Re: Lori Garver Spins Kerry's Opposition to Space

From: Mark Whittington (mwhittingt_at_sprynet.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: 30 Jul 2004 04:33:47 -0700

henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote in message news:<I1nFw9.Krz@spsystems.net>...
> In article <87644f49.0407291347.4e46d196@posting.google.com>,
> Mark Whittington <mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
> >This is, putting it very politely, partisan dreck. The Bush Initiative
> >is certainly not "hot air." One does not issue a veto threat on a bill
> >that includes veterans and housing funding to support "hot air."
>
> "Talk is cheap, especially in an election year." What matters is whether
> Bush would actually veto, not whether he says he would. This sudden show
> of support for an initiative he's basically ignored since first announcing
> it is suspicious, at the very least. This sounds more like something he
> was reluctantly talked into, and will be looking for a way out of.
>
> >second statement, that the Bush Initiative has made it "impossible"
> >for Kerry to say much about space does not pass the laugh test. In
> >fact, if any thing, the initiative is a challenge for Kerry to say
> >more.
>
> Uh, suppose what he wants is to say less? If what he wants is less
> dramatic and less ambitious, then any comparison is likely to favor Bush.
> If Kerry *doesn't* want to try to outpromise Bush on this issue, the smart
> thing for him to do is to avoid discussing it. This isn't necessarily a
> bad sign -- most of Bush's promises are for things which won't happen on
> his watch even if he *is* reelected, so they mean little.

Sort of like Jack Kennedy promising a moon landing after the end of
his second term and--as it sadly turned out--after the end of his
life.