We really should start collecting these stories. Senator John F. Kerry, a potential Democrat contender for the White House in 2004 is under attack for comments he made deemed not Conservatively Correct by the media and others.

In a speech at the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Kerry suggested what the United States needs is a "regime change," echoing the phrase so often used these days by members of the Bush administration when describing their objective in a certain struggle in the middle east (which we won't go into here so as to not wake Gorthak).

Kerry went on to further criticize Bush for his lack of foreign policy experience and apparent desire to ignore the UN.

His "regime change" comment is what drew the most interest from his speech, however, since such remarks are not Conservatively Correct. According to the Boston Globe, one Republican strategist said, Kerry is "free to express his beliefs, but if anyone should be aware of the sensitivities of how our leaders should be conducting themselves while we're at war, I would think Senator Kerry would."

Aware of the sensitivities? Taken out of context, you could swear this was spoken by a bleeding-heart liberal during some "politically correctness" rant, not a Republican strategist responding to the words of a Democrat.

The Conservative Correctness assault doesn't stop with one random anonymous strategist either. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) condemned the criticism of Bush during a war (it's not Conservatively Correct). And House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) said that Kerry's remarks were "desperate and inappropriate" (that is, not Conservatively Correct).

Republican Party Chairman Marc Racicot went so far as to suggest Kerry's remarks would injure the operational effectiveness of the military, saying Kerry "crossed a grave line" by even suggesting that Bush should be replaced. Be Conservatively Correct. Don't rock the boat by saying things people don't like.

Particularly disturbing are remarks from Hastert and DeLay that suggest the President should be beyond criticism because there's a war going on. For example, Hastert said, "Sen. Kerry's remark, equating regime change in Iraq with regime change in the United States, is not what we need at this time. What we need is for this nation to pull together, to support our troops and to support our commander-in-chief."

In other words, shut up, be Conservatively Correct, and don't question your fuhrer.

It's worth noting here that Kerry made one remark of which I highly approve with great applause and ovation: "One of the reasons why I am running for president of the United States is that I look forward with pleasure and zeal for the opportunity to appoint an attorney general of the United States who believes and reads and abides by the Constitution."

If I weren't voting Libertarian, he'd have my vote just for that remark alone.

---Nick

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