Virginia Postrel had the same sort of questions I did about John Kerry’s midnight rally last night, But it wasn’t addressed to me, and it seems to have done quite well, at least among the punditocracy. John Kerry made Bush look even better with his petulant and rambling midnight address. What was he thinking? Doesn’t…
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What is John Kerry thinking? The Republicans spend the week laying out one charge after another — some fair, others not. To hear the Republicans, Kerry is a flip-flopping Senator who is at heart a leftist peacenik in the Dukakis mould. So what is Kerry’s response? That’s right, he served in Vietnam, and his opponents…
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There’s a famous quote — misattributed to Voltaire — that goes, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” John Kerry and George Bush seem to want to replace that maxim with, “If I don’t like your ad, I’ll whine to the Federal Elections Commission.”…
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To my mind, John Kerry is worst sort of death penalty opponent. For years he’s solidly against capital punishment regardless of the crime, including terrorism. When it becomes politically expedient, however, he’s suddenly pro-capital punishment when it comes to terrorists. When asked about his “evolving” position on terrorism, Kerry said, I oppose the death penalty…
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I’m with Glenn Reynolds on this quote from John Kerry’s speech tonight, I defended this country as a young man and I will defend it as President. Let there be no mistake: I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. I…
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Politics creates such odd matchups sometimes. Today it’s John Kerry promising not to let John Ashcroft destroy our civil liberties. But a decade ago, as Reason reminds us, it was Kerry who was trying desperately to restrict civil liberties while Ashcroft defended them, This isn’t the first time Kerry and Ashcroft have been at odds…
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Some folks have seen fit to set these pictures to music resulting what Glenn Reynolds calls Kerry/Edwards slash movies such as this. And why the hell not. If Bill Clinton could take the title as the first black president, who’s to stop Kerry from claiming the mantle as the first gay president (well, depending on…
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So apparently Al Qaeda is taking responsibility for the terrorist attack in Spain, saying that it was done to punish that country for allying itself with the United States, specifically for Spain’s support of the war against Iraq. But wait a minute — that makes no sense at all. As we all know, the war…
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CNN’s Lou Dobbs apparently is spending so much time these days worrying that some Mexican immigrant is going to take his job that he can’t be bothered to keep up with other events in the news. From CNN yesterday, DOBBS: And, in contrast, Ron, Senator Kerry was quick to disavow the deserter language that was…
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John Kerry has said that, if elected President, he will only nominate Supreme Court Justices who are pro-abortion. But, he is quick to add, this is not a litmus test, Litmus tests are politically motivated tests; this is a constitutional right. I think people who go to the Supreme Court ought to interpret the Constitution…