March 19, 2004
OOPS, NEVER MIND THAT ENDORSEMENT BIT:
Statement from Kerry Foreign Policy Advisor Rand Beers on the former Malaysian Prime Minister
“John Kerry rejects any association with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, an avowed anti-Semite whose views are totally deplorable. The world needs leaders who seek to bring people together, not drive them apart with hateful and divisive rhetoric.“This election will be decided by the American people, and the American people alone. It is simply not appropriate for any foreign leader to endorse a candidate in America’s presidential election. John Kerry does not seek, and will not accept, any such endorsements.”
Former Malaysian Leader Endorses Kerry (AP, March 18, 2004)
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad endorsed Democratic contender John Kerry in the U.S. presidential race Thursday, saying he would keep the world safer than President Bush."I think Kerry would be much more willing to listen to the voices of people and of the rest of the world,'' Mahathir, who retired in October after 22 years in power, told The Associated Press in an interview.
"But in the U.S., the Jewish lobby is very strong, and any American who wants to become president cannot change the policy toward Palestine radically,'' he said.
Surely the Senator isn't such a dupe that he thinks the other leaders who are endorsing him have the best interests of the United States and the cause of freedom at heart? Posted by Orrin Judd at March 19, 2004 12:22 AM
So first he's touting his foreign--I mean more--endorsements, and now he disavows them.
Yet another flip-flop.
Posted by: jsmith at March 19, 2004 12:50 AMThis is why their identity is none of our business.
Posted by: David Cohen at March 19, 2004 7:42 AMBusiness, of course, being the operative word.
Posted by: jim hamlen at March 19, 2004 7:54 AMOJ
The Senator is not the dupe. The people who support him are the dupes. Show me an anti-capitalist Socialist anti-American and I'll show you a Kerry supporter. I pity the centrist and the just left of center patriotic American Democrats who are trapped in the current Democrat constituency. They need to come out of denial and vote for GW, or do a write in for Lieberman or Gephart or just sit this one out to maintain their self respect. Yeah I know ... what self respect ... after voting for Clinton twice.
Posted by: genecis at March 19, 2004 9:42 AM"Surely the Senator isn't such a dupe that he thinks the other leaders who are endorsing him have the best interests of the United States and the cause of freedom at heart? "
What do you mean? They are no less interested in US interests and the cause of freedom than Senator Kerry is. Not that that's saying a lot....
Posted by: ralph phelan at March 22, 2004 8:35 AM