Monday, March 15, 2004
What Kerry Should Do
This weekend Josh Marshall said that it's time for John Kerry to start hammering Bush on the National Security Issue. I agree, and Kerry should look at what Counterspin has to say about it. The key point is:
WHAT JOHN KERRY MUST DO: He must make a public statement about the Spanish elections, in which asks Prime Minister Zapatero to hold off on pulling Spain's troops out of Iraq.
He must say to the new Prime Minister that once he is President, he will get that UN mandate, and that he wants Spain to be an important part of the coalition to stabilize Iraq, and make sure freedom takes root there.
I think the new Prime Minister will favorably respond to this request by Kerry. And, I think it will make Kerry look both Presidential, AND much more effective in dealing with our allies than Bush.
The Spanish people have given Senator Kerry an opening to use to attack Bush, he should take advantage of it immediately, the appearance of being "Presidential" and a strong leader on global events is what Kerry needs.
Spanish voters demonstrated their anger at being told ETA was responsible for the outrages, before an investigation was even started. Perhaps the Socialists were destined to defeat Aznar's Party anyway, but it doesn't help that they attempted to play politics with the blame game. Are American voters smart enough to know when politics is being played on them
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WHAT JOHN KERRY MUST DO: He must make a public statement about the Spanish elections, in which asks Prime Minister Zapatero to hold off on pulling Spain's troops out of Iraq.
He must say to the new Prime Minister that once he is President, he will get that UN mandate, and that he wants Spain to be an important part of the coalition to stabilize Iraq, and make sure freedom takes root there.
I think the new Prime Minister will favorably respond to this request by Kerry. And, I think it will make Kerry look both Presidential, AND much more effective in dealing with our allies than Bush.
The Spanish people have given Senator Kerry an opening to use to attack Bush, he should take advantage of it immediately, the appearance of being "Presidential" and a strong leader on global events is what Kerry needs.
Spanish voters demonstrated their anger at being told ETA was responsible for the outrages, before an investigation was even started. Perhaps the Socialists were destined to defeat Aznar's Party anyway, but it doesn't help that they attempted to play politics with the blame game. Are American voters smart enough to know when politics is being played on them
