Monday, October 4, 2004, 9:39:40 PM, Carol Kirschenbaum wrote: CK> Today William Safire wrote in the NYT that Kerry is a actually neocon, and CK> comments: CK> "His abandoned antiwar supporters celebrate the Kerry personality makeover. CK> They shut their eyes to Kerry's hard-line, right-wing, unilateral, CK> pre-election policy epiphany. " Kerry is almost certainly (according to commentators here who are nothing like Safire) something of a hawk in international affairs. But he's a social liberal -- I believe his Senate voting record shows that -- hence, probably, Ted Kennedy's support for him. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html