NYT:
Senator John Kerry avoided a tricky situation on Wednesday when he did not vote on a proposal to add $25 billion for the war in Iraq to a Pentagon measure, but the Bush campaign is not about to let him off the hook.And Racicot would be right. What the hell is Kerry thinking? That no one would notice how wimpy it would look to skip a rather important vote on Iraq, seemingly in an effort to note have to choose sides? Whether or not that was Kerry's intent, it sure looks like it was.
"John Kerry is giving a speech today on modernizing our military less than 24 hours after he skipped a vote on $25 billion in funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan," President Bush's campaign chairman, Marc Racicot, said.
Which begs the larger question of just what is the matter with this guy? Bush is a moron. Arguably the worst president we've ever had - certainly the worst of my generation (perhaps tied with Nixon's scandalous side). And Kerry would obviously be an improvement, yada yada yada. Now that we got that out of the way, why does Kerry insist on doing everything in his power to look weak and weasley? Did he think no one would notice if he didn't vote?
Yes, I'm sure his advisers told him if he did vote he'd have to reconcile a "yes" vote for the $25bn in aid with his opposition to the Bush strategy in Iraq. But you know, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to explain that you don't simply summarily cut off food and arms to our men and women in Iraq just because you have a problem with the way the president is implementing the policy. Is it that hard to explain?
Geesh.
