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February 12, 2004

Old Baggage

Hugh Hewitt asked the Northern Alliance to comment on whether we think John Kerry's 30 year old actions and statements are relevant fodder for this presidential election.

As a matter of logic, and with full knowledge about how humans develop? Not really, no. I used to be a flaming liberal - the party platform I wrote for 1980 North Dakota Boys State was downright Trotskiite. Does that color my beliefs today? Hell no - I may be the most conservative member of the Northern Alliance.

The question is, has he developed at all from his nadir in the early seventies? Let's compare it with a piece of his likely rival's past.

The President, in his twenties and thirties, was by many accounts a drunken lout who could fit shopping bags full of coke up his nose. Does it make him a bad president? No, because he changed and became a better person.

Has John Kerry changed and become better than he was 30 years ago? How you answer that says a lot about how you see this election, I think.

Now - as a matter of political football, of course it matters. It matters exactly as much as the Democrats want to make George Bush's National Guard record.

Which, this week, seems to be "lots".

Posted by Mitch at February 12, 2004 10:28 AM
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