Well, I guess the SCLM is now resorting to throwing as much crap as they can think up on the walls and seeing what will stick. The cats out of the bag. Bush really Cheney'd everything up.
However, this is one of the most ridiculous things I've read in a long time.
Some quotes under the line:
"Kerry created a mood of empathy for the Europeans, which is no surprise," said Annette Heuser, director of the Bertelsmann Foundation think-tank, of a debate Thursday pitting President Bush against his Democratic rival.
"But I would warn Europeans it would then be up to us to deliver," she said, adding that Kerry's popularity with the European public could make it harder for war opponents such as France and Germany to ignore future calls for military help.
In other words, Europeans didn't support Bush not because his policy was wrong-headed and disasterous, but because they didn't want to do any of the "hard work".
"Bush demonstrated the same unlistening approach (in the debate) as we have seen from him. But cynically speaking, it might be more comfortable for European governments if he were reelected," she added.
So European governments would rather have an adversarial relationship with a superpower that posesses the world's largest nuclear arsenal than support someone that will encourage dialogue to promote peace around the globe?
I haven't had time to research who this Bertelsmann group is, but I'm very curious.
I've said here a number of times over the last few weeks that I think Kerry's #1 strength and #1 priority is going to be in his skills as a siplomat in restoring American respect and moral leadership in the world. He is uniquely suited to do just that.