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...Kerry is saying terrorism is only a "nuisance" now, instead of the permanent mortal threat Bush has spent the past 3 years using as his justification for everything. If you actually read Kerry's entire statement, of course, it is as clear as it could possibly be that it is his goal for the future to contain terrorism so that we can get on with our lives.
And what's wrong with that? Do we want to spend eternity on a permanent war footing? (Well, Bush obviously does.)
As i posted on my blog, here is what it all boils down to:
Kerry wants the country to get back to being normal Bush doesn't.
Bush needs to keep us afraid of terrorism; otherwise, we would take a deep breath and think rationally about what a disaster he has been. His only hope is to keep us so rattled and anxious that we will reflexively vote for him out of fear. So, he has to simultanously brag that he has kept us safer yet keep us scared. And he calls Kerry a flip-flopper.
The problem with Kerry's statement is that it unfortunately lends itself so easily to being misrepresented. I hate to say he should have known better, but considering how horrible the press is, and how vicious Karl Rove is, you want to limit as much as possible their ability to distort what you say.
To give George W. Bush the absolute benefit of the doubt, it is possible that he may sincerely believe that Kerry is wrong, that there is no chance of us ever going back to the way things used to be. That terrorism can never be contained so that it is just a nuisance. That John Kerry is being unrealistic. It's possible that he thinks this.
But that's not how they are going to spin this.
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