Liberal Oasis gives Kerry a

[whometense]

:thumbsup: That's a rarity!!! In the same column he also gives a :thumbsdown: to Biden and Murtha.

http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/120405.htm#120505

December 5, 2005 PERMALINK
The Sunday Talkshow Breakdown
A weekly feature of LiberalOasis
(posted Dec. 5 12:15 AM ET)

Challeging Bush’s Credibility (Or Not)

On CBS’ Face The Nation, when asked if Bush was “not being straight with the American people about what's going on in Iraq,” Sen. John Kerry did not hesitate to say “yes.”

And on Fox News Sunday, when Chris Wallace regurgitated the spin from last week’s Bush speech and told Sen. Barbara Boxer that “the president wants to bring home the troops also,” she wisely responded that “what he says and what he's doing are very, very different.”

Sadly, Dems did not consistently challenge the credibility of Bush and his withdrawal head fakes

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To not continually call attention to Bush’s actual long-term policy goals, and to act as if Dems and the White House are not all that far apart, makes it impossible for Dems to contrast foreign policy visions and offer a case for a change in ’06 and ’08.

That’s why we must be relentless in challenging Bush’s credibility.

Because they are trying to send withdrawal signals in order to pacify the public, blur partisan distinctions, and buy time.

[whometense]

1. nevermind

sigh. He slams him further down for "covering for Lieberman." :-(

[fedupinBushcountry]

2. He does the same

to Boxer also. How people jump and all from a friggin RUMOR. :argh:

[Mass]

3. Part of the problem is that this is a catch-22 question.

They spend time on their interviews speaking about Lieberman because the media ask.

If they try to say his stance on Iraq is compatible with other Dems, they look foolish,

If they say he is wrong, they create another subject that the media can use to say the Dems are divided.

I thought Kerry did well except he rushed too quickly to say he would support Lieberman as SecDef. He caught himself later by saying that there were a lot of people that would do a better job than Rumsfeld.