Kerry Interview in "Rolling Stone"

I found this interview posted on Drudge.  He has a tendency to put a negative spin on stories which actually reflect well on Kerry if you read the whole story.  He does the same thing with Teresa today.

Rolling Stone  

One nugget:

I've spent thirty-five years dealing with these kinds of issues. When I came back from fighting in a war, I fought against the war here in America. As a senator, I led the fight to stop Ronald Reagan's illegal war in Central America. I helped expose Oliver North and Manuel Noriega. I've been at this for a long time. You know, I led the initial efforts to change our policy on the Philippines -- which ultimately resulted in the elections, and became part of the process that helped get rid of Marcos.

I negotiated personally with the prime minister of Cambodia, to get accountability for the killing fields of the Pol Pot regime. I've negotiated with the Vietnamese to let me and John McCain in and put American forces on the ground to resolve the POW-MIA issue. I've spent twenty years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; I've been chairman of the Narcotics Terrorism Subcommittee. I have five times the experience George Bush does in dealing with these issues, and I know that I can get this done.

The issue of 5 times the experience should be repeated like a mantra.

•  Kerry erred to not focus on his Senate record

  It's too late now, but his behavior suggests that he is ashamed of serving in the Senate.  It has been easy pickings for Bush because of Kerry's reluctance to discuss what he has done.

  by William Sumner on Wed Oct 20, 2004 at 11:39:09 AM PDT

  •  I agree

    but better late than never.  Kerry hasn't focused on certain issues from his past as if he thought people knew more about him than they did.  

    At one point in the interview he suggests that the SBVT have been completely discredited.  Not quite true.  I'm not for a second going to suggest a Bush-like bubble, but there are things he hasn't addressed that I wish he would.

    All in all, though, a very positive interview.  

    by Ash Tree on Wed Oct 20, 2004 at 11:45:58 AM PDT