The American Conservative Magazine Endorses... JOHN KERRY!!!!

[fearnobush]

<http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover1.html>

Kerry’s the One


By Scott McConnell

There is little in John Kerry’s persona or platform that appeals to conservatives. The flip-flopper charge—the centerpiece of the Republican campaign against Kerry—seems overdone, as Kerry’s contrasting votes are the sort of baggage any senator of long service is likely to pick up. (Bob Dole could tell you all about it.) But Kerry is plainly a conventional liberal and no candidate for a future edition of Profiles in Courage. In my view, he will always deserve censure for his vote in favor of the Iraq War in 2002.

But this election is not about John Kerry. If he were to win, his dearth of charisma would likely ensure him a single term. He would face challenges from within his own party and a thwarting of his most expensive initiatives by a Republican Congress. Much of his presidency would be absorbed by trying to clean up the mess left to him in Iraq. He would be constrained by the swollen deficits and a ripe target for the next Republican nominee.

It is, instead, an election about the presidency of George W. Bush. To the surprise of virtually everyone, Bush has turned into an important president, and in many ways the most radical America has had since the 19th century. Because he is the leader of America’s conservative party, he has become the Left’s perfect foil—its dream candidate. The libertarian writer Lew Rockwell has mischievously noted parallels between Bush and Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II: both gained office as a result of family connections, both initiated an unnecessary war that shattered their countries’ budgets. Lenin needed the calamitous reign of Nicholas II to create an opening for the Bolsheviks.

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[russian33]

1. Kind of a half-assed endorsement

Comparing Kerry to Lenin isn't exactly kind nor is it correct. Lenin used brutal tactics of murdering everyone in sight, to get to power.

[Eric J in MN]

2. He also compares Bush to Trotsky.

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George W. Bush has come to embody a politics that is antithetical to almost any kind of thoughtful conservatism. His international policies have been based on the hopelessly naïve belief that foreign peoples are eager to be liberated by American armies—a notion more grounded in Leon Trotsky’s concept of global revolution than any sort of conservative statecraft.
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[serryjw]

3. Yes...and Buchanan is endorsing/supporting Bushit

They talked about it on McLaughlin Group tonight.....Go figure? For a while I was almost liking Buchanan, tonight see sounded like his old self

[pacalo]

4. Back-handed endorsement --

If Kerry wins, this magazine will be in opposition from Inauguration Day forward.

Plus, they have the gall to say Kerry will be ineffective because of the hole their coWard-in-charge put this country in.