Let me try this again. Here is a news item about the convention and negaotiations over the platform. I got this from the Guardian. Here is the link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4297365,00.htmlMy very toned down view is that this represents a win for the DLC wing of the Party, and a loss for "real" Democrats. It is also a loss for the nation. It will also make it difficult for Kerry to conduct a real debate on the war with Bush. He is essentially saying Bush was right to go to war, he just gets a low grade on execution. This leaves a bad tast in my mouth.
Democrats Avoid Platform Fight Over Iraq
Saturday July 10, 2004 11:31 PM
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By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - John Kerry's presidential campaign avoided a platform fight Saturday by persuading activists to drop virulent language about the Iraq war that would have declared the conflict a mistake from the beginning.
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First, however, the committee had to avoid demands by a group of activists that the document describe the entry into Iraq as a mistake and lay down an exit strategy to get American forces out of Iraq.
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The committee adopted language brokered by the Kerry campaign saying that as other nations add troops, ``The U.S. will be able to reduce its military presence in Iraq, and we intend to do this when appropriate so that the military support needed by a sovereign Iraqi government will no longer be seen as the direct continuation of an American military presence.''
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``I think that reflects a general view on the part of Democrats, no matter who they supported early on, that it's important that John Kerry be elected,'' said former President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger.
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