Andrew Sullivan criticizes Kerry for "a worrying lack of courage" while acknowledging the following B/C mistakes:
THE MISSING ISSUE: It does strike me as astounding that in four debates lasting six hours, the horrors of Abu Ghraib were never mentioned.
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They remain the most spectacular public relations debacle for this country at war since Vietnam.
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What happened was unforgivable negligence and evil, a horrendous blow to American moral standing - as well as simply an outrage on a human and moral level. But what I still remember was Dick Cheney's response to criticism of Rumsfeld at the time. "Get off his case," he harrumphed. Even after such a blow to the very core of the meaning of America, Cheney was contemptuous of holding anyone in his circle accountable.
What do we ( democrats ) need to do to convince a majority of the nation to drop these immoral leaders? Surely, reasoned debate has not worked. A lengthly campaign has not. The SCLM is merely amplifying the noise. We need something to lift us out of this campaign quagmire. Something that would convince the Andrew Sullivans. Something nuclear?