Reply #15: Actually, this is the reason why my husband reacted this way.

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As the neo-cons have totally coopted the internationalist message (and now the energy independence message), if you dont show how you are different, you could be seen as agreeing with them.

Of course, anybody who knows Kerry understand how ludicrous this is, but there are still people who dont want to know and who could say that the same words could be said by Newt Gingritch (meaning something totally different).

It worries me only because we have seen them coopt Kerry's message so often, from announcing that they wanted to withdraw troops from Iraq after the election to this "energy independence" issue that it seems to become an habit.

May be he should run with the slogan: "John Kerry: he gets it right the first time".