Source: Newsmax
URL Source: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...7/101857.shtml
Published: Jun 7, 2004
Author: Carl Limbacher & Newsmax


Sen. John Kerry's former presidential campaign manager said Monday that he'd
been "dreading" the prospect of Ronald Reagan's death because it was likely
to give President Bush a major political boost.

"I've been dreading this every election year for three cycles," said Jim
Jordan, who resigned from the Kerry campaign last year, in comments to the
New York Times. "Bush has totally attached himself to Ronald Reagan. He's
going to turn Reagan into his own verifier."

Kerry campaign aides said they hoped the political impact of Reagan's death
would fade by the summer, but top Republicans believe that many Americans
will view Bush as the Republican icon's rightful political heir.

"The parallels are there. I don't know how you miss them," Republican
National Committee chief Ed Gillespie told the Times, an apparent reference
to the fact that the hallmarks of both the Bush and Reagan presidencies have
been strengthening national defense and cutting taxes.

Another problem for the Kerry campaign: Kerry himself was a staunch Reagan
critic who worked hard at undermining the 40th president's anti-communist
initiatives.

As an early backer of the nuclear freeze movement, Kerry made common cause
with European leftists who denounced Reagan as a reckless cowboy for
countering Soviet SS-20 missile emplacements in Eastern Europe with U.S.
Pershing IIs.

More dramatically, Kerry made a highly publicized trip to Nicaragua in 1985
to offer support for Soviet-backed Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega. A photo
documenting the episode shows Kerry shaking the hand of Ortega, who flew off
to Moscow the next week to cement military ties with the Politboro.

Kerry even criticized Reagan for being too aggressive in the war on
terrorism, blasting him for bombing Libyan dictator Col. Gadhafi's
presidential compound in 1986 after Gadhafi had been linked to an attack on
a Berlin disco frequented by U.S. troops.

In a 1986 letter unearthed by radio host Sean Hannity for his recent book,
"Deliver Us from Evil," Kerry wrote:

"It is obvious that our response was not proportional to the disco bombing
and even violated the Administration's own guidelines to hit clearly defined
terrorist targets, thereby minimizing the risk to innocent civilians."

Kerry added that it was a "mistake" for Reagan to have targeted the "head of
state of another country - no matter how repugnant we find the leader."

"We are not going to solve the problem of terrorism with this kind of
retaliation," he concluded.

You're a freak. However, if Carter should die, we could re-elect
Hillary no problem.

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Source: Newsmax
URL Source: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...7/101857.shtml
Published: Jun 7, 2004
Author: Carl Limbacher & Newsmax


Sen. John Kerry's former presidential campaign manager said Monday that
he'd
been "dreading" the prospect of Ronald Reagan's death because it was
likely
to give President Bush a major political boost.

"I've been dreading this every election year for three cycles," said Jim
Jordan, who resigned from the Kerry campaign last year, in comments to the
New York Times. "Bush has totally attached himself to Ronald Reagan. He's
going to turn Reagan into his own verifier."

Kerry campaign aides said they hoped the political impact of Reagan's
death
would fade by the summer, but top Republicans believe that many Americans
will view Bush as the Republican icon's rightful political heir.

"The parallels are there. I don't know how you miss them," Republican
National Committee chief Ed Gillespie told the Times, an apparent
reference
to the fact that the hallmarks of both the Bush and Reagan presidencies
have
been strengthening national defense and cutting taxes.

Another problem for the Kerry campaign: Kerry himself was a staunch Reagan
critic who worked hard at undermining the 40th president's anti-communist
initiatives.

As an early backer of the nuclear freeze movement, Kerry made common cause
with European leftists who denounced Reagan as a reckless cowboy for
countering Soviet SS-20 missile emplacements in Eastern Europe with U.S.
Pershing IIs.

More dramatically, Kerry made a highly publicized trip to Nicaragua in
1985
to offer support for Soviet-backed Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega. A
photo
documenting the episode shows Kerry shaking the hand of Ortega, who flew
off
to Moscow the next week to cement military ties with the Politboro.

Kerry even criticized Reagan for being too aggressive in the war on
terrorism, blasting him for bombing Libyan dictator Col. Gadhafi's
presidential compound in 1986 after Gadhafi had been linked to an attack
on
a Berlin disco frequented by U.S. troops.

In a 1986 letter unearthed by radio host Sean Hannity for his recent book,
"Deliver Us from Evil," Kerry wrote:

"It is obvious that our response was not proportional to the disco bombing
and even violated the Administration's own guidelines to hit clearly
defined
terrorist targets, thereby minimizing the risk to innocent civilians."

Kerry added that it was a "mistake" for Reagan to have targeted the "head
of
state of another country - no matter how repugnant we find the leader."

"We are not going to solve the problem of terrorism with this kind of
retaliation," he concluded.

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:20:36 GMT, "Bob Crantz"
wrote:

Source: Newsmax
URL Source: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2...7/101857.shtml
Published: Jun 7, 2004
Author: Carl Limbacher & Newsmax


Sen. John Kerry's former presidential campaign manager said Monday that he'd
been "dreading" the prospect of Ronald Reagan's death because it was likely
to give President Bush a major political boost.

snip

Hard for me to imagine that happening. Watching Bush fumbling around
Europe, getting his ass kicked everywhere he goes, including the
Vatican, is probably what killed Reagan. Someone accidentally left
CNN on and he was heard to mutter, "what an idiot" and keeled over.

Although actually from Connecticut, Bush needs to think back to his
days in Texas and get a rodeo clown or two to distract the angry bulls
while he tries to escape. Reagan dying sure won't do it.