ck: Start with Kerry denouncing the war in Iraq as having been A BAD IDEA FROM THE START. Yes, he would have to admit that he voted to give this prez power to do whatever the hell the guy wanted, and he'd have to admit that he was misled--ie, did the wrong thing. This is what Kerry refuses to do, however, and so he leaves us Dems, who opposed the war from the get-go (and continue to do so) without a candidate who speaks for us. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kerry Faults Bush for Pursuing Saddam Democratic Candidate Outlines Strategy Against Terrorism By MARY DALRYMPLE, AP PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 24) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry faulted President Bush on Friday for pursuing Saddam Hussein instead of Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, a choice Kerry contended had made defeating terrorism more difficult. "The invasion of Iraq was a profound diversion from the battle against our greatest enemy, al-Qaida,'' Kerry said in a speech at Temple University. ''There's just no question about it. The president's misjudgment, miscalculation and mismanagement of the war in Iraq all make the war on terror harder to win." ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html