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[welshTerrier2]

it's when your criticisms leads you to not supporting the dem nominee that you start to get into trouble ...

i was at a fundraiser today and met Kerry's brother Cam ... I told him I thought there would be civil war in Iraq no matter what the U.S. did and that we were only postponing the inevitable ... to be honest, i think i freaked him out a little ... he really had no response ...

I also talked to my congressman (Massachusetts) Jim McGovern about the same issue ... he totally agreed with me ... i asked him to justify Kerry's position on Iraq and he explained that Kerry believed, regardless of how long the U.S. stays there, the effort has to be "internationalized" ... he said he agreed with Kerry that trying to turn things over to the U.N. was a good "first step" but that he wasn't optimistic about the outcome ...

For now, I'm willing to cut Kerry some slack on Iraq ... He needs a "responsible, centrist" position to campaign on ... i'm hopeful that once he's in office, it will become all too apparent that the U.S. needs to withdraw ... if not, he'll end up like Lyndon Johnson ... Iraq is a quagmire that is costing us the lives of our brave, young military people; it's costing us our financial security and it's costing us the last vestiges of support from our one-time allies ...

so no, we don't frown upon those who disagree with Kerry ... but we do hope those who do are enlightened enough to see the bigger picture ... bush has got to go ... there is no alternative ... and with every ounce of strength and every penny we can afford, we need to help Kerry win ... he's the only game in town and this is a game that must be won ...

oh, btw, welcome to DU !!