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Originally posted by bilmore
I don't remember the date of the quote, but he's stated that he will go, hat in hand, back to the UN on the day he is elected and "re-join the international community".
Far as I can tell, the only thing Bush has done to warrant Kerry's characterization that we have left that community is that Bush would not allow the UN to veto our national decisions.
It amazes me that you can create leaping arguments like "Bush lied" out of "but we all thought that he meant something else", but you can't connect Kerry's statements unless the exact words are repeated. It's either willful, or, when the sign said "Drink Me", you did.
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It amazes me that you are inclined to honestly, actually believe that Kerry will become a supplicant to the UN.
I really don't read this to mean that Kerry will fly up to NY on Day 2 and kiss Kofi's ring. I read statements like that to mean that he would go around to the smaller kids on the playground and tell them that we won't tell them to fuck off if they won't play our game, but instead that we'll spend more effort trying to convince them that our game is best.
Admittedly, I could be buying a bill of goods, like I did a few years ago when listening to claims of "compassionate conservatism."
I mean, it's great political theatre to say this stuff. Rove comes up with really nifty themes sometimes. But, after his third Cosmopolitan of the evening, I'll bet that even Rove would admit that he doesn't really believe it.
