THE NAM COMPARISON STARTS TO COME OUT...

Via John Kerry:

Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry said Wednesday that the Bush administration's statements on Iraq remind him of Vietnam-era claims of imminent victory and he faulted the commander in chief for "sidestepping the truth."

"At the rate that they're going, it reminds me of the 'light at the end of the tunnel' language during Vietnam," said Kerry, a decorated war veteran who opposed the conflict upon his return from Southeast Asia.

Kerry also scores some points going after the "desperate" meme:

"If the president thinks that the reality is that we're being attacked and the bombings are taking place because we're putting on electricity and because it's just a dangerous place, I think he's really sidestepping the truth," Kerry said.

Well said.

(psst, TFM, why aren't you mentioning those 3rd quarter economic numbers? you chicken? buck buck buck! Well, wake me when there's sustained growth, and wake me when the numbers translate to actual job creation. It's gonna take a fuck of a lot more than that for Dubya to create a single net job.)