http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/opinion/24DOWD.htmlJohn Kerry is going to announce his candidacy for the presidency next week (who knew?) standing in front of an aircraft carrier.
That's a relief. If he had used the usual town square or high school gym backdrop, what would we have thought about his manliness?
Dropping his heroic military service into almost every speech has not been enough, nor has mounting his Harley in a bomber jacket whenever a TV camera's near.
Three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star in Vietnam should trump one lackadaisical Texas National Guard record, but we live in an age when "reality" is defined by ratings. So the issue is illusion: can Senator Kerry match President Bush's ability to appropriate an aircraft carrier as a political prop?
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Shouldn't real men be able to admit they made a mistake and need help? Rummy & Co. bullied the U.N. and treated the allies like doormats before the war, thinking they could do everything themselves, thanks to the phony optimistic intelligence fed to them by the puppet Chalabi. No wonder they're meeting with a cold response as they slink back.
Shouldn't real men be reducing the number of Middle East terrorists rather than increasing them faster than dragon's teeth?