Don't Take the Bait

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111100916.html

Fellow Democrats Beware! Advisors to Senator John Kerry are gleeful because of recent comments made by President Bush at a Veterans Day speech in Pennsylvania. The President took a public swipe at Senator Kerry in this speech.

The swipe made by the President has been interpreted by Kerry aides as proof that Republicans identify Senator Kerry as the chief message outlet for the Democratic Party. An attack from the most polarizing Republican President in 20 years is just what Kerry needs to propel his hopes of receiving the Democratic nomination in 2008. It keeps him in the spotlight and shows that he is still a blip on the White House radar.

As a Democrat, I do not want to speak ill towards Senator Kerry. He was not a great candidate for the presidency, but he almost won. He carried the party banner with pride and I respect him for that.

Lets not let Karl Rove and the Republican spin machine identify our party three years before the next presidential election. By focusing on Kerry, the White House is trying to pull a page out of the 2004 playbook and remind voters of their insecurity towards Democrats fighting terrorism and conducting foreign policy.