Reply #37: And the irony was... [View All]

[regnaD kciN]

...that Kerry's vote to give Bush a blank check, born from "pragmatism" and a desire to not sink his chances for the 2004 election, is precisely what did sink his chances for the 2004 election. It was feared, at the time, that any Democrat who opposed Bush on the IWR would look foolish and unpatriotic in the light of our sure-to-come military victory. Instead, when 2004 came around, the war was beginning to sour -- and Republicans were able to use Kerry's IWR vote as proof-positive that he was an untrustworthy "flip-flopper" who lacked a moral center. Who knows how many votes that cost him in swing states?

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