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The following quotes are from Kerry today:

“They don’t have a record to run on so all they can do is attack,” Kerry said. He was responding to Bush, who a few minutes earlier had said from the campaign trail that Kerry had no “significant achievements” in Congress. Word of the criticism drew a chuckle from the fourth-term senator, who wore an open-collar shirt and slacks. “That’s the response to a positive campaign.” he said sarcastically.

Um, is this the pot calling the kettle black? People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones….The President obviously has a record which he can (and will be) running on. As for Kerry–he didn’t really even mention his record in his acceptance speech. And a “positive campaign”—ha! That’s a funny one.

Oh but wait, I’ve got

On the Muslim force initiative pushed by Saudi Arabia, Kerry said “Why is that being done as an act of desperation today rather than two years ago before a lot of lives were lost?” He said it was yet another lost opportunity to build a coalition that would help ease the U.S. burden in money and lives.

Bullshit! Kerry is either obviously ignorant of the way things work in the Mid East -or- his advisors responsible for educating him on it suck big time. The Muslim world doesn’t work like the western ones…the Saudis, if you recall, were technically against an all out war. And for any of the Arab countries to send their troops to fight a man who many on the so-called “arab street” looked up to as a warrior would have brought internal chaos into their own country. (that’s the cliff notes version)

“We broke relationships by rushing to war without allowing our allies to work through their own politics and their own reservations so they could come to the table, support it,” he said. “That is a breach of common sense about how you take a nation to war.”

Is this a reference to France or Russia? Blair worked through his own politics as did many other leaders.

Wow….this is going to be one heck of a wierd campaign.