Interesting and long piece from the New York Times on the Howard Dean campaign. Ihaven't read all of it, but it seems accurate so far.
However, there is one comment that needs to be addressed now, and that is the comment by Kerry's campaign manager Jim Jordan, who tells the Times, "Governor Dean is simply reinventing his own position and that of others, and that's the rankest kind of politics," said Jim Jordan, campaign manager for Senator Kerry, Dr. Dean's leading rival in New Hampshire. "He was an unemployed doctor with no responsibilities, and it was easy to sit there and take political potshots from the outside."
Well first of all, the "unemployed doctor with no responsibilities" is rhetoric that shoudl be ignored. As for reinventing his position, Mr. Kerry vote for the war in Iraq and is now trying to have it both ways. Kerry's stance on the war is "I voted for the war because I was duped by the Bush admisnitration and I don't support how we got into war nor do I support the aftermath but I support the war and our troops." Kinda covers all his bases there without really tying himself to any oneposition.
As pointed out on the insignificant thoughts blog, Kerry supported eliminating the dividend tax in December 2002 and then changed his mind about 5 months later.
Not that Kerry shouldn't be allowed to change his mind... but to characterize his opponent as being a flip-flopper is a bit much, don't you think?
However, there is one comment that needs to be addressed now, and that is the comment by Kerry's campaign manager Jim Jordan, who tells the Times, "Governor Dean is simply reinventing his own position and that of others, and that's the rankest kind of politics," said Jim Jordan, campaign manager for Senator Kerry, Dr. Dean's leading rival in New Hampshire. "He was an unemployed doctor with no responsibilities, and it was easy to sit there and take political potshots from the outside."
Well first of all, the "unemployed doctor with no responsibilities" is rhetoric that shoudl be ignored. As for reinventing his position, Mr. Kerry vote for the war in Iraq and is now trying to have it both ways. Kerry's stance on the war is "I voted for the war because I was duped by the Bush admisnitration and I don't support how we got into war nor do I support the aftermath but I support the war and our troops." Kinda covers all his bases there without really tying himself to any oneposition.
As pointed out on the insignificant thoughts blog, Kerry supported eliminating the dividend tax in December 2002 and then changed his mind about 5 months later.
Not that Kerry shouldn't be allowed to change his mind... but to characterize his opponent as being a flip-flopper is a bit much, don't you think?
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