Quick Links 10/10/04

*North Georgia’s own Ricky West on Max Cleland and Jimmy Carter: “Thing is, the two Georgians most cited by the MSM (Cleland and Jimmy Carter) are so far outside of the pulse of Georgia, neither could win a state-wide election even if they were running against each other.”
*Check out Jonah Goldberg with what has to be the angriest G-File ever, on Kerry’s Iraq posturing. A sample:

[N]o one bothers to ask whether the Great Diplomat and Alliance Builder believes our oldest and truest allies Great Britain and Australia are lead by equally contemptible liars. Of course, they can’t be liars � they are merely part of the coalition of the bribed. In John Kerry’s world, it’s a defense to say your oldest friends aren’t dishonest, they’re merely whores.


And one more:

John Kerry said it so eloquently when he noted that George W. Bush has offered 23 rationales for the war. Heaven forbid the International Grandmaster of Nuance contemplate that there could be more than a single reason to do something so simple as go to war. Let’s not even contemplate that the ticket that says this administration hasn’t “leveled” with the American people should have to grasp that sometimes leveling with the public requires offering more than one dumbed-down reason to do something very difficult and important.


*This is a classic:

James Rappaport, who challenged Kerry in MA SEN: “He didn’t attack me for my positions as anti-tax and pro-growth . . . He attacked me primarily personally.” More Rappaport: “At one point he called me a chicken hawk because I was strong on defense but hadn’t served in Vietnam. He forgot that I was sixteen when the war ended.” (“Nightline,” ABC, 9/27).


*In case you missed it a few weeks ago, here’s your summit:

France said Monday that it would take part in a proposed international conference on Iraq only if the agenda included a possible U.S. troop withdrawal, thus complicating the planning for a meeting that has drawn mixed reactions.
Paris also wants representatives of Iraq’s insurgent groups to be invited to a conference in October or November, a call that would seem difficult for the Bush administration to accept.


(Emphasis added). Kerry demands that we have a summit, and his proposed summit depends on the inclusion of people who want to negotiate with terrorists. But don’t hold your breath waiting for Kerry to get called on this.