffice it to say that Democratic
> > presidential
> > > > hopeful John Kerry has made "Iraqgate" the theme
> > of
> > > > his campaign.
> > > >
> > > >      On virtually every stump he's stood on this
> > > > week, the Massachusetts Democrat has complained
> > that
> > > > President Bush sidestepped the congressionally
> > > > approved path to war by bypassing the United
> > > > Nations, by not building an international
> > coalition,
> > > > and simply by not doing what it was that he had
> > > > promised to do (actually, one could argue that
> > the
> > > > senator is wrong on all three counts).
> > > >
> > > >      Forget that Mr. Kerry voted in favor of the
> > > > Iraq war resolution. He did so, he now says,
> > with
> > > > the understanding that Mr. Bush would exhaust
> > every
> > > > remedy first. What was the big hurry, in other
> > > > words.
> > > >
> > > >      But let's revisit Nov. 17, 1997, when
> > nobody
> > > > else in Washington except the Inside the Beltway
> > > > column led with an item headlined, "Finish the
> > > > mission."
> > > >
> > > >      "Debate on whether to take out Saddam
> > Hussein,
> > > > the Iraqi strongman, is over as far as one
> > > > Democratic senator is concerned," or so we had
> > > > written.
> > > >
> > > >      "Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is
> > calling
> > > > for a 'strong' military attack in response to
> > the
> > > > Iraqi leader's 'horrific objective of amassing a
> > > > stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.'B "
> > > >
> > > >      Weapons of mass destruction? That's what
> > Mr.
> > > > Kerry called them.
> > > >
> > > >      "As the senator points out, military might
> > is
> > > > the only language Saddam knows B and fears.
> > 'Saddam
> > > > Hussein should pay a grave price, in a currency
> > that
> > > > he understands and values, for his unacceptable
> > > > behavior,' says Mr. Kerry. 'This should not be a
> > > > strike consisting only of a handful of cruise
> > > > missiles hitting isolated targets primarily of
> > > > presumed symbolic value. But how long this
> > military
> > > > action might continue and how it may escalate
> > ...
> > > > and how extensive it would reach are for the
> > [White
> > > > House National] Security Council and our allies
> > to
> > > > know and for Saddam Hussein to find out!'B "
> > > >
> > > >      Just as you wished, Senator.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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