Did everything just taste purple?

"To follow the path that Howard Dean seems to prefer is to embrace a “Simon Says” foreign policy where America only moves if others move first. And that is just as wrong as George Bush’s policy of schoolyard taunts and cowboy swagger."

I liked that statement, but I'm not sure what I think about all of this really. I mean, from my personsal perspective, it's hard to believe it all---maybe b/c I'm just a very cynical person and it's really hard for me to trust people---esp. politicians. Labeliing oneself a politician does not put you in the front of my line. As far as the portions, concerning the war, it is kind of hard to swallow. I agree that the U.S., i.e. Bush, needs to stand up and take responsibility for everything that has taken place over the past 3-4 years. What is seriously going on here? If our president does not even think enough of the American people to share with us the truth about why we went to war, then how can we trust him on anything? Now that we know that there may have been problems with the intelligence that led to the war---it's like Conan O'Brien said about Bush's reasons for war---"b/c my daddy told me to." Thousands have died in the name of "Liberty" and doing the right thing is always the way of the Americans---wow, we are a bold people. However, those thousands did not need to die in order to validate a personal vandetta for the leader of the free world. Yes, Hussein is captured, but I don't feel any safer. Not that I am living my life in fear, wondering when the next terrorist act will be, but honestly, it just makes me wonder if that truly is the end of Hussein's reign. Someone comes and bombs Americans, we call it terrorism, we go bomb someone, we call it 'lending a helping hand.' Yeah, that's justice.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into a commentary, but I just couldn't stop. :)
---I think these are great speeches, but I really don't know what he plans to do about it---I'll keep researching. ;o)

http://johnkerry.com/issues/economy/

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0205f.html

http://johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2003_1216.html

http://johnkerry.com/communities/nativeamericans/