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8.20.04 @ 12:01AM

POWER SHORTAGE
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Power Outage:

Fantastic piece, "Power Outage"!

Your conclusion that the Democrats are solely driven by regaining power is exactly my conclusion. They don't care how many American soldiers lives they cost by undermining our war effort as long as it improves their odds of regaining power. In fact, their breath is bated waiting for the 1,000th American death, which they will (privately celebrate and) publicly lament in hopes of harming Bush. John Kerry has a history of undermining foreign wars and costing American lives. Let hope he is not rewarded with the presidency the way Massachusetts rewarded him with his Senate seat for his (treasonous?) actions.
-- Charles Lloyd

I agree 100% with your article. I would only hasten to add that should the Dems lose this election cycle it might be either their undoing as a party or at least a long walk in the Mojave till they find a Moses to lead them back.

The Dems have to know that if Bush wins, the troop redeployment will go forward. The redeployment has consequences of which the Dems surely must be aware. One being, had Bush pulled the trigger on the redeployment year one of his administration, Kerry would not now be suggesting engagement with the French and Germans. For how could those two erstwhile "allies" be able to commit troops to Iraq? They would be fully committed to their own countries' defense with none to spare for dalliances abroad. Hence a rapid pullout scenario would not be possible politically or otherwise.

The EU's rapid deployment force will remain largely at home after the realignment. For the Democrats it is a political bomb. Try as they might, they will be unable to use diplomacy as a means to achieve their aims in this arena. Should any saber rattling occur near the EU sphere in the near term we might just find them a bit more compliant. The Germans are already making noises of their concerns over Iranian nukes. With no Pershings to provide a reaction umbrella they might get down right vocal.

My only question is what took you so long, Mr. President?
-- John McGinnis
Arlington, Texas

RESCUE TIGER
Re: The Washington Prowler's What's the Big McCurry?:

Re: this quote from the McCurry article:

"All of our internal numbers are good. That's b.s.," says a Washington-based Kerry adviser. "Everyone wants to help us win. Most of these folks are coming to us wanting to help. We're not going to them. It's not desperation at all."

An excellent illustration of the sorry state of affairs that exists within the mainstream media these days is the fact that when I read that paragraph I immediately pictured "these folks" as:

Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, Mike Wallace, CEO's of ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN; publishers of the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, and virtually every other major press organization.

Sad, isn't it?
-- Russ Vaughn
Lakehills, Texas

We know that Kerry's presidential bid has caused him to relive the Vietnam War. Well, it has caused me to relive college years.

Back in those silly days, my fellow girlfriends and I would head over to Harvard Yard on week-end husband-hunting missions. It did not take us long to realize that many of the boys contained within the Yard enjoyed and came to expect the perks associated with being a "Harvard Man." Many a fellow was left frustrated by my band of sisters who did not comply with the ethos of "You must, because I am." The life-changing experience of witnessing that frustration has been forever seared into my memory. (I did not marry a Harvard Man.)

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