Kerry in Summary

Andrew Sullivan, endorsing John Kerry, The New Republic, Oct. 26 via Best of the Web Today - October 27, 2004

"I know few people enthused about John Kerry. His record is undistinguished, and where it stands out, mainly regrettable. He intuitively believes that if a problem exists, it is the government's job to fix it. He has far too much faith in international institutions, like the corrupt and
feckless United Nations, in the tasks of global management. He got the Cold War
wrong. He got the first Gulf War wrong. His campaign's constant and excruciating
repositioning on the war against Saddam have been disconcerting, to say the
least. I completely understand those who look at this man's record and deduce
that he is simply unfit to fight a war for our survival. They have an important
point--about what we know historically of his character and his judgment when
this country has faced dire enemies. His scars from the Vietnam War lasted too
long and have gone too deep to believe that he has clearly overcome the syndrome that fears American power rather than understands how to wield it for good.